Something is wrong

[SummerSnow]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/world/europe/senate-approves-1-billion-in-aid-for-ukraine.html?_r=0
Congress Approves Aid of $1 Billion for Ukraine

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/congress-86bn-food-stamps-farm-bill
Congress axes $8.6bn from food stamps in farm bill




Watching Chris Hayes tonight and he quoted a quote from Upton Sinclair.....



It is very difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it.

Upton Sinclair (1878 - 1968)

[agbdf]

1. Misplaced priorities is the polite version of what I am thinking about this

[rug]

2. Pipelines are 8.6 times more valuable than human stomachs.

[RobertEarl]

3. We can't live without pipelines

How we ever made it without pipelines is a mystery.

At the rate we are going, the world will become one big pipeline and we'll all be saved and live forever and ever, amen.

[mylye2222]

6. RW NUTS ARE CHANTING NOW

A PIPELINE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!

[RobertEarl]

7. Drill here, drill now!

Was their first manifestation of that religion.

Indeed, they would vote for a pipeline as president, if we let them.

[mylye2222]

8. Pray for us!

Pray for us, Holy Pipeline, in the name of Gold, profit, and shareholders!!!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Pipelines are people, my friend. nt

[mylye2222]

11. We, The Pipelines of Fracked America.......

[Jamaal510]

4. Thanks, Republican voters.

[former9thward]

21. By my math is looks like more than just Republican voters ...

Within hours of the president's State of the Union speech, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to adopt the measures as part of a wide-ranging farm bill that passed by 251 to 166 votes and has already been endorsed by the Senate’s Democratic leadership.

The bills, which were nearly identical, passed by 399 to 19 in the House and by 98 to 2 in the Senate. President Obama has said he will sign the legislation, which includes new sanctions against Russians and Ukrainians who provided support to Russia in its annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/congress-86bn-food-stamps-farm-bill

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/world/europe/senate-approves-1-billion-in-aid-for-ukraine.html?_r=1
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[840high]

25. And democrats.

[freshwest]

37. Their own death panels. They voted them in. n/t

[malaise]

5. Nothing's wrong

The 1% are consolidating - time to loot another country. This is ultimately about Russian oil. Make no mistake.

[sulphurdunn]

15. And Russia actually has WMD,

lots and lots of WMD, mostly aimed at us.

[malaise]

16. So they won't dare drop drones like Yemen

because mutual extermination makes no sense.

The propaganda no longer works

[GoneFishin]

19. And when they come out of there safe rooms after it is over

there won't be any little people alive to tend their mansion lawns, shine their shoes, fluff their poodle's bed, or work in their factories. It just wouldn't be the same.

[malaise]

20. Well just the idea of manual labor would finish them off

[nilesobek]

31. Good. We have to be stopped before we harm the world anymore.

Thankfully there is a nuclear armed opposition.

[Autumn]

9. Well see, it's a matter of priorities. And the poor in this country are not a priority.

Neither are the elderly. Come to think of it if you aren't wealthy or a corporation you don't mean jack shit to these fucking politicians. Unless it's election time then they are going to kiss you, get your vote and then fuck you.

[840high]

26. +100

[abelenkpe]

32. OMG, so true. nt

[DisgustipatedinCA]

12. recommended. nt

[Enthusiast]

13. "Something is wrong" That's for damn certain.

[randome]

14. Not just 'wrong' but self-destructively wrong.

The only thing that matters to Republicans is money.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Aspire to inspire.[/center][/font][hr]

[Aerows]

23. Would you rather fund the NSA

or ensure that our people get taken care of? Because from where I stand, you love the NSA, want to fund it in every way possible, and don't care that the surveillance budget directly takes food out of the mouths of children.

[840high]

28. It wasn't only repubs who were for this.

[TrollBuster9090]

17. Probably because feeding malnourished kids doesn't involve a penis-measuring contest with Putin.

UNLESS...we can start pointing out that The United States takes better care of its children than RUSSIA does! Unfortunately, both countries are currently doing everything they can to generate as many poor people as possible.

[DeSwiss]

30. !

[AAO]

18. Cut food by $90 a month?

Poor people buy food in bulk, and need to bulk up on rice, potatoes, and other carbs to make ends meet. That $90 a month probably represents all the protein they get for the month. it's sad, and sick.

[Aerows]

22. Let's all chant

about how the NSA is making us safer while robbing us of our privacy while increasing their budget so we can yank the food out of the mouths of children, elderly persons and the disabled.

I want to see the real diehards come into this thread and defend that.

[840high]

24. Something is very wrong.

[WillyT]

29. Something Is Really Really Wrong !!!

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024856122

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024852139

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024845569

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024827689

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024829735

To name a few...

[DeSwiss]

33. You must try harder to understand that you're insane Winston.

- Once you do that, everything will become as clear as day. And you'll understand that Big Brother only wants what's best for you.

Welcome to the New World Order!

K&R

''But it was alright, everything was alright, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.'' ~George Orwell, 1984

[mindwalker_i]

34. Spending money on America or on Americans

is something that Republicans are religiously opposed to. Spending money on the either helping or killing other people is just fine.

[Junkdrawer]

35. Why, it's almost as if the desperate propping up of Empire...

has our Reps attention and we're in the way.

Keep sawing that branch you're sitting on guys. I'm sure you can eliminate us and YOUR branch will still float in mid-air.

[3catwoman3]

36. Guns versus...

...butter?

[sabrina 1]

38. It's for the Investors. They need to make more money and you have to understand, their money

is in some offshore accounts, so they need OUR money to bet on Ukraine. Surely you don't begrudge them more profits from foreign interventions do you?

Who cares about hungry American kids, that would be politically naive and we have moved forward from all that bleeding heart liberal stuff, like worrying about our own children and unemployed when there is money to be made for the top 1%.

just in case!

[butterfly77]

39. Add unemployment benefits..

Its the peoples tax money but it can't be spent for us. They spend it to kill people and then tell us they are keeping us safe.

[Rhiannon12866]

40. K&R! Excellent point...