Why is it more important to Bomb Iraq than feed the 65 YO woman I saw eating from a trash can this

[grahamhgreen]

morning?

[csziggy]

1. Because private corporations make billions from war

And nothing from feeding the poor. The only way corporations would make a profit off that 65 YO is to lock her in a private prison for being indigent.

[jwirr]

12. Bingo.

[Cleita]

26. This.

[sabrina 1]

42. Can't add anything to that. You said it all.

[SamKnause]

2. In a sane world it would not be.

We do not live in a sane world or even a sane country.

We live in a diseased country.

A racist country.

A vengeful country.

A country that runs on lies and deceit.

[belzabubba333]

3. cause FREEEEEEEEDUM we have to fight them there or we fight them here . the are trying to

get yellow cake - wmds.any of those?

[grahamhgreen]

7. Right! They have the yellow cake, so Grandma will go hungry til we get it back;)

[LuvNewcastle]

17. That's right, it's freedumb.

The old lady already has the freedumb to pick through all the garbage cans she likes. The Iraqis don't have that freedumb, so we have to bomb them so they can be free too. Just think of all the liberation that's going on over there every time we bomb them.

[phil89]

4. I ask the same thing about

the childish fascination with "landing on a comet". Great priorities we have.

[Starry Messenger]

8. "European Space Agency’s Spacecraft Lands on Comet’s Surface"

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/science/space/european-space-agencys-spacecraft-lands-on-comets-surface.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=TopNews&pgtype=article

Somehow Europe managed to do something the US didn't, and also feeds its people. HMMMM. Maybe a lesson there. I wonder.

[George II]

10. The US space program has resulted in technological development that we take for granted today.

[woolldog]

47. And that the rest of the world has benefitted from

without paying much if anything towards the cost of developing those technologies.

[grahamhgreen]

18. Personally, I have no bones to pick with NASA. The Military, et al, consumes 70% of the US budget.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. we spend very little on scientific exploration

and without science we cant progress. science is also non-linear so we dont really always know when we will discover something that may change the world

very very different from foreign policy issues

[Rex]

5. Because the lady will never turn a profit for a corporation.

Whereas every time we shoot a bullet or drop a bomb, a defense contractor gets their wings.

[malokvale77]

27. I hate that you are so dead on. (nt)

[adirondacker]

49. Nice!

[Brigid]

57. And we have our thread winner.

[Initech]

6. Because there's money in bombing Iraq.

There's no money in feeding the homeless, or rebuilding our infrastructure, or providing healthcare for our veterans.

[George II]

9. It's not an either/or - do you think the Federal Government has only one important issue at a time?

[Rex]

11. Well looking at what we waste our money on the most, I would say the MIC is the only priority

for most in charge. Otherwise one in three children in America would not go to bed hungry at night.

[LiberalElite]

41. It sure seems like it sometimes nt

[sabrina 1]

44. The Federal Government seems to have only important issue to spend money on. They throw a few

crumbs at a few other issues every now and then, are more likely to TAKE money from the poor and the elderly and any money they do throw at other issues is never enough to do much good.

But on Wars, including the phony Drug War, there are endless amounts of money.

[grahamhgreen]

56. No, it's not either/or. Why are we bombing while our own people are starving?

[George II]

13. So what did you do to help the woman? Did you.....

....buy her a sandwich or cup of coffee? Did you give her a few dollars?

[malokvale77]

28. Did you?

Probably not, because you never bothered to look her way.

[George II]

34. I wasn't there today but I knew..........

........some wise guy would ask a question like that.

We (my whole family) have been helping the poor and homeless for decades, not just talking about it.

[malokvale77]

35. I'm not a wise guy, but...

I commend you for your efforts.

I give shelter and home cooked meals to the homeless and hungry everyday. I sleep in my small den to free the 3 bedrooms in my home for those that have fallen upon hard times.

I work 30 hours a week at minimum wage to care for an invalid.

Save your snark for somebody else.

[sabrina 1]

45. Why do you ask? I give money to homeless people whenever I see them. I would like to keep any tax

dollars the government uses for their phony wars for profit since I don't support, and then I could give even more to homeless people. We should have that choice. Let those who support these brutal, for-profit wars pay for them.

[grahamhgreen]

53. Answered this down thread. I offered her $5 and she refused and walked away quickly:(

[alcina]

14. When I was a kid

there was a commercial for Meals on Wheels (or something similar) that showed a kindly old woman opening a can of cat food and placing it on a plate. IIRC a cat looked on while she did this. Then she sat down by herself at a table and ate the food. The commercial used to make me incredibly sad ... just like this post. The priorities of this nation -- and many nations -- are so completely f***ed up.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Because Big Money

It's really that simple. That's the state to which we've sunk.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Because hungry people are "takers". The MIC are "makers".

[Bluenorthwest]

19. What were your actions when presented with the moment?

nt

[grahamhgreen]

54. answered this down thread. I offered her $5 and she refused and walked away quickly:(

[MineralMan]

20. It's not, of course. I once encountered a man pulling food out of a

Taco Bell trash dumpster. His family was in a car nearby. I didn't blame the government, but took him inside and bought enough food for him and his family. I also gave him $20 for gasoline, since he said they were running low on their journey to another city, where he had family.

I didn't figure the government would show up in time to help him out.

[sabrina 1]

46. I DO blame the government every time I give money to homeless people, which I have done on a regular

basis. I do NOT want them spending my tax dollars to kill people in foreign nations, I want those who support these horrific, for-profit wars to pay for them.

If I had that money I could give even more to the homeless.

All Liberals I know have always given to the poor and the homeless. Many are helping to find shelter for them.

And when we had a Party that worked for the people, Democratic Presidents made sure to provide programs that would keep people from starving to death.

But now we have a government that is TAKING from the people.

You seem to be insinuating that people just complain about the government but don't DO anything for the poor.

Where on earth did you get that idea on this Forum known for its generosity to people in need?

I blame the Government AND make sure to provide as much as I can while we begin the long process of rebuilding the Democratic Party and taking it back from the Third Way Elitist Bankers who currently influence its policies.

[MineralMan]

22. I hope you bought that woman some real, fresh food.

Please tell me that you did.

[grahamhgreen]

23. I offered her some money.... $5. Perhaps I should have done more.

PS - she refused it and walked quickly away

[malokvale77]

30. What more could you have done?

Many people in her situation feel shame. Our society is toxic to those we deem to be failures.

Too many of us are one step away from that failure.

[bigwillq]

24. I ask this everyday.

The money we spend overseas could feed every man, woman and child in need in the USA.
It's sad what our priorities are.

[Boom Sound 416]

25. Yes. That IS the dilemma.

[chrisa]

29. Because the money that could have fed her for 100 lifetimes was spent killing one insurgent in Iraq.

[malokvale77]

31. That person was probably not an insurgent at all.

I suspect, I will be deemed kill-worthy one day. For the simple fact that I do not agree with someones sense of righteousness.

[Maedhros]

33. Correction - suspected insurgent, or maybe someone behaving like they might be supporting

a suspected insurgent. Or maybe someone who stopped to help someone who might have been behaving like they might have been supporting a suspected insurgent and got blown up.

[Special Prosciuto]

32. The way we are going rapidly downhill as a hate-the-poor country,

she too could possibly expect a drone strike.

[LiberalElite]

43. It's already illegal to feed the homeless in some places so

that's not too far out there.

[Scuba]

36. If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...

... just what is it the defense budget is defending?

[grahamhgreen]

39. Perfect question.

[JRLeft]

37. The same reason will remain in Afghanistan forever, paper man.

[Jamastiene]

38. If that fact doesn't make Americans revolt, I don't know what will.

You ask a very good question. I wish I knew the answer. Americans are heartless bastards? That is the only logical explanation/answer, I can come up with.

[Brigid]

40. Because Murican eggsepshanalizum . . .

Or something . . .

[ozone_man]

48. It is the military industrial complex.

Half of our tax dollar goes to defense spending, very little of which goes to defense, mostly to attacking other countries. We are a corporate driven war machine.

[Odin2005]

50. War is very profitable for the 1%.

[demosincebirth]

51. My question to you is: Did you help her?

[grahamhgreen]

55. I offered her $5 and she refused and walked away quickly:(

[demosincebirth]

59. Good for you. Other would have walked right past her and not given her a sencond thought.

[grahamhgreen]

60. The entire country is walking past her as we speak:(

[Depaysement]

52. Neocon pig answer

Iraq deserves it and she doesn't.

[Octafish]

58. The right people can make more money off war than doing Little Goody Two Shoes stuff.

A lot of money. A killing, one might say.

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