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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts) Tue Apr 22, 2014, 04:15 PM Apr 2014

Something is wrong [View all]

Last edited Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:41 PM - Edit history (1)

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)

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Something is wrong [View all] SummerSnow Apr 2014 OP

Misplaced priorities is the polite version of what I am thinking about this agbdf Apr 2014 #1

Pipelines are 8.6 times more valuable than human stomachs. rug Apr 2014 #2

We can't live without pipelines RobertEarl Apr 2014 #3

RW NUTS ARE CHANTING NOW mylye2222 Apr 2014 #6

Drill here, drill now! RobertEarl Apr 2014 #7

Pray for us! mylye2222 Apr 2014 #8

Pipelines are people, my friend. nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #10

We, The Pipelines of Fracked America....... mylye2222 Apr 2014 #11

Thanks, Republican voters. Jamaal510 Apr 2014 #4

By my math is looks like more than just Republican voters ... former9thward Apr 2014 #21

And democrats. 840high Apr 2014 #25

Their own death panels. They voted them in. n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #37

Nothing's wrong malaise Apr 2014 #5

And Russia actually has WMD, sulphurdunn Apr 2014 #15

So they won't dare drop drones like Yemen malaise Apr 2014 #16

And when they come out of there safe rooms after it is over GoneFishin Apr 2014 #19

Well just the idea of manual labor would finish them off malaise Apr 2014 #20

Good. We have to be stopped before we harm the world anymore. nilesobek Apr 2014 #31

Well see, it's a matter of priorities. And the poor in this country are not a priority. Autumn Apr 2014 #9

+100 840high Apr 2014 #26

OMG, so true. nt abelenkpe Apr 2014 #32

recommended. nt DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2014 #12

"Something is wrong" That's for damn certain. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #13

Not just 'wrong' but self-destructively wrong. randome Apr 2014 #14

Would you rather fund the NSA Aerows Apr 2014 #23

It wasn't only repubs who were for this. 840high Apr 2014 #28

Probably because feeding malnourished kids doesn't involve a penis-measuring contest with Putin. TrollBuster9090 Apr 2014 #17

! DeSwiss Apr 2014 #30

Cut food by $90 a month? AAO Apr 2014 #18

Let's all chant Aerows Apr 2014 #22

Something is very wrong. 840high Apr 2014 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #27

Something Is Really Really Wrong !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #29

You must try harder to understand that you're insane Winston. DeSwiss Apr 2014 #33

Spending money on America or on Americans mindwalker_i Apr 2014 #34

Why, it's almost as if the desperate propping up of Empire... Junkdrawer Apr 2014 #35

Guns versus... 3catwoman3 Apr 2014 #36

It's for the Investors. They need to make more money and you have to understand, their money sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #38

Add unemployment benefits.. butterfly77 Apr 2014 #39

K&R! Excellent point... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2014 #40