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Autumn

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5. Meanwhile the wars continue. It's not the Koch Brothers, as bad as they are, it's our politicians.

Reply to Initech (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 12:20 PM

Nov 2014

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower

They are the ones who make the decision for permanent war, the very ones we elected.

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Study: More Homeless Children Now Than Any Point in US History [View all] JEB Nov 2014 OP

"one in 30 American children nationally, and constitutes an 8 percent increase wavesofeuphoria Nov 2014 #1

How can our 840high Nov 2014 #20

The PACs and the lobbyists put them to sleep with a smile on their face. lpbk2713 Nov 2014 #22

Meanwhile the Koch Brothers fortune is reaching Dr. Evil numbers.... Initech Nov 2014 #2

Meanwhile the wars continue. It's not the Koch Brothers, as bad as they are, it's our politicians. Autumn Nov 2014 #5

...^ that 840high Nov 2014 #9

The blame rest squarely on their shoulders, I will no longer give the President Autumn Nov 2014 #10

on everyone's, realistically we can expect nothing from our elected "representatives" reddread Nov 2014 #11

I'm not sure they will listen. They found it very easy to ignore the protests by the people Autumn Nov 2014 #12

act locally, different thing altogether reddread Nov 2014 #13

Yup most of our woes can be traced back to the war machine. Initech Nov 2014 #16

Not just the Koch Bros. 840high Nov 2014 #18

$8million dollars to Iraq every day....just Iraq...for their kids....and others. TheNutcracker Nov 2014 #3

We can afford permanent war with several countries or taking care of our children and their families Autumn Nov 2014 #4

I don't think, back in the Great Depression, that someone living in MADem Nov 2014 #6

I would guess that the late 1860's Yupster Nov 2014 #27

I think you're right...and "childhood" was much shorter then MADem Nov 2014 #29

"USA! USA! USA!" :sarcasm: - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #7

That can't be right. We're in a recovery! progressoid Nov 2014 #8

Yeah, aren't their stock portfolios going up? JEB Nov 2014 #26

........ daleanime Nov 2014 #14

What do you expect after 34 years of Ragenomic policies ? geretogo Nov 2014 #15

And that was how many politicians ago? yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #28

Buncha little moochers. Probably looking for handouts from the gub'mint. tclambert Nov 2014 #17

K and R (nt) bigwillq Nov 2014 #19

I've seen the homeless children, they are real. nilesobek Nov 2014 #21

K&R woo me with science Nov 2014 #23

Corporate policies are sociopathic. woo me with science Nov 2014 #24

kick woo me with science Nov 2014 #25