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36. We desperately needed a sharp turn heading into the new century.

Fri Jan 1, 2016, 12:19 PM

Jan 2016

That stolen election really did signal a sea change. The country morphed into something I no longer recognize as "my country". And nothing has even so much as slowed down that push in the wrong direction.

I ask myself, what kind of a country do these malevolent bastards want to live in? It seems they have lost their fucking minds. Deeply disturbing.

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The Biggest Scandal in US History That We're Still Not Talking About [View all] eridani Dec 2015 OP

Rumsfeld, war criminal, states 2.3 Trillion missing Sept. 10, 2001. Adds up... nt Mnemosyne Dec 2015 #1

And guess where the records of said investigation (and of ENRON) were: forest444 Jan 2016 #10

Let me guess! Ah, Building 7 it seems. nt Mnemosyne Jan 2016 #24

How could records of the missing money have been in bldg 7? fasttense Jan 2016 #51

Yep---and some guys MAKE their own luck, IYKWIMAITYD. WinkyDink Jan 2016 #71

I hear you. forest444 Jan 2016 #72

Oh, Happy New Year to you as well, forest444! WinkyDink Jan 2016 #81

My warmest condolences, WinkyDink. I'm so sorry for your loss. forest444 Jan 2016 #82

+1... IthinkThereforeIAM Jan 2016 #44

I think that we need to dismantle the Pentagon. Be nice to feed the kids. nt Mnemosyne Jan 2016 #80

You forgot to copy the URL address so you could picture the graphic in your post. PatrickforO Dec 2015 #2

And still they get whatever they ask for, and none of them are in prison Doctor_J Dec 2015 #3

good luck with that. Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #17

Naw, she'll tell 'em to "just stop it". Sigh! Duval Jan 2016 #69

It is mind boggling brer cat Dec 2015 #4

the corporate media has no interest in upsetting the status quo Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #18

Of course they are... IthinkThereforeIAM Jan 2016 #45

how is that? Please explain. Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #48

Watch the movie... IthinkThereforeIAM Jan 2016 #63

Thanks, but were you saying they want to upset the status quo or don't want to? Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #66

Some of the corporate media gets that money.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #74

Unfortunately, I doubt that our nation of bedwetters truebluegreen Jan 2016 #5

that's the problem for sure-- as long as GOP assholes keep pushing the terrorist bogeyman Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #14

Bedwetters shadowmayor Jan 2016 #42

... truebluegreen Jan 2016 #50

My guess is that our Reps. don't want their planes to crash accidentally when they are flying home. jalan48 Jan 2016 #6

I think you mean "accidentally" Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #15

Agreed. Most of the money went to black ops. rwsanders Jan 2016 #16

+infinity!!!!!!'nn newfie11 Jan 2016 #29

And the beat goes on HassleCat Jan 2016 #7

Whether they wanted the money or not is irrelevant to being able to keep track of it. RichVRichV Jan 2016 #61

Ugh... SoapBox Jan 2016 #8

K&R Octafish Jan 2016 #9

look what George Bailey went through for just 8,000.00 NRaleighLiberal Jan 2016 #11

A-fucking-men! kath Jan 2016 #12

Where did the money go? begin_within Jan 2016 #13

heroin from US-occupied Afghanistan is bigger scandal williamedstrom Jan 2016 #19

They just switched countries or added countries newfie11 Jan 2016 #28

Kicked and recommended to the Max! It's corruption from sea to shining sea. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #20

When something is too big to be regulated, it's too bih libdem4life Jan 2016 #34

We desperately needed a sharp turn heading into the new century. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #36

I don't feel they lost them, they are right on schedulr libdem4life Jan 2016 #54

Yup. We were always worried about the Soviet Union "taking us over". Enthusiast Jan 2016 #57

Just a convenient part...now it's Muslims . Tomorrow??? libdem4life Jan 2016 #58

I want to see that movie! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #60

I watched part of an interview and he did not film libdem4life Jan 2016 #68

Disgusting. Kick. GoneFishin Jan 2016 #21

I still remember madokie Jan 2016 #22

gotta buy dodge trucks for boogie men in black newfie11 Jan 2016 #27

thought they were Toyota! Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #49

Oops! Sorry dodge! newfie11 Jan 2016 #76

is this the money that they used hfojvt Jan 2016 #23

The entire US military budget is only 598 billion in 2015... EX500rider Jan 2016 #25

Usually those are in the budget. many we don't need." libdem4life Jan 2016 #35

It is actually closer to 700B out of a 1.11T total discretionary budget, Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #41

The point is we don't know how much of it is wasted or lost because we don't audit it. RichVRichV Jan 2016 #62

The MIC is out of control newfie11 Jan 2016 #26

If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ... Scuba Jan 2016 #30

That is the real point. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #37

K & R (eom) CanSocDem Jan 2016 #31

I suspect it is not unknown where it went, but what it bought is 'unspeakable' HereSince1628 Jan 2016 #32

I think you're onto something there. nt raccoon Jan 2016 #38

yes, that's definitely part of it-- going to the invisible government that controls so much of the Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #64

yes, and no one has -really questioned military spending since, well, forever. HereSince1628 Jan 2016 #65

I guess the people who do question the military in any way, either have scandals erupt on them or Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #67

A fundamental law of energetics: stellanoir Jan 2016 #33

WAR MONEY is the biggest scam on the American taxpayer. nt valerief Jan 2016 #39

Time to defund the DOD. PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #40

if those 1200 talk radio stations were working on it it wouldn't certainot Jan 2016 #43

Luckily it's all digital money... Helen Borg Jan 2016 #46

Yep. K&R. There is another "scandal" that few want to acknowledge, and it continues bobthedrummer Jan 2016 #47

And there is only ONE candidate in our Primary who'll look into this elephant in the LR 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #52

Very true. Money. who has it., who controls it and who can align themselves libdem4life Jan 2016 #55

Bernie has said he will audit the military. It is about time. JDPriestly Jan 2016 #53

K and Fucking R! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #56

Kick to the caucuses! ViseGrip Jan 2016 #59

The book of liars polynomial Jan 2016 #70

Very helpful! It would also be helpful to know . . . snot Jan 2016 #73

Yes the whole thing should be audited Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2016 #75

For me, the biggest scandal that underthematrix Jan 2016 #77

We ain't seen nothing yet pwhtckll Jan 2016 #78

the role of the saudis is huge in all this Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #79