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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:52 PM Original message |
"Peace Prize President Submits Largest War Budget Ever" |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oops |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good thing we've got all that extra money lying around! |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Recommended to counter whoever keeps unrec-ing this thread |
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DisgustedInMN (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's hard not to be.. |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Please consider participating in Peace of the Action this March in DC |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Plently for killing people, nothing for helping people. Disgusting. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. For curiosities sake, what were the numbers during bush yrs? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Administration can use threats when it wants to: |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. But I thought the President |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. exactly |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't care WHO is President, or which "Party" is in power, |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. - - +1 - - |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. +1 |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. He didn't start the wars but he intends to finish them. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Bullshit! |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Very insightful response. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. So how exactly does one end a war anyway? |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. It depends upon the objective. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. +1 |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. TheNation: "No Defense for this Budget" |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. and we're not really even at war |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Welp occupations are expensive. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Bush's 2007 war budget was $53 billion more than Obama's proposed budget" |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. $708 billion plus for 2011, alone! The OP is the painful truth |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Simple math: $159B+ $33B = $192B...$245B - $192B = $53B |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Obama's Defense budget== $ 549 bill + $159 bill + $33 bill = $741 billion dollars total |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. And did you notice that part of that is for the DRAWDOWN of |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. i was wrong! turns out Obama will spend $744 bill + add'l $160 bill = $904 billion dollars total |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Now you're just being ridiculous. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. the defense totals are on record, at the many links listed |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No, you just can't add or are desperately spinning, but hey |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. $744 billion + $160 billion = $904 billion total |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. Abou that Peace Prize: |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. Peace ain't cheap! |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. The word "supplemental" isn't in that article. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
35. K&R. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
36. Irony |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
37. k |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. k |
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