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the cost of the Iraq War is now 191 Billion +
this could have paid for 1,725,697 housing units
or FULLY funded the GLOBAL anti-hunger efforts for 7 years
or (heres my public education math) 861,848 housing units and 3.5 years
So we should worry about other countries instead of our own right??Quote:
FULLY funded the GLOBAL anti-hunger efforts for 7 years
GO away.
TparkQuote:
Originally Posted by T Park
mookie is saying these things in a very simple way. I can't believe you turn things around. Is there anyone in there in that big fat head?
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Originally Posted by T Park
I didn't know Michael Moore had a clone that posts in the political forum.
Well, isn't that what we do when we divert tax money away from domestic programs to a war in another country, whose advertised purposes (at least the current one) is to liberate that country?Quote:
Originally Posted by T Park
www.goarmy.com
www.airforce.com
A couple of good places to get food/shelter/$$
Afterall, SA is Military City USA!
Come on, no one has a better idea?Quote:
Originally Posted by hussker
193 Billion
thats record spending BUT
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Re: need housing, food?
Wow, and here I thought you were volunteering to take in a flood victim and take care of them until they got back on their feet.
My bad. :)
youre right
that wasnt what this thread was about
Okay, how about this, then:
"Get off your lazy ass, get a job and take care of your own living arrangements and quit sitting there with your hand out expecting everyone else to pay your way."Quote:
Re: need housing, food?
Was that too Tahoe-driverish? :lol
thats pretty harsh
these people lost everything, their house, their jobs, cars, family members
Sorry, I was just speaking in general...not hurricane victim-related. :fro
I wonder how many housing units the terrorists could have destroyed by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by mookie2001
Excluding Saddam's palaces and terrorists safe houses? Not many.Quote:
Originally Posted by elpimpo4cc
Link?Quote:
Not many.
You brought it up, you link to where the numbers are...or, better yet, shut your pie hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Was the money put to that type of use before the Iraq War?
You know, with an 18 Trillion dollar economy that is growing (albeit temporarily stunted by Katrina), $100+ billion for relief will be easy to find.
For the slow, 18 Trillion is a 1 and an 8 followed by 9 zeroes... $18,000,000,000.00. $100 billion is 0.56% of that; about 1/2 cent on the dollar.
No, you did. Do you want a link to five posts up?Quote:
You brought it up
You made the claim, now back it up.Quote:
you link to where the numbers are.
Aw Yoni, don't get mad. If you don't have the facts, just admit it.Quote:
or, better yet, shut your pie hole.
Nope, but I've yet to see any obliterated neighborhoods in Iraq. And, if we didn't carpet bomb Fallujah, for God's sake, I'm pretty safe in assuming we haven't carpet bombed anyplace.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
I do know we've re-built their infrastructure to Pre-war conditions and I also know that most destruction is being caused by the idiot car bombers and IEDs.
And, I'm not mad, you're just too stupid to believe sometime.
That's all that was necessary.Quote:
Nope
Thanks for admitting your ignorance.
So, you know of such destruction? Please share...Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Never claimed to.Quote:
So, you know of such destruction?
That was you. I figured you had some great article you were all ready to cut-and-plagiarize full of fun facts and colorful anecdotes.
I am genuinely interested in such statistics. Your reaction to my one word request speaks volumes.
You wondered how many, I simply stated that I didn't believe there was much beyond palaces and terrorist safe havens. Why? Because I stay informed and am aware of no such wholesale destruction.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Which volumes does it speak?
Do you want a link to this?Quote:
Originally Posted by volumespeaker
Really, what happens when I post an opinion? Maybe you shouldn't read my posts. Asking the question infers you believe it to be something of significance when, in almost 3 years of war, I'm aware of nothing but conscious efforts to AVOID such incidents.Quote:
Originally Posted by elpimpo4cc
Petty argument from a petty mind. What next, my spelling?
I was wrong in saying you brought it up. You did give an answer.
Yeah, and that's too much trouble to change.Quote:
Originally Posted by elpimpo4cc
It's inconsequential. << not even sure I spelled that right.Quote:
Originally Posted by elpimpo4cc