House passes $516 billion bill for troops in Afghanistan

[arealpissedgoy]

Quote from PARACLESE:

well now crgarcia, it looks like our tax dollars are being spent well and in the most conservative sense. Isnt freedom wonderful?!

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Crazy stuff. That's how many dead on one joy ride?

 

[PARACLESE]

Quote from arealpissedgoy:

Crazy stuff. That's how many dead on one joy ride?

How many more joy rides are taking place right now? that is the question. To sit and to say that these people have less worth than our families is just atrocious. Makes me very angry. My best friend from when I was a young boy died in Iraq. When I see things like this I feel like putting my head through a wall.

 

[PARACLESE]

Quote from scriabinop23:

oh thank you very much... i still occasionally eat meat. tough habit to quit.

I cant believe you said that. same here. Hard habit. It is kind of hard when you grow up on it. When I eat at my mothers and I tell her I am stopping eating meat she looks at me like I am crazy and asks me, "what crazy shit are you reading now"?

 

[PARACLESE]

Quote from Reaver:

Yes I agree...that would have an almost magical effectiveness.

well we are a free country. we are free to force everyone to be free and force all countries to freely give us their oil. Or else we will freely freeze their accounts and freely send free troops to freely kill them. Thats freedom baby!!!

 

[zer0]

Quote from PARACLESE:

What do you boys think of that video? some crazy stuff. How could people really be like this? grand theft auto? was that it?

SICK

 

[tyler19]

The obvious answer to all of this mess is to get Ron Paul elected. He is the only one who is vouching to actually clean up this mess and has the record to show for it.

 

[tyler19]

Quote from PARACLESE:

well now crgarcia, it looks like our tax dollars are being spent well and in the most conservative sense. Isnt freedom wonderful?!

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I don't see proof of that being Blackwater....?

 

[zer0]

Quote from tyler19:

I don't see proof of that being Blackwater....?

Iraq, speaking american on the radio, the vehicle is not military, redneck's random shootings => obviously american mercenaries.

 

[Hydroblunt]

Quote from scriabinop23:

Imagine a US that spent that $$$ this past few yrs on efficient cars, solar research funding, installing nuclear power plant base, etc. so it wouldn't matter if oil supplies disappeared?

Thats good for business, just *different* businesses. [defense contractors and oil producers obviously not]

First of all, the federal government & the states have been spending significant money on renewable energy & oil independence.

Second of all, it is not that simple. Business interests have to be satisfied, but even without that problem, there are serious logistical challenges behind transitioning from an oil economy to a [fill in the blank] economy.

 

[tyler19]

Quote from Hydroblunt:

First of all, the federal government & the states have been spending significant money on renewable energy & oil independence.

Second of all, it is not that simple. Business interests have to be satisfied, but even without that problem, there are serious logistical challenges behind transitioning from an oil economy to a [fill in the blank] economy.

And I'm sure that 516$ BILLION!!!!!!!!!! would take us a giant leap towards completing that logistical challenge..........