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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-26-06 02:53 PM
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Army Chief Laments Defense Budget Fights (we are cheap grr)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-General-Plastic-Santas.html

April 26, 2006
Army Chief Laments Defense Budget Fights
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 2:35 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans spent as much on ''plastic Santa Clauses and tinsel'' and other holiday niceties last Christmas season as they do on their military for a year, the Army's top general said Wednesday.

...more at link...

Sounds like he needs a course in account and math....

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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-26-06 02:57 PM
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1. The difference is, we CHOSE to spend that money on plastic Santa Clauses
We had no say on what we spent killing people overseas. At least I didn't.

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tinymontgomery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-26-06 03:08 PM
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2. Why does he Hate Christmas?
What an unamerican thing to say, he must be part of that war on Christmas that O'lielly speaks about.
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-26-06 03:13 PM
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3. Well, speaking of Santa and the military: they're both fat
We spend more than the whole rest of the world. Talk about chutzpah.

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