BEST WAY FOR USA TO SPEND 35MILLION: SIGN MICHAEL VICK OR TSUNAMI AID?

[billbuckhead]

Poll question: BEST WAY FOR USA TO SPEND 35MILLION: SIGN MICHAEL VICK OR TSUNAMI AID?

Colin Powell almost made me puke puke today when he spinning about how generous the America government is in foreign aid. Luckily, I had an empty stomach.

Nothing derogatory about Michael Vick, he is one of the greatest atheletes ever, I'm just talking American values.

[Norwood]

1. Isnt the chimps inauguration gonna cost around $30 mil

How generous are we spending about as much on his inauguration party as we do aiding the tsunami victims.

[Jawja]

2. Hey billbuckhead,

it's not the USA's money that is paying for Mike Vick's contract - it's the Atlanta Falcons' money.

I get your point about the paultry amount our bastard administration is setting aside for the apocolyptic catastrophe in South Asia as opposed to what an athlete-entertainer makes; but I don't agree with throwing in Vick's well deserved bonus.....

how about Peyton Manning instead?

:hi:

[Blue_Tires]

3. how many TDs did the tsunami rush and throw for?!?

[DrGonzoLives]

4. The U.S. government does not pay Michael Vick

so your comparison is apples to crankshafts, frankly.

[KeepItReal]

5. Where's the choice for "Pay for Bush & Co. inauguration" ?

That's $40 million right there...

[Cobalt Violet]

6. The $35 million we send will go help rebuild the Thia luxury tourist ...

industry. Those poor tourist need somewhere to vaction.
</sarcasm>

[billbuckhead]

7. I was just trying to show the America idea of proportionality

We only want to give the signing bonus of a star athlete to perhaps one of the greatest tragedies in modern history. Nothing against the athletes themselves even though taxpayers helped many of these athletes develope through our public school systems.

[AliciaKeyedUp]

8. Say we give away $35 million

What do we do the next day?

Harry Chapin used to ask about that around Thanksgiving. Do we commit an extra $35 million each day? Certainly crises happen around the world. After all, that's only another $12 billion in an already-bloated and overspent budget.

I wish this weren't true, but we can't save the whole world. No matter what we do, people will starve, drown, freeze, etc.

[St. Jarvitude]

9. You know, every day I find a new reason to put you on my ignore list. (nt)

[Forkboy]

11. LOL

:)

[Bluebear]

14. I-n-d-e-e-d.

[Cobalt Violet]

10. How much are spending to KILL people in iraq?

Certainlly we can afford to save a lot more people. Where is Bush's Christianity when the world could use it?

[foo_bar]

12. "teach a man to fish" doesn't really apply to this calamity

[Tanuki]

13. Your point?

What are you saying, then? Do you think that even the paltry 35 million is too much? I'm perplexed. Aren't you the one who is always touting your Christian values around here? Jesus commanded us to give sacrificially and generously. If memory serves, the Bible tells us to give "not grudgingly nor of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver." Even the most secular of humanists can see that sharing our relative wealth is the right thing to do, so I don't understand your shrugging this off with a callous "crises happen". Your coldness and indifference to this tragedy make my blood curdle.

[AgadorSparticus]

15. and so much talk about jesus and god and gov't. you sure can talk

the talk but when it comes down to it, there's always some rationalized excuse to not walk that walk. talk about a lipservice christian"...no doubt, you have it down pat.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

16. Christian values

I think I understand now....