Questions, I have questions………..

[cassiepriam]

Question #1. What is the projected total cost going to be for Jawtick's 8 year psychodrama? Is anyone keeping a running tab of the theft of the American treasury? Include the costs of 9/11, the Iraqi war, rebuilding the country, future reparations and damages, the total cost of disability benefits to injured troops, damage to national security via Plame affair, costs to rebuild NO, costs of bribing the media and others, gifts to Halliburton (and other FOBs,) US reputation damage, etc. etc. And as far as I am concerned all costs should be included starting with the hounds of hell routine perpetrated on the Clintons the day after the Clinton inauguration. The taxpayer bill for all the nonsensical anti Clinton investigations, Whitewater, Monica, etc.

I will warn you, whatever number we come up with you can probably double it to get an accurate picture of the total cost. It is only when a con artist leaves town that you get the real picture of the damage. We will not know the extent of the damage till junior and pals are gone. Their indifference, failure to govern, greed and aggression, and the costs to destroy or bribe opposition are going to be quite expensive.

Question #2. What is the deal with the China debt? Can anyone explain this to me? How much do we owe china and why? Does it have something to do with import/export ratio? Or are we actually borrowing money from China? What happens if they call in the note? What is in it for China to lend us money? What is their strategy? What are the implications for the US in the future?

Question#3. By now it has become apparent that the con artists who occupy the white house are only a part of the problem. More crucial to our survival as a nation is the fact that a significant portion of the American people function like children, with a severe lack of intellectual and moral resources. The American people have lost their way; they have no moral compass or critical reasoning skills. While it is not clear how bad the problem is since we do not have a free press or free elections anymore, it is clear that there have to be significant numbers of stupid and or immoral people in our country. Too many people have been involved. Does not bode well for our survival as a nation. Seems to me if we do not address this issue, then it will only be a matter of time before we have another con artist in the white house. It cannot have escaped the unscrupulous that conning the American people is like taking candy from a baby.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Jawtick? LOL n/t

[acmejack]

2. Read these for the answer to 2

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/FRA501A.html

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/nov2004/usde-n08.shtml

[FloridaPat]

3. The national debt was around $3.3 trillion when * came into office.

It is now near $8 trillion and 3 more years to go.

[cassiepriam]

4. what about projected future costs?

We have a lot of injured soldiers who will require life time disability and health care. We have the rebuilding of Iraq, reparations and possible legal damages for an illegal invasion.
If indeed we have been using Napalm and nuclear devices in Iraq then our future liability will be expensive I would think.
We have the damage to our own governmental infrastructure. For example, diverting tax money to pork projects instead of levy construction cost us a bundle. What else is out there waiting to happen? How much will it cost to restore democratic elections in the US? How much will it cost to establish a free press? None of this will come cheap.

[FloridaPat]

5. The results from Gulf War 1:

Originally 250 dead. 350,000 troops involved in a 6 week war.

Today: 10,000 dead because of Gulf War syndrom. 150,000 on disability and 50,000 have signed up for disability.

Yes, taking care of the soldiers will cost a bundle.

Rebuilding Iraq is a joke. It's money just going into the coffers of defense contractors. When was the last time we had a liability for war mistakes?

[cassiepriam]

6. oops, I should have said PRETENDING to rebuild Iraq...

actually means handing the money over to Halliburton...