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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:12 PM Original message |
Congress authorizes war funds (cost of $506.9 B + $189.4 B). Approved 90-3 by the Senate. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Where is the Money Coming from? China+Interest? |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Cost per average family: $6,342.68 |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. The average household does not pay that much in Federal taxes in 1 yr |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. That's why they put it on the Credit Card. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Link to the CBO report (pdf) |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Thanks for the link |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. No need to be a Democrat any longer............... |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yeah, that's what brought us george bush. thanks tons! n/t |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. No, a Stolen Election brought you George Bush |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Bush* does not authorize spending |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 07:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. So WE should just continue THIS business as usual?? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. apparently |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
37. that's a lie |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. No. |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's Beyond Sad |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can someone explain to me how this can happen? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It has been made politically unpopular to cut military spending for any reason. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That Both Parties do not represent The People? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Selatius explained it well, but IMO there's another factor |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am no longer a proud democrat. ...It's breaking my heart. ...n/t |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think I'd have voted the same as long as our troops are still stuck there! |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Then the War Will Go On Forever |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And which Democrat would that be? |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Then what was all that anti-war rhetoric.. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Take it from a veteran, the only thing they are funding is the war profiteers.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I wish someone would just say that ON CAMERA. |
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rockybelt (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Please refresh my memory |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. War Enabling Nonsense. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. "Smart" politics. Be "against" the war but keep funding it. Good Germans. |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. And let people continue to die for no reason |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. I am now an ex-Democrat |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. do we all know |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. It is total bullshit.... |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. If Congress were still Republican, our wounded vets would still be lying around in their own urine. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. We have to spend it there, so they don't spend it here. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. And once again the Dems fail to fulfill the mandate handed to them by the people a year ago. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. What the hell is wrong with Harry Reid? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. He's a big fucking pussy! |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. 90 to 3....well they certainly got their point across |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Who were the 3 that voted against it??? |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Byrd, Feingold, Sanders; prez candidates conveniently skipped. |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. the cowardice of our would be Presidents in the Senate continues... |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. If only they had divided it among the citizens... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
32. OK...can DemocraticUnderground change to ProgressiveUnderground now? |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. or, as I've suggested many times, from DU to dU |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. No permanent bases in Iraq and no US control of oil |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. Outrageous |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
44. Its WRONG. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. Can I just say |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. My thoughts exactly |
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