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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:21 PM Original message |
Ever wonder why there’s always money for war and never money for health care? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mr. Kucinich said exactly that last week on the floor of the House |
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ProleNoMore (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Democracy Now Show From Monday On Why Dennis Voted No |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Kucinich has always worked in the interest of We the People. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. And it's the #1 story on Commondreams.org |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Wash Post ed page, of all things, asked this same question. nt |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Thanks, Captain Hilts... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. JUST consider the good that putting that 700 billion slotted for FY 2010 and used it for |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Well said! Think of everything it could be used for at home. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Chump change to the Masters of the Universe. Try $24 Trillion, which is what we're on the hook for. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. War subjugates rebellious provinces of the American Empire, |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Aye. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Wasn't always like that... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's how I started getting interested in the health care issue during the Vietnam War. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Divorce, Medicaid Style |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Even bailing out the economy was going to put our grandchildren in |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. ''Money trumps peace.'' -- George Walker Bush, Feb. 14, 2007 |
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NoUsername (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "Money trumps peace." |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Apparently he does. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. I disagree with Pres. Obama on the wars... maybe he chose the wrong VP/SOS |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Actually, on Obama's campaign website, he said he wanted to escalate the war in Afghanistan. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Exactly, krabigirl. I remember him saying he wanted to pull troops out of Iraq and send MORE |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Never money for health care? What about medicare and medicaid? |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Good point. My point was the warmongers always get the gold. The rest of us get the shaft. |
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ProleNoMore (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Different Frame - War Always Equals Profit For War Company Shareholders |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. we live in short-term-memory-states of america. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. I too USED to wonder why no one has ever been able to put a stop to the ridiculous cycle |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. agreed. whistleblowers have a habit of getting suicided. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Cost of War Tradeoffs: 269,705,508 People with Health Care |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. War=pro-death. Denial of Health Care=pro-death. People are expendable apparently. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
25. kicking |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. Oh yeah. I have wondered! K & R! |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
28. HELL YES. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. but taking care of "our own citizens" would involve giving help to the worthless serfs who |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. K & R |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. You nailed it again, Octafish. Recommend. |
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