You have got to be fucking kidding me...

[walldude]

Just fucking shoot me now because I can't take much more of this.

I just listened to an ad on the radio. The ad was some government agency, asking for donations to help the people in war torn Afghanistan and Pakistan.

So let me get this straight. You take my tax money and spend it on weapons, soldiers, tanks and drones and then use it to ship all that shit overseas to bomb the fucking crap out of some brown people. Then you have the unmitigated GALL to fucking ask me for more money to help the people you just blew up with my tax dollars.

One question. CAN WE JUST CUT OUT THE FUCKING MIDDLE MAN AND GIVE THEM THE MONEY WITHOUT THE BOMBS ATTACHED TO IT? YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!

And the very worst part of it? I wrote the number down and will call with a donation.

I should have my fucking head examined.

[Drale]

1. I'm guessing it wasn't really a government agency

I've been hearing allot of ads on the radio lately, that turn out to be fraud. It seems if you have money, you can put what ever you want on the radio and TV these days.

[Ineeda]

2. please post the info you took down.

I'd love to know which "government agency" put out that ad. I also wonder if it's legit or or if it's bogus.

[walldude]

3. I'll dig up the number and post it

but it was on our local Liberal talk station. Gotta get the kids from school.. I'll post the number when I get back..

[RZM]

4. Haven't heard this ad myself

I think Pakistan is more 'flood torn' right now, at least outside of the tribal areas.

[JoePhilly]

5. You've just described my view of the Israeli / Palestinine issue.

Here's my take.

God screwed up and promised multiple religious groups the same nasty hot, desert to call home.

I think it would cost America much less to move all of the Israelis or the Palestinians to the US.

We could give the Israelis Florida. Not to be mean, but that is the top spot for Jewish American seniors anyway. They would not need to return to the "promised land", we bring it to them.

And for the Palestinians, maybe some area between Arizona and New Mexico.

It would be cheaper to move all of either group and give them homes and an education.

[intheflow]

7. Since Palestinians are mostly Muslim,

and Islam considers Judaism its religious sibling (or at least ancestor), God didn't screw up and promise multiple religious groups the same land, God promised all God's peoples the same land. The religious problems in the Middle East are all human-contrived and self-inflicted (in a historical sense).

[JoePhilly]

8. I do agree with your assessment, to a degree ...

God has not helped the three major religions "share" this holy land.

The Jews think the Messiah has yet to some, the Christians claim he has in Christ, and the Muslims say that Christ was a good profit, but Mohammad is the one. So the Christians build on the Jews, the Muslims build on the Christians.

And so, now each fights the other for control.

I suppose we can blame man ... but consider this ... if the one God had any sense, he'd have been clearer. If all three are his "chosen people", maybe he could take a few minutes to make that known.

Personally, I think God doesn't seem to know anything about real estate. Rule #1 is ... location, location, location!

If you want to promise me the holy land ... I lean towards Tahiti, or Hawaii.

What we have now is three decoupled religions, fighting over the same tiny patch of desert because "God said its mine".

Insane.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

9. prophet

JC was a good prophet

James Dobson, on the other hand, is a good profit






no slight intended! I'm just a grammar noodge.
:hi:

[Oceansaway]

6. probably the US Chamber of Commerce....nt

[Romulox]

10. Thought the same about a commercial about sending old cell phones to troops

So...we can afford to airlift these folks to the middle of a desert, build them an entire fortified infrastructure, but we CAN'T afford...to allow them to call home. :wtf:

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

11. If you donate...you perpectuate the problem....EOM