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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: BannedFromDU on April 06, 2009, 05:05:07 PM
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Cheapshit Dumbama (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.15148f36e80f2222604c174cd120fa19.381&show_article=1)
When the tsunami hit, we sent warships and helicopters loaded with aid, but you complained to high heaven that Bushitler wasn't doing enough.
Now Dumbama sends $50K to earthquake-ravaged Italy, and there is NOTHING about it on your precious little site. What gives?
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We're giving Italy $50,000 for earthquake relief?!? Good grief, why bother? (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5402293)
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It seems that Libs believe in giving aid $$$ to our allies about as much as they believe in donating to charities in the states.
Berlusconi is Conservative and was a friend of President Bush.
He's giving them the "Kentucky Ice Storm Treatment"
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We're giving Italy $50,000 for earthquake relief?!? Good grief, why bother? (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5402293)
Hey now!
$50,000 buys a lot of pasta fagiole!
They could have asked for more but Obama isn't exactly sure because he doesn't speak Roman.
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Hey now!
$50,000 buys a lot of pasta fagiole!
They could have asked for more but Obama isn't exactly sure because he doesn't speak Roman.
The US did offer search & rescue teams and it was declined.
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The US did offer search & rescue teams and it was declined.
Yes, I posted a clipping in the BN forum that mentioned that.
Still, we toss money on the order of magnitudes higher than that for chinese condoms in the name of economic stimulus.
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Yes, I posted a clipping in the BN forum that mentioned that.
Still, we toss money on the order of magnitudes higher than that for chinese condoms in the name of economic stimulus.
I agree. I'm wondering if this was just the initial infusion or if more help was declined.
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I agree. I'm wondering if this was just the initial infusion or if more help was declined.
In all fairness I'm assuming:
A) Additional funds were declined
B) $50k was merely the start but the reporting cycle is ahead of additional offers of aid
But considering the Oval Office has been reduced to a gaffe chamber since 20 Jan 2009 one cannot help but wonder what the little rascal has embarrassed us with today.
However, if this were in ANY way intended to be a diplomatic comeuppance aimed at Berlusconi over his friendship with Bush and aid in Iraq at the expense of the Italian people the man is a dangerous demagogue...and anyone that voted for him should be embarrassed and vow to turn him out on his oversized ears come 2012...and no, I don't entirely put it past this crew. They are extremely political, conniving and petty.
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The US did offer search & rescue teams and it was declined.
The US was supposed to essentially invade Thailand after the tsunami, if you recall. Nothing we did or offered was nearly enough, and in fact for a while there a cadre of DUmmies was sure we CAUSED the tsunami.
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The US was supposed to essentially invade Thailand after the tsunami, if you recall. Nothing we did or offered was nearly enough, and in fact for a while there a cadre of DUmmies was sure we CAUSED the tsunami.
And honestly, while the earthquake in Italy is bad, it's not on the same level as what happened in Indonesia after the tsunami. Also, the Italian earthquake isn't constantly on the news like the tsunami was, and DU is too busy arguing over military spending and guns. *shrug* I really don't care what they say or do over there.
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OMG!!! Did everyone see this gem in a little fight on that thread???
rvablue (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-06-09 05:05 PM
Response to Reply #14
17. Uh huh. Show me one positive post you've made and I'll retract
my criticism.
And if you don't like anything about Obama or his administration maybe you should spend time elsewhere.
This is DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND, not "I'm always suspiscous of the federal government and want to complain about everything all the time."
:orly: :bwah:
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And honestly, while the earthquake in Italy is bad, it's not on the same level as what happened in Indonesia after the tsunami. Also, the Italian earthquake isn't constantly on the news like the tsunami was, and DU is too busy arguing over military spending and guns. *shrug* I really don't care what they say or do over there.
I always defend people who I don't care what they say or do and then shrug. *shrug*
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And honestly, while the earthquake in Italy is bad, it's not on the same level as what happened in Indonesia after the tsunami. Also, the Italian earthquake isn't constantly on the news like the tsunami was, and DU is too busy arguing over military spending and guns. *shrug* I really don't care what they say or do over there.
DU was never too busy to pour shit on Bush for every single thing that ever went wrong in the world. This was a major earthquake, and had Bush been in office, it wouldn't matter to DU that Italy is a first-world country.
They're full of shit and hypocritical.
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This reply tickled me.
rvablue (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-06-09 09:02 PM
Response to Reply #8
15. I'd say the Obama administration has got this covered
and if Italy needed more we'd be doing more for them. They are allies.
The nominal donation is so that RW nutjob reactionaries aren't going to go on the teevees and series of tubes and bitch and moan that the administration is ignoring our friends during their time of need.
It's a diplomatic niceity...something the Shrub knew nothing about ... as when he gave pittance to very poor countries when they were going through some horrible tragedies until public outrage forced them to do more.
Obama gave them the $50 grand just to keep the right wingers quiet? Wow... the level of retardeness in that is just beyond belief. And then going on talking about how Bush had no clue about being diplomatic. Never mind the $350 million we gave for the Tsunami. :whatever:
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This reply tickled me.
Obama gave them the $50 grand just to keep the right wingers quiet? Wow... the level of retardeness in that is just beyond belief. And then going on talking about how Bush had no clue about being diplomatic. Never mind the $350 million we gave for the Tsunami. :whatever:
They invent new history every moment.
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US Foreign Aid DOUBLED under the Bush Administration. What the **** is wrong with these idiots? :whatever:
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OMG!!! Did everyone see this gem in a little fight on that thread???
:orly: :bwah:
ha ha ha ha ha...
SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-06-09 06:52 PM
Response to Reply #22
30. This thread gets the Sad Trombone:
http://www.sadtrombone.com/
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It's a diplomatic niceity...something the Shrub knew nothing about ... as when he gave pittance to very poor countries when they were going through some horrible tragedies until public outrage forced them to do more.
WTF? Bush increased spending to most of the poorest countries during his administration. Even black leaders credited him with the money given to Africa, when the UN only talked about helping them.
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DU was never too busy to pour shit on Bush for every single thing that ever went wrong in the world. This was a major earthquake, and had Bush been in office, it wouldn't matter to DU that Italy is a first-world country.
They're full of shit and hypocritical.
It's nothing new, of course they are.
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Ya spose we could hold a convention for these pukes? I mean, you know how they promise to give away a cruise or a wide screen TV and catch felons with warrants out?
Maybe we could do the same thing, only in a Colosseum or sump'in. Once we got them all in one place we could feed them the truth thru the loudspeakers and kill them with the facts!
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Ya spose we could hold a convention for these pukes? I mean, you know how they promise to give away a cruise or a wide screen TV and catch felons with warrants out?
Maybe we could do the same thing, only in a Colosseum or sump'in. Once we got them all in one place we could feed them the truth thru the loudspeakers and kill them.
There, fixed it for you.
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The Big Zero was too busy shoving his head up a Shieks ass.
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My avatar is coming too close to reality........