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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Attero Dominatus on March 25, 2008, 05:31:58 PM
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unhappycamper DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Mar-25-08 09:10 AM
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Your tax dollars at work
$355,000,000
$239,000,000
$600,000,000
$3,000,000,000 (Includes $1,000,000,000 for the work and $2,000,000,000 for the Tomahawks)
$2,300,000,000
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money well spent.
RGBolen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Mar-25-08 09:13 AM
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1. To quote George Wallace, "Have the people we've been bombing been complaining?"
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the islamofacists want to die for allah and we want them to die.
unhappycamper DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Mar-25-08 09:15 AM
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3. Probably not, but my grandkids are going to be paying for this for a long time. n/t
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MrsBrady Donating Member (238 posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Mar-25-08 11:39 AM
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5. and the repukes say
they don't believe in government programs?
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Mar-25-08 05:46 PM
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6. We can't afford universal health care, what a sick ****ing joke.
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-25-08 09:15 AM
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2. And don't forget:
Edited on Tue Mar-25-08 09:16 AM by Rabrrrrrr
Sorry, Charlie. Not enough money. You'll need to go to one of the fundamentalist Christian schools. We'll give you a voucher for that.
How much money do you need for a teacher, a chalkboard, some books and pencil and paper? That's what we had in our schools and guess what - we could actually read when we graduated HS.
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MrsBrady Donating Member (238 posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Mar-25-08 11:39 AM
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5. and the repukes say
they don't believe in government programs?
We believe in a basic infrastructure, not an all-controlling bureaucracy like you do.
greyghost (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Mar-25-08 05:46 PM
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6. We can't afford universal health care, what a sick ****ing joke.
Even without the war we still wouldn't.
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unhappycamper DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Mar-25-08 09:10 AM
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Your tax dollars at work
$355,000,000
$239,000,000
$600,000,000
$3,000,000,000 (Includes $1,000,000,000 for the work and $2,000,000,000 for the Tomahawks)
$2,300,000,000
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Dummie. All of that equals this. Universal Health Care doesn't give you that. Those items you listed do.
Amendment One
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment Two
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment Three
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment Four
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures , shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue , but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment Five
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment Six
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Amendment Seven
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment Eight
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment Nine
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment Ten
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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So 2.6 Trillion dollars for social programs is not enough?
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Your OTHER tax dollars at work:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/kademan/politics/poverty_foodstamps.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/kademan/politics/welfare_motivator.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/kademan/politics/welfare_barbie.jpg)
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Welfare Queen Barbie. Priceless. LOL