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Mark Knoller On The Nation's Historic, And Rising, Debt
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- When the history books are written for 2003, it will be the story of how the world%u2019s richest 5 percent convinced the American patriotic poor to vote for the largest tax giveaway in history. This required an extreme play on patriotism; this required a war. So, being patriotic, we voted for those who advocated war, not knowing or caring that they also, not coincidentally, advocate for the rich. Now, the money to pay for our potholes, our schools, our electric power, our poor, is on its way to an offshore account. Here%u2019s the irony: many of these movers and shakers in American politics aren%u2019t even American. Their money buys them political access the patriotic poor will never own. There is just too much money to be made to remain uninvolved in our politics. Like many Americans, I%u2019m proud of our troops and the job they%u2019ve done in Iraq. With potential victory in sight, patriots may think a lesson has been sent to those corrupt Saudi oil sheiks, with their backward ethics. But, lost amid all of the ''shock and awe'' of the war, the sheiks have been spotted with their new dividend revenues, laughing all the way to their foreign banks. That leaves the patriotic poor to pick up the tab: an extra $3.5 trillion on the debt. I don''t know if the Administration caused the first 9-11, but its been so profitable that I wouldn''t be surprised if they started a second one.
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- when bush took over the government the united states had $0 debt.
but as soon as those southern republican christian creeps got the power
they started dipping their hands in the treasury.
faith based christian funding, war funding, tax cuts for the corporations funding...
oh well, that''s the south for you, folks! - Reply to this comment
- See if his wife wants a mufffdive''n.
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- UnderMyBoot
hahaha never said jefferson was haji
what do you call an ideology that:
kills you if you don''t join it...
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=82201&ln=eng&txt=islam%20law%20kill%20kaafir
kills you if you leave it...
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=696&ln=eng&txt=kaafir%20kill
kills you if you don''t do what they tell you to do..
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=6035&ln=eng&txt=kaafir%20kill
kills you if you speak against it%u2026.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?QR=22809&ln=eng
kills anybody that is not a member of it...
http://www.hauns.com/~DCQu4E5g/koran5.html
still practices slavery
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=12562&ln=eng&txt=slavery
still practices pagan rituals...
http://answering-islam.org/Silas/pagansources.htm
allows the r a p e of babies and animals...
http://www.homa.org/default.asp?TOCID=2083225445
a. satanic cult???
b. fascist nazi terrorislam???
c. all the above???
Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan - Reply to this comment
- being the poorest region in america the south has no economical or financial power.
the south only has that religious power....
christian sheep by the millions.
and religion has nothing to do with christ.
religion is all about power...power and politics.
ha,ha,ha.
christ would cry if he could see the south.
nothing good comes out of the south. - Reply to this comment
- If ya see a republican? See if you can steal his car.
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- It isn''t a total loss, a lot of that cash has wound up in Bush''s and Chaney''s friend''s pockets; oh well.
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- hey bush how much money are in the world .. 9 trillion in debt god demn ... are we talking about 20 percent of the total money of the world .. that meens 35,000 for every citizen inside the united states and 3,000 for every person around the world hey bush and that''s what you call it democracy and freedom...
every person in the world we born with a extra debt of 3,000 .. thanks to bush the cost of life is 3,000 per individual in the world.
that''s the freedom and democracy of mr. bush.. - Reply to this comment
- the south has been sucking off the rich, educated, hardworking blue states since reconstruction...
and just like welfare recipients, they become indignant against the people that feed them.
the south will never be part of america.
dumb dixie creeps never do good for america.
always war, hate, christian creeps and republican snakes...
nothing good comes out of the south. - Reply to this comment
- I''ve seen lars008 post the same screed before. Pirate ships and crews from the North African states of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers (the Barbary Coast) WERE the scourge of the Mediterranean, and attacked American shipping (taking hostages and slaves) until defeated in 1815. "Barbarian" comes from this root.
However, lars008 is correct ONLY in his one quote from one Ambassador regarding the political/religious justification made by the pasha of Tripoli for their acts of Piracy.
lars008 then takes the weak intellectual leap of his fellow Bushie neocons when he ties the fallacious justifications of one potentate to the teachings of a whole religion. It makes no more sense than saying that the Crusades define modern Christianity.
But we have come to see this kind of blanket denunciation of a people/religion/race from those who have a decided position and then twist the "facts" to suit their warped view of the world.
However, the issue here is AMERICAN principles. Jefferson would have a great deal to say today against Bush''s assertion of authoritarian executive power, marginalizing habeas corpus, and shredding the Constitution.
Let''s stay on topic. Bush and his neocon cabal with Fake News propaganda arm backing has added over 4 TRILLION DOLLARS to our debt. These fascists are not Jefferson (Jefferson was not a Republican- LarsMoron got that wrong too). Lars should go back to commie Russia or Red China where his totalitarian ilk reside. - Reply to this comment
- I strongly suggest every american seek citizenship elsewhere. This town is gonna be a ghost town after the ******** up republicans are dun with it.
Everybody just .. get on a boat, and head fer australia. - Reply to this comment
- the south couldn''t wait to get their man, bush, into the white house...
so the south could get their hands on the treasury.
poor, ignorant, uneducated southerners don''t care about the debt.
the south has no money, they won''t have to pay.
the rich, educated, hardworking blue states will pay...
the south provides the wars and the debt.
oh well, that''s the south for you, folks! - Reply to this comment
- Where''s bono when ya need him?
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- HSU A NO HSU AT HEARING%u2026 LOL
Democratic Donor a No Show at Hearing
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070906/D8RFKG500.html
Dems Dirty Donor Norman Hsu Fails to Show for Bail Reduction Hearing Leading to Speculation He''s On the Run
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295828,00.html
china buys usa elections???
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=chinese+campaign contributions democrat
Big Source of Clinton''s Cash Is an Unlikely Address
Family''s Donations Closely Track Those Of Top Fund-Raiser
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118826947048110677.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news
Report: Hillary Clinton Big Money Donor Wanted for Grand Theft
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Hillary Clinton Big Money Donor Wanted for Grand Theft&btnG=Search
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295031,00.html
Leading Clinton Donor Stays Below the Radar
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118835199704811801.html?mod=blog
''DIRTY CASH'' MAN FLEES
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03042007/news/nationalnews/pro_clinton_dirty_cash_man_flees_nationalnews_christine_field.htm
RNC pushing the China angle
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0807/RNC_Pushing_the_China_angle.html
Democrats Turn From Big Donor Who%u2019s Fugitive
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/31/us/politics/31hsu.html?ei=5065&en=c3f5afa614172532&ex=1189224000&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print - Reply to this comment
- Well the ole republicain bandwagon is getting uglier every day...
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- No Way to uphold these" criminals of injustice" any longer.. Face Up to it !! ''''W'''' and his cast are nothing more than " Thieves,Liars,and Robbers",..
Posted by neobrian at 02:02 PM : Sep 06, 2007
hahahahaha
then i guess you consider demonic-rats roosevelt and truman criminals also... they had a higher debt to gdp ratio....
and demonic-rat dimmy kar-ter and his said years...
hahahahahaha
the debt to gdp was highr under demonic-rats roosevelt and truman....
sure beats demonic-rat dimmy kar-ter....
double digit inflation, double digit unemployment, double digit interest mortgage rates.... good one dimmy....
It''s productivity, stupid.
http://www.optimist123.com/optimist/2007/05/its_productivit.html
check out who is holding usa paper!!!
http://www.optimist123.com/optimist/2007/08/an-800-billion-.html - Reply to this comment
- But...but...but Bush''s deficit came in lower than the widely overestimated projections he had made earlier.
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- How much longer can anyone try to defend bush? Time to impeach is way over due.
To bad the Democrats and Republicans are all the same party! - Reply to this comment
- "Fuzzy math..." George Bush,CPA
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- Lars ,..No amount of '' Past quotes '' can justify such utter stupidity,...There`s No Way to uphold these" criminals of injustice" any longer.. Face Up to it !! ''W'' and his cast are nothing more than " Thieves,Liars,and Robbers",..If you can`t understand the facts,...crawl back into your "think tank''and listen to Limpotol,Abramoff,Foley,Miers,Cunningham,then arm yourself with the cache of WMD.
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