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"Black Elk" |
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03 Feb 2005 07:18:48 PM |
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What's wrong with this picture? |
The U.S. spent $450 billion on its military in FY04, the rest of the world
spent $500 billion combined.
That $450 billion could be better spent on healthcare, SS, education,
environmental protection, etc. Instead we're fighting an unnecessary war in
Iraq and forcing the rest of the world to arm to the teeth to protect
themselves.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/spending.htm
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They Knew...
Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned
before the war that its Iraq claims were weak
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
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| User: "Werner Hetzner" |
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| Title: Re: What's wrong with this picture? |
03 Feb 2005 10:12:25 PM |
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Black Elk wrote:
The U.S. spent $450 billion on its military in FY04, the rest of the world
spent $500 billion combined.
That $450 billion could be better spent on healthcare, SS, education,
environmental protection, etc. Instead we're fighting an unnecessary war in
Iraq and forcing the rest of the world to arm to the teeth to protect
themselves.
Check out the spending on these non-enumerated powers.
if "we the people'' must pay for a "money pit'' we obviously don't
want, does that not make us accountable to
government?
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Accountable.shtml
schools
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/PerformanceGap.shtml
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/ReportCard.shtml
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Schools.shtml
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Environment.shtml
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Social%20Security.shtml
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Health%20Care.shtml
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Drugs.shtm
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Education.shtml
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Poverty.shtml
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/ExampleTOC.shtml
and more
Dollars in the common treasury are like fish in the common sea - anyone
who can will harvest to extinction. That is why socialism is
fundamentally corrupting and can not work. ----
Wasn't America supposed to be about voluntary agreement instead of
forced obedience?
Isn't it high time to join The Resistance?
http://www.ny.lp.org/choice
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"
In crafting the Bill of Rights, the framers were careful to acknowledge
implicitly and explicitly two key truths:
The first is that government does not grant rights it acknowledges them.
They exist independently of government. They're part of who and what we
are. And, as Jefferson noted in the Declaration of Independence, the
only legitimate function of government is to secure them.
The second is that government is a servant to whom we delegate powers,
not a master who dispenses privileges. The Constitution carefully
enumerates the powers we, the people, delegate to our government and it
specifically denies that government any powers not so delegated. Our
rights lie beyond the pale of that delegation. They are sacrosanct. Any
government which infringes upon them is engaged in an intolerable
usurpation.
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www.badnarik.org
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A "right" as envisioned by the Founders meant that the government was
not permitted to interfere with your pursuit of them, i.e., your
pursuit of happiness was to be unhindered by government.
The "right" of free speech means that government cannot interfere
with your free speech. The "right" of gun ownership means that the
government cannot infringe your gun ownership. What does "right" to
health care mean? It means that the government cannot stand in the
way of your pursuit of health care, or impede your obtaining health
care. The "right" to an attorney means that the government cannot
prevent you obtaining an attorney to represent you.
Of course, "right" has incorrectly come to mean that someone must
supply you with something. If your "right" to housing means that some
slave must supply you with housing, and your "right" to health care
means that some slave must supply you with health care, and your
"right" to an attorney means that some slave must supply you with an
attorney, does your "right" to free speech mean that some slave must
supply you with a loudspeaker, or TV air time? Does your "right" to own
guns mean that some slave must supply you with guns?
Gary Popkin,
NYC
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Rights.shtml
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Across the generations we have proclaimed the imperative of
self-government, because no one is fit to be a master, and no one
deserves to be a slave.
- George W Bush
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| User: "Julian D." |
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| Title: Re: What's wrong with this picture? |
03 Feb 2005 10:27:51 PM |
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:18:48 -0700, "Black Elk"
<windriver2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
The U.S. spent $450 billion on its military in FY04, the rest of the world
spent $500 billion combined.
That $450 billion could be better spent on healthcare, SS, education,
environmental protection, etc. Instead we're fighting an unnecessary war in
Iraq and forcing the rest of the world to arm to the teeth to protect
themselves.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/spending.htm
Because we unfortunately fight the world's wars.
JD
"On the other hand, I think sometimes I take kind of a delight
in who the critics are."
-President George W. Bush
Time's Person Of The Year
2004
"The course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of
others."
-President George W. Bush
SOA
2003
"Exit polls do not support the allegations of fraud due to rigging of
voting equipment. Our analysis of the difference between the vote
count and the exit poll at each polling location in our sample has
found no systematic differences for precincts using touch screen and
optical scan voting equipment," the report found.
-CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/exit.polls/
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| User: "chrisT" |
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| Title: Re: What's wrong with this picture? |
05 Feb 2005 12:59:08 AM |
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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 23:27:51 -0500, Julian D. <jules@ersatz.com>
wrote:
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:18:48 -0700, "Black Elk"
<windriver2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
The U.S. spent $450 billion on its military in FY04, the rest of the world
spent $500 billion combined.
That $450 billion could be better spent on healthcare, SS, education,
environmental protection, etc. Instead we're fighting an unnecessary war in
Iraq and forcing the rest of the world to arm to the teeth to protect
themselves.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/spending.htm
Because we unfortunately fight the world's wars.
Iraq was none of our business any more than Sudan or Saudi Arabia
or any of the other despotic countries except that they have oil.
How could Iraq possibly be a threat to this country, they had no;
WMD----------------------------------------------0
Chem and bio weapons------------------0
no connection to the terrorists--------0
Intercontinental ballistic missles-------0
Cruise missles----------------------------------0
Nuclear weapons----------------------------0
long range bombers-------------------------0
Aircraft carriers---------------------------------0
troop transports--------------------------------0
only a limited number of defensive fighter aircraft
only a limited number of tanks
small inexperienced army.
Winning a war with Iraq was like sending Mike Tyson to beat up on
a little kid on the playground.
The problem came in when we let Osama off the hook and they moved
their people into Iraq. And yet we dont't seem to care about his
organization now that we have our hands on the oil and free rein to
rob the U.S. treasury.
JD
"On the other hand, I think sometimes I take kind of a delight
in who the critics are."
-President George W. Bush
Time's Person Of The Year
2004
"The course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of
others."
-President George W. Bush
SOA
2003
"Exit polls do not support the allegations of fraud due to rigging of
voting equipment. Our analysis of the difference between the vote
count and the exit poll at each polling location in our sample has
found no systematic differences for precincts using touch screen and
optical scan voting equipment," the report found.
-CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/exit.polls/
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