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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 04:50 AM Original message |
Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. All of that money down the drain |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Just think what it would be like right now if bush** and the vermin he fronted |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Exactly - the bottom of that drain emptied |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, the puzzle palace admitted the cost |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Seems USSR was right and also Bush is good at spending |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thats strange, I saw an economist report in 2005 that showed about a Trillion |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yet it would have cost too much to fix the levees in New Orleans before Katrina hit. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. And it would cost too much for Universal Health Care. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. And it would cost too much to send all American kids to college. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. A crazy idea in a science magazine said we could build a railroad between North America and Europe |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. And BTW, the moon program cost $135 Billion in 2005 dollars, spread over 13 years. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. bush has bankrupted our nation. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. please ...all those enabling democrats reid frank pelosi schumer bankrupted this nation |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. And the bankrupting was not just financial. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. Besides, your numbers have to be wrong. We were assured the Iraq war would pay for itself. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Smirk." - Republicon Crony War Profiteers |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. War profiteers? |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. mission accomplished. the actual goals of the 'war on terror' |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. Did Terror surrender yet? |
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eringer (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
16. And What About Bin Laden? |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. And to think... |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. "Fiscal conservative" - as rare as bigfoot these days. |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. Two Important Items Not Mentioned |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. And who is Obama's Secretary of Defense? |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. yea but at least we get lots of "hope" |
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dothemath (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. back to civics class for you ................. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Gee, for a minute there I was actually enjoying reading this thread. |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Protecting Exxon/Mobil and 'No Bid Oil Contracts' is priority "One" for Americans. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. Cowards' preemptive wars based on lies are expensive in terms of both lives and treasure. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. With Bush, $1 Trillion |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. What fools we |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. And this was so terribly obvious from the outset.... |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. Iraq will cost 3 trillion |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. "So we launched a global campaign to take the fight to the terrorists abroad, |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. But ... but ... but the freepers told us we were going to kick their ass and take their gas |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. With that information and a dollar you could buy a hot cup of coffee |
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quidam56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bush/Cheney are TOXIC TERRORISTS to Appalachia |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. If we had BURNED it - we would be more secure |
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McLowery (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
39. Only a trillion? That's still a bargain at the moment. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
41. Rediculous. I said it would cost more than a trillion right after the invasion! |
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