2010-01-22, 11:27 | Link #5581 | |
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The reason America supports Israel so much, is because it is the ONLY Democracy in the middle east. It's completely surrounded by enemies. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. At least that's been America's policy for generations. It's not like we don't benefit from Israel's existence either. Take a good long look at alot of our medical technology. Designed and created in Israel. But regardless, I'd love to get rid of Foreign aid altogether. Just scrap the whole thing and not give money to any country. |
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2010-01-22, 11:43 | Link #5582 |
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@justinstrife: Because "the Democrats" as you put it are taking their cake and eating it too? They criticize Israel because many of their constituents criticize Israel (for supposed excess and racism), while in reality they do little against actual financial and military support for Israel.
Why get rid of foreign aid? While the US should prioritize itself first in spending, scrapping foreign aid altogether would reduce its influence worldwide. |
2010-01-22, 11:59 | Link #5583 | |
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2010-01-22, 12:24 | Link #5584 | |
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As for entitlement programs here, I'm pretty sure people like Octomom are the minority. The solution should be restricting the behavior of any person or corporation who receives government aid, not tossing it out completely. |
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2010-01-22, 12:29 | Link #5585 |
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Just because the media crucifies Israel does not mean the government is averse to the plight of the Israelies, you have democrats screaming and hollering about the injustices of the Israelies but it is a death sentence for any politician to remove appropriations from pro israeli programs. There have been countless leaked memo's confirming the power of the jewish lobby, and the technologies manufactured by the israeli's are not solely unique to the israeli's. Also it's asinine to think that the Israeli's ever do anything other than protecting the interest of Israel.
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2010-01-22, 14:21 | Link #5586 |
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Export ban for useless 'bomb detector'
Apparently, a British company has been selling fake bomb detectors to the Iraqi government and making millions. They had to know that doing this would get people killed, but they still sold them. Welcome to capitalism.
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2010-01-22, 14:54 | Link #5588 |
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^While some of what Olbermann says is credible, in the end, it slowly becomes the "left-wing" version of Beck's "Fear Chamber" segment (which was gladly euthanized after Colbert's hilarious sendoff). Predicting the worst case scenario always makes for fun television, but it also amost always seems the least realistic. He should have simply explained the real world consequences that day-to-day people can actually connect with, not the extremes...
Still, it is better expressed and told than anything on Beck's program. This is what Rhetoric should be. Not just overzealous emotions (which Beck and others do so well), but real reasons, even if imaginative and over-the-top. |
2010-01-22, 15:20 | Link #5589 | |
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_433179.html hilarious. |
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2010-01-22, 21:54 | Link #5591 | |
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If it helps, I don't think much of him either... he's just "loud on the other side". More lethal in discussions are folks like Thom Hartmann and Rachel Maddow, neither yells and they come armed with libraries of data, history, and philosophy.
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2010-01-23, 01:06 | Link #5599 |
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see this is a rational statement, yet the problem is Michael savage, Glenn beck, and rush limbaugh are the current "core" that RNC seems to gravitate toward to. The ones that scream socialism at anyone who dissents, somewhat dredges up the fear back during the mcarthy era.
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2010-01-23, 01:21 | Link #5600 |
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Unless you get a return to the "glory days" of the USSR, the first isn't too likely, but even in that case, it'll be too early to say the direction that new political entity will take, IMHO. Hell, we may even end up with a Second Russia Empire instead. Losing control of its troops is more likely - given conditions like health, economic, and geopolitical in the region - but selling weapons on the black market (after "disappearing" them first through paperwork) looks to be the more serious problem. A straight missile launch... Risky - unless the "black hats" want to stir up trouble somewhere?
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