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Originally posted by Kwicko:


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129584553

Kabul Bank on the verge of collapse as thousands of Afghans pull their money out. Seems the Karzai government, supported, bought and paid for by the U.S. government, was using lots and lots of that "foreign aid" money we sent them to buy vacation villas in Dubai for friends and family. Now, Dubai's real estate bubble has burst and collapsed, dragging the Afghan government and its biggest private bank down with it.

And we lucky Americans of course get to foot the bill, again. We're buying them vacation villas over there, so we don't have to buy them vacation villas over here, it would seem.

But yeah, it's our "freedoms" that Al Qaeda hates us for. Not for shit like this, which enriches dishonest fat-cat crime lords at the cost of the working Afghans and the working-class Americans. Sure... Keep telling yourselves that. [/sarcasm]

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Friday, May 28, 2010 - 20:32 To AnthonyT:
Go fuck yourself.
On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you.

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Mr. President, you're a god damn, mother fucking liar.
Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.
... go fuck yourself, Mr. President.

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Except it was those "fiscal conservatives" who got us into these wars.....

..... just shoveling deficit money at the war machine to keep them going and to stoke the fear of the right.

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Originally posted by kaneman:
That is why we have to vote the bums out, starting with as many Dems this November that we can unseat and ending with the bounce of Barry in 2012. If we can replace all these career polititians and replace them with tea party types and fiscal conservatives we can correct these types of scams......

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
You may have a concussion. You should probably get your head checked by a doctor.

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According to CBO numbers in its Budget and Economic Outlook published this month, the cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom was $709 billion for military and related activities, including training of Iraqi forces and diplomatic operations.

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The U.S. deficit for fiscal year 2010 is expected to be $1.3 trillion, according to CBO. That compares to a 2007 deficit of $160.7 billion and a 2008 deficit of $458.6 billion, according to data provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Kabul Bank on the verge of collapse as thousands of Afghans pull their money out...And we lucky Americans of course get to foot the bill, again.

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Most of the CIA involved probably weren't appointed by anyone. You could try to vote someone in to kick out CIA involved who WERE appointed, but to do so would be to put a sniper target or bogus criminal charge on their back. It needs to be done, but you need to think how to protect people when the CIA inevitably turns on them. Then when you can offer that safety, it will happen.

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I disagree, Frem, insofar as "every" terrorist has the CIA between them. Given the ineptitude of the CIA in times past, I think you're giving them too much credit.

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