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Divine Discontent

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9. oh, those billions aren't going down a rat hole in the desert...

Reply to lib2DaBone (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:06 PM

Dec 2012

the billions are going in the bank accounts of several hundred plutocrats/owners of large corporations that love love love that sand war!

makes me sick... such shameful waste. and whereas Pres. Obama is a night n day difference in some ways to Romney, militarily, we're still wasting hundreds of billions on a pointless sand conquest.

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What do the Chinese Want? Anything "Made-In-America". [View all] lib2DaBone Dec 2012 OP

Send them Paul Ryan and MItch McConnell. merrily Dec 2012 #1

The US does not have much of a future given its present course. The US is like a corporation RKP5637 Dec 2012 #2

Well said Populist_Prole Dec 2012 #5

Not buying the claim... SkyDaddy7 Dec 2012 #15

indeed gobamaalsouth.16595d Dec 2012 #13

What is the "rat hole in the desert?" CurtEastPoint Dec 2012 #3

Afghanistan? aquart Dec 2012 #11

The Chinese have a lot more efficient system of keeping dissent in check Major Nikon Dec 2012 #4

That's coming in the big picture. It goes that way a bit each day, imagine RKP5637 Dec 2012 #6

obama + congress = no vision or leadership, just austerity run amok nt msongs Dec 2012 #7

sure is looking that way. Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #8

Obama + Republican/Tea Party congress = mzmolly Dec 2012 #14

oh, those billions aren't going down a rat hole in the desert... Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #9

At one point Japan was buying everything. aquart Dec 2012 #10

What could be wrong??? L0oniX Dec 2012 #12

Who are the Chinese sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #16

. littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #17