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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:28 AM Original message |
Iraq war 'caused slowdown in the US' |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Repeat after me: Republican War Recession. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Maybe Republican War Depression is |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. K & R... |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. Economist: War to cost $3.5 trillion |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The estimates just keep going up. It could end up even higher. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The loss of honor & respect around the world... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Pisses me off... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Also forgotten |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. anybody remember? |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I'd love to read that...I never saw it. nt |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
63. found it |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Cher...thank you |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. THANKS FOR THE SOURCE ARTICLE |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. How many lives does he have left? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. He's been Bush and Hoover. Is it counted like cats? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #63 |
73. Well, that really educated me. |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Here was a Damm good prediction back in January 2001, The Onion |
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CONN (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
82. Thanks for sharing.... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. He's had OTHER lifetimes? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. I'm just surprised he came back as a human, and not |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
77. some way |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. MTE |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. It is a supply shock that may lead to stagflation. Same as the Vietnam War in the 1970s. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. But now food prices are |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Terrible. What * will leave the country in. What a mess. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wolfowitz said the war would pay for itself! |
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beltanefauve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Wolfowitz was replaced |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. The Sadim touch! |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. back on message with antiwar fever --- I agree n/t |
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aasleka (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. It was going to pay for itself and where did the cash go? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. War profiteers make brazilions, rest flail. k&r |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. I participated in a non-partisan-like, automated voter poll on the phone the other evening |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh yeah? |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. But I thought the Iraqi oil would cover the cost of the war? |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. Puke trickle down, war economy = trickle down shit for the people |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. The war was designed to bankrupt the US government |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Exactly. |
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CubicleGuy (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. Incompetence on an unprecedented scale |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Gee... |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's going to be a fucking world wide depression my friends and |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. But what they WILL do |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. LOL! They'll need a miracle for that one to work. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. While I agree that Iraq War spending helped very few Americans other than GOP supporters .... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. Time to Go After Those That Profited |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. You mean those who |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. We have been in other wars though |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
81. True. We have been through other wars, BUT.... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. I defy any repuke sympathizer, bush-lover, freeper, etc. to justify this |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. ...... |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. Duh. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. This President and Congress has put Americans in such DEBT |
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Counciltucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Good fuckin' criminy -- that's $10,000 per person! |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
84. Weird... That's about how much in the hole I am now |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. And so, why are we to believe President Dufus when he tells us things like the surge is working, or |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I hope you are fighting back |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
76. You keep coming back at them with facts. |
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No Blood for Hubris (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. Bush ruined our country with Iraq. Can the Hillary-haters stop trying to pin his war |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. K&R, this is the primary reason why many Republicans should not support McCain... |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
43. Ding!ding!ding! K&R! Will our candidates running for president listen? |
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Bilbo Heugan (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. Best economic stimulus package possible ! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. Kicked and recommended. |
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LLee (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
49. Iraq war 'caused slowdown in the US' |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. In other words George Asscarrot Bush caused the slow down.n/t |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
51. I don't understand why that didn't see this coming long ago |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. Looks like another point for the OBL column (for those keeping score) n/t |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's NOT a WAR! (sorry not shouting at you) It's a OCCUPATION following an INVASION |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Don't worry about that I totally agree with you. |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Nope, it's not a war. It's a treasonous con game by war criminals. |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
55. Yeah but |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. If Ralph Nader is reading this, I predicted this in a letter I wrote to you in early 2001 |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
59. So much for this mentality of war being good for the economy. |
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mreilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
60. This is why Republicans shouldn't even be running for election |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. "if more Americans didn't have their heads up their asses..." |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
61. Richardson's #1 priority was to get out of Iraq |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
64. "Iraq war 'caused slowdown in the US'" |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
67. It is not even a "guns or butter" economic issue, this war has been deliberately |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
68. Bush-McCain War Recession |
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12string (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. mccain |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
71. Link to Democracy Now interview with Joseph Stiglitz. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
74. All together now |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
75. No! You mean our Great Leader lied to us??? /sarcasm |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
79. And McBush would keep it going |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
80. NSS n/t |
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