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John S. Alexander, Edinboro, PA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:06:33 GMT

The cost of the war will put us in a precarious state. The chinese and the Russians are waiting in the wings for us to become a second class economy. Do we need anymore examples of the cliff getting closer!

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Jihad Killer and Loving it — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:09:52 GMT

Sounds like a good investment to me. Get rid of Sadam and kill a few thousand jihadist for $8,000. I'll gladly pay another $8000 to kill a few thousand more at about .50 cent a piece.

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jerry/corpus christi texas — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:11:10 GMT

I'm sure the democrats will take it from the poor as well as the righ......

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TEC-Spring-TX. — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:17:08 GMT

Another bill left for your children to pay. Sounds fiscally responsible to me.

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H P Boston — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:18:34 GMT

John S., they need wait no longer. We will be part of China before we get out of IRAQ!
Our whole economy is crumbling and j and the Jihad Killer are thinking this is a good thing.
We are certainly doomed when you hear great thinkers like this, so many of them out there.

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Brad Lawrence, Pleasanton, CA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:20:18 GMT

Can't anyone in Washington stop this madness? Where are all the protesters? Why aren't people marching in the streets? We are in a dead-end war that is bringing us to the brink of bankruptcy and decline. Our leaders are so corrupt, no one will stand up for the people.

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Dot, Illinois — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:25:56 GMT

"over the next decade...."

I don't think I like the sound of that.

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Greg R., Spokane, WA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:28:38 GMT

With all the latest on the State Dept's private contractors and top level resignation.....and more cronyism. No accounting, millions missing.

The Republicans are toast! Toast, I say.

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Tuck,Realityville, KS — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:30:30 GMT

that will be a bill paid by the middle class, and not the rich.

here's what we ought to do to rid us of the crushing gop debt... tax unearned income over 100K a year at an 8% war bonus tax for adults, for minors all unearned income over 1K ought to be taxed the war bonus tax

this way those who gain the most from living in the USA can pay the most.

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Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:32:08 GMT

You would think real fiscal Conservatives would be outraged.
http://www2.oct27.org/brave_new_video

Fall Out Against The War - Oct. 27 - 10 Cities.
See you all in the Big Apple this Saturday.
Hope we can disrupt your day!
Have a nice War.

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Class Warrior, D.C. — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:33:44 GMT

Yes, the military will be in a better position than before the war...but nothing compared to the military CONTRACTORS!! These people are making out like the bandits they really are. Stark's statement should have been "for the benefit of the president's cronies."

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Jamie, Elmwood Park, IL — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:33:46 GMT

No, Jerry, it's the repubs that take from the poor to give to all their rich friends!

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vanreuter, NY NY — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:36:11 GMT

Fall Out Against The War - Oct. 27 - 10 Cities.
See you all in the Big Apple this Saturday.
Hope we can disrupt your day!
Have a nice War.

Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana (Sent Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:32 PM)

Where is it being held in NYC?

Van

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Mike, Hermosa Beach, CA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:39:53 GMT

This is part of a larger problem. The United States will be around $50 trillion in debt by mid-century.

America must slash benefits to Social Security and Medicare by over 50 percent as well as terminate the expansion and maintenance of its empire.

The alternative is to increase taxes by 65 to 90 percent.

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Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:40:30 GMT

Brad Lawrence, Pleasanton, CA - Dude, 10 cities this Saturday, Oct. 27. San Francisco is one of them, so is L.A. HTTP://www.oct27.org
Problem is MSM doesn't like to cover them for some reason. However The Daily Show might have a crew at one of em. At least it is from a network with integrity. Comedy Central.
So you got no excuse. You know where the action is, it is on a Saturday and if I remember right, Pleasonton is in the Bay Area. Come and help out.
I'll be in New York for it and I hope you lend a hand in SF.
BRING THEM HOME NOW!

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Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:43:56 GMT

Van,

go to
http://www.oct27.org
It has the route for NYC.
Union Square to Foley Square down Broadway.

Hope you can make it Van. We can argue about Senator Clinton. :)

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John Doe, The Peanut Gallery — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:47:03 GMT

I should be noted that this administration projected the total cost of the Iraq war at about 10 billion and projected an engagement of months, not decades.

Anyone who believes a Republican at this point, honestly, deserves what they get.

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bush and associates — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:49:31 GMT

What, me worry?

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Rick, WS, NC — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:49:54 GMT

you can take it to the bank that anyone who is fine with this waste of money ain't paying taxes..oh I know you think you are but I'm guessing you are a tax filer not payer...and no doubt a flag waving faux patriot chickenhawk to boot

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John S. Alexander, Edinboro, PA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:50:23 GMT

I lost good friends in vietnam, I lost a nephew in iraq. Same old war, different century. Are we going forward yet? Remember IKES warning about
military-industrial complex? remember the pheonix program, Taking over territory and then going back to base for evening chow so that the enemy moved back in same night, agent orange, government spying on the church peace activists, NIXON AND AGNEW, corrupt vietnam government making money off the war, american corporations getting oversized military contracts for more weapons and a state department that doesn't know diplomacy if it hid under their bed and came out every night to scare them into nightmares of domino theories. If you think about it, the neo-con idea of a democratic middle east is a reverse domino theory.

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Glenn Rosemann, NY NY — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:50:44 GMT

Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana

// Fall Out Against The War - Oct. 27 - 10 Cities.
// See you all in the Big Apple this Saturday.

Can't make it. Have to work so I can pay the taxes for the social programs that take care of you sorry a** people that don't work.

// Hope we can disrupt your day!

About as much as a pimple on a elephants butt would.

Hopefully there won't be any attacks on NY that day. Got that pretty much under control now that we have a real leader in office. You don't have to worry about something like that disrupting your day, which appears is going to be the highlight of you life.

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John B, Des Moines, IA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:50:45 GMT

That's what comes from believing in the party of 'fiscal responsibility'.

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Connie, Tn. — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:59:05 GMT

The dollar is the lowest it has ever been against foreign currencies. We are losing money in Iraq every day. We send it over there, never to be seen again. Sounds like a plan to me!!

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karlos — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:03:12 GMT

brad, the protesters of the 60's are the blogers of 2000's. we in the 60-70's had protesting to an art form, rhetoric and slogans et al.. now committment is the internet and voting a convience not a responsibility. where's baez,dylan, pp&m,and country joe when you need them? we need lyrics of protest back in the charts again and then the masses will rock to the music. bush promised a 1.3 tril. tax cut in 2000 over a decade what he forgot to mention was given the opportunity to correct dad's mistake of not finishing off sadam he;d take twice the amount away and sacrifice us troops to boot.

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Susan, Miami — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:09:16 GMT

Yee Haaa! First Bush destroys Iraq and now WE are next! The maniac is just getting started destroying the US. Go Georgie go! The absolutely, positively WORST PRESIDENT EVER and a HORRID human being.Bush and Cheney are going straight down, and unfortunately we are all being dragged down with them.

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IntheMiddle, TX — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:10:20 GMT

Van: Man you guys protest everyday. Nothing new. Please spare us the New York Liberal news.

Class Warrior: Just who do you think work for the government? Contractors. If you go to any base, even some of the secretaries are contracted. everything is contracted. You only know about the contracts that a disgruntled contractor brings to the forefront because he didnt receive it. ALL CONGRESSMEN want whatever vendor is located in their district to receive goverment contracts. Dont think for one minute that if Blackwater was HQ'ed in Vermont that Leihy would not be fighting for them. That is the way of the game.
You say cronies: I say in every profession or occupation its all in who you know. Don't you think when Clinton was president some of his partners back home got privledges that the ordinary man didn't? Don't you receive privledges on your job that I woldn't get if I walked up to your boss? Man that is life.
Making out like bandits: I had a plumber come to the house yesterday. He charged me 550.00 to repair a leak that took him all of 25 min. Now what do you call him. EVERYONE GOES INTO BIZ TO MAKE MONEY.

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vanreuter, NY NY — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:18:14 GMT

Gary-

I'd like that, seriously. I live on the UWS, so I'm only a few subway stops away. Any suggestions on how we find each other in a crowd of (hopefully) tens of thousands?
Are you going alone, or are you part of a group?
It's been too long since I attended an anti-war demo.
I did get arrested in Washington 35 years or so ago though...:)

Van

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Dot, Illinis — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:18:30 GMT

IntheMiddle, TX

Sounds like your roof is fixed. Have we fixed things Iraq?

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Larry Rose. Dallas, TX — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:19:44 GMT

I guess the author of this story would rather spend $8,000/man, woman and child on medical benefits for illegals. She's probably wondering where Clinton's "peace dividend" went. Perhaps her children will be speaking Chinese or Russian after our troops get ripped apart when they go into the next "great" battle (there will always be another next great battle) with weapon technology that is 30 - 40 year old.

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TXovertaxedmiddleclass — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:24:59 GMT

It would be a much better use of the taxpayers $8,000 if we gave it to some poor dem that cant hold down a job and does not pay taxes to begin with.

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IntheMiddle, TX — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:33:56 GMT

Dot: WTH does my sink has to do with Iraq? Always trying to find some way to tie Iraq into everything.

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Steve Wehba, Carlsbad, CA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:36:47 GMT

In response to "Jihad Killer and Loving it"...Hey, idiot, the price tag is $8K PER EVERY PERSON IN THE US. Do the math! You're only off by a factor of around 250 million!

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Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:41:29 GMT

karlos- Check out the grey hair in the crowds this Saturday. Time to push back the keyboard and get outside.
As far as the music, Check out Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. A little band out of Vermont with a new album 'This is Somewhere' and a new single called
'Ah Mary' (America). Google the lyrics but look at several of the sites. Some of them are censoring the last verse.
The Kids are Alright. But unfortunately it is probably going to take 20,000 KIA to get their attention. That is why those of us that have been through this before and saw it coming this time 4 years ago need to stand up. If you are near one of the 10 cities, get out there and raise two fingers in the air like you mean it.
Will it help? Can't hurt.

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Wesley Reed, Baltimore MD — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:42:34 GMT

IntheMiddle, TX

Sounds like your roof is fixed. Have we fixed things Iraq?

Dot, Illinis

Getting there with Iraq. Another democracy in the middle east will go along way to establishing peace in the region. Bush can expect to get the Nobel Peace Prize in a few years for the effort.

What's troubling is the amount of money being spent on anti-poverty programs. 5-10 times more then Iraq for the same time period, and no end in sight to poverty.

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juan,ft lauderdale,fl — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:45:15 GMT

I suggest all the right wingers who love the shrub pick up the tab.

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Pat D'Amico, Kansas City — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:50:28 GMT

Bravo for George W Bush's compassionate conservatism. In six short years this "Borrow and Spend" philosophy has succeeded in turning the US into a debtor nation.

I wonder if this is what Jesus would have done with $2.4 trillion!

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Michael Peterson — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:52:11 GMT

I look at these comments and I am really saddened that people beleive that there is any good in George Bush and his cabinet. I knew this would happen if he got elected. I am a former Texan have been wroking against this Guy since he was owner or the Rangers in Texas. No one listened to me then and look at the mess we are in now. We will be glowing soon, in the future!

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Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:54:07 GMT

Van- Just my wife and I. We should be easy to spot. We will be carrying sign that depicts a 3 X 4 foot American flag held vertically. The 7 red stripes are formed from columns of names. The blue field contains a broken peace symbol.
It is really hard to get 3822 names on one sheet of paper.
If you find us we will march together.

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John B, Des Moines, IA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:54:34 GMT

Mike, Hermosa Beach; The Social Security gap could be over 50% covered just by lifting the 85,000 cap on income subject to FICA withholding. The rest could easily be filled with a little tinkering here and there as long as we do it now. Larry Rose, the Peace Dividend wasn't a Clinton invention, it was part of the PR that was claimed as Reagan's legacy for bringing down the Iron Curtain. Now not only did we not reduce expenditures but we spend half of all the world's defense budget. That would be twice the budget of the remainder of the top 10 (most of whom are our allies) and 20 times China. Before adding in the Iraq war. There's nothing on the planet that can begin to compete with any of our own technologies and we continue to work on new weapons systems. That amazing military machine then tempted the arrogant neocons to believe we could just knock off sovereign nations at will and secular democracies would "bloom like wildflowers" (their words, not mine). How's that working out so far?

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Rachel Farer, Newark, DE — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:02:07 GMT

We cannot afford to do what it takes to win in Iraq. Our moment passed four years ago. That is why we have to withdraw. There is nothing worse than trying to fight a war halfway, and that is all Bush has done. It is all Guiliani will do, and it is all that Clinton will do.

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dot, Illinois — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:05:45 GMT

InTheMiddle, TX

My point was that you seem to have gotten something for your money. I'm not sure our country has gained all that much from spending all that money in Iraq.

Wesley Reed, Baltimore, Md

I wish I felt that we are getting there in Iraq, but I'm afraid it will take many more years and lots more money to resolve the conflict in that country. I sincerely hope you are right and I am wrong.

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Southern Pride, Memphis TN — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:08:28 GMT

Don't forget the up to 100,000 civilians that had nothing to do with any of this but died anyways not because of Iraqi power structure but because of our military. Also dont forget that before we came there were no suicide bombings in Iraq..now they happen almost every day. And again more innocent women and children die because of our irresponability...

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Dot, Illinois — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:11:41 GMT

InTheMiddle, TX

Since the article we were posting about is about the price tag of the Iraq War, I thought mentioning the war in Iraq might be germaine to that article.

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Dave, Tn — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:11:44 GMT

Did the reporter here edit out Afghanistan, or did the DNC do it for her?

What would the cost be if we brought them all home kept them on the payroll, and bought the equipment?

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Mitchell Feldman, Vestal, NY — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:13:42 GMT

Let's put this 2.4 trillion dollar price tag into perspective. That amount would pay for the building of 300,000 new elementary schools, or 200,000 new middle schools or 100,000 new high schools in the U.S. (as of 2002 there was a total of 94,112 public schools in the entire nation). It could pay for the building of 4000 new 400 bed hospitals (there are presently just under 6000 hospitals in the U.S. with an average bed count of 115) or could more than twice pay for the total needed to fortify or replace our bridges and tunnels across this vast country.

And think of the jobs (with benefits) that we could create with this money to accomplish this construction and at the same time have the money channeled back into the general economy and into the infra structure (add all of that to the unnecessary $1.2 trillion tax cut - so important only to the very wealthy, as the top 2% of wage earners received 70% of the tax cuts - and think of the unbelievable good could have been done for our country). The behavior of this administration has been mind boggling. It mirrors the political thinking of a hundred years ago, the last time when there was such a polarization between the rich and poor.

These statements do speak strongly for the need to change the nation's course. We need an administration that will preserve social mobility by providing for good jobs and infrastructure.

Barack Obama, who is not beholding to corporate interests, will be the agent for this change. Barack Obama, who has a clear foreign policy that will use military confrontation only when diplomatic measures have failed, will lead this country in the correct direction (after this hiatus in hell) and help to repair the great destruction wrecked by the stupidity and myopia of this adminstration. On the other hand, an administration headed by HRC would be bound to corporate obligations and have its vision obscured by old style thinking, making it unable to distinguish itself from the present intransigence.
Obama '08

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vanreuter, NY NY — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:20:39 GMT

If you find us we will march together.

Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana (Sent Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:54 PM)

I will be looking for you and the Mrs. I would be proud to march with your sign!

Van

Van

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John S. Alexander, Edinboro, PA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:21:42 GMT

Hey Karlos,
"GIMME AN F, GIMME A U". you know the rest. I'm sorry I can't go to one of these protests, I got horses and cows and goats to take care of.
BE LOUD AND BE PROUD!!!!!!
Yeah some of you JACKOFF right blingers, we do work for a living, We are farmers and machinists, lawers and teachers, mothers and fathers who have lost a lot under your boy king, wages and children! In fact the democratic party has the more diversification than your party, oh yeah that's your problem with us, we are diversified. Thats what you get in a democracy! Eat me and the organic material my cows leave all you jagoffs who still support satan and his crew.

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Tim, Seattle WA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:32:18 GMT

Can I include the $8000 as a loss on my income tax return like any other failed investment?

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Still Crazy After All These Years — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:32:25 GMT

Gary Schear, new song by an old friend, "dirty old man"-Neil Young

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:03:49 GMT

Remember the $600.00 Toilet Seat? It's now the $600,000.000 Toilet Seat. Ah...Defense Contractors.

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Tuck,Realityville, KS — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:11:34 GMT

reagan had as much to do with bring down the iron curtain as fleas have to do with the discovery of DNA

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TXovertaxedmiddleclass — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:48:40 GMT

John,

Keep up the good work in PA shoveling your organic material. The rest of us will keep busting our humps to cover the farm subsidies you are probably living off of. I wonder what that dollar amount is per person? Idiot.

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Mike, Hermosa Beach, CA — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:01:14 GMT

John B, Des Moines, IA, your reply is, "The Social Security gap could be over 50% covered just by lifting the 85,000 cap on income subject to FICA withholding. The rest could easily be filled with a little tinkering here and there as long as we do it now."

Like I said my friend, if you want to fully retain and fully correct the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare, you have to dramatically increase taxes. As costly as the pursuit of an empire is, this is a "welfare-warfare" state. The welfare part of that is financially more costly than the warfare; Social Security and Medicare expenditures are much greater than "defense".

Taxpaying citizens already work the first four months of every year as an effective slave to the government. I consider current tax rates exorbitant, let alone saddling future generation with one at 80%.

Moreover, aside from the fact that the Constitution has no provision for standing armies, it also has no provision for social entitlement programs.

A nation of dependents necessarily translates into a citizenry in bondage. We must cull the warfare and the welfare to restore and maintain a prosperous, free republic. This has been the finding of experts within and without the government for the past 20 years.

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R.Merrell — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:32:40 GMT

And Bush and the Republican's whine about the cost of SCHIP?! Dana Perino, the voice of the Administration when Bush and Co. don't want to face tough questioning, has the audacity to say ""We don't know how much the war is going to cost in the future." This from an Aminsitration that considers itself "fiscally responsible"? An Administration which has no budget and no plan whatsover for it's endless wars and nation building. Bush and the Republicans would love to continually blame Democrats for the huge deficits they have run up, but the fact of the matter is, they have no fiscal plan whatsover (unless it means cutting health care for children, veterans, cutting funds for U.S. infrastructure, the National Parks, equipment and staffing for local and national natural disasters like Katrina and the current fires in S. California. The list is endless. But the dollars will always be there for their neverending wars, the Blackwaters, the Haliburtons. Bush and his cohorts in the White House and Congress are absolutely shameless. They exemplify the very worst of the "conservative" mindset. Dwight Eisenhower and other real "conservatives" would be appalled.

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Brian, Las Vegas — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:43:31 GMT

Mitchell - you forgot one thing...bringing home 110,000 soldiers would also mean 110,000 extra firefighters in California right now. Give each of them a water bucket and the fires are out in 10 minutes tops.

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diane — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:52:03 GMT

I totally resent that my children and future grandchildren have to pay for something that even I did not want.
I have been against this war and knew it was wrong and yet, my hard earned money goes to pay for Bush's folly.
It is the taxpayers money and we should not have to accept this gross amount for a war most of us did not want, do not want and should not have to pay for.

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Richard, Washington State — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:52:43 GMT

John S. Alexander, Edinboro, PA

Why are JFK and Johnson never referred to as "boy kings"? Or Truman, for that matter?

Are you the same John S. Alexander, Edinboro, PA who said somewhere else that it was refreshing to see reasoned political discussion, not rants, or was that your other personality?

And please clarify if it is "jack" or "jag".

As for supper, I choose the organic material from your cows as opposed to you. Less indigestion that way.

Karlos, Van, Gary et al. Sorry, can't make it, have to work, too, like John.

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Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:53:53 GMT

NO PROBLEM JUST PUT IN ON GEORGE W. BUSH'S AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD,HE WOULDN'T LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE WITHOUT IT.

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Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:55:49 GMT

WITH YOUR TAXES GOING UP TO PAY THIS MULTI TRILLION DEBT, BEST OF LUCK I'LL BE MOVING TO BARBADOES.

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Mitchell Feldman, Vestal, NY — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:58:30 GMT

So Van, you're going to march against the war and yet, you're a big Hillarophile. Go figure! Oxymorons would be amusing if not for their confounding tendency to make no sense.

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George Wealthy Bush — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:15:23 GMT

Pssssssssssssss hey you , yes you could you please lend me a couple of trillion dollars ?

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John B, Des Moines, IA — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:59:28 GMT

Mitchell Feldman, thanks for putting the hard to comprehend number $2,400,000,000,000 into a mental picture that's easier to comprehend. Also thanks for pointing out that CHOOSING to fight this war means CHOOSING to not do a whole bunch of things for the citizens of the USA.

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FACT /AZ — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:04:40 GMT

Why thank You, You Washington Paper hanging self serving son's of B!tches. 8K per person for a war of nothing!!! But during Vietnam there was a coIned saying:: ""IT DON'T MEAN NOTHING"""!!!!

There is an IDIOT born every minute """ Right now all the country's Idiot are in Wahington!!

Today 52 of these IDOTS wanted again to give away America! Illegals to get cut rate education or serve in the military!! You Paper hanging Idiots can even read the laws of our nation """Illegal entry into this country """You Are to be deported!!!!!! """"DEPORTED""" Not given bribes and hand outs for being a Illegal!!!!!

Some one needs to call for an impeachment of the total Senate!!!! These clowns are not serving America or our laws!!!!!

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Scammed again / AZ — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:20:53 GMT

We are being shafted!! Another Vietnam ""YES"" ! It will take hundreds of thousands marching on the White house to bring an end!!!!

We will walk away again with ""NOTHING""!!! Those with self serving agenda are making millions and no accountability! The GAO (Government accounting office) says it would take (5) years to uncover only a part of the scammed money!!!!

This is a open check and no """BALANCE"!!!

By the time the Washington Paper Hangers are finished in 08 there shall be nothing left. Their self servig ageda's are out of control!!!!

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disgusted and dismayed — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:15:09 GMT

help! bought my american flag pin a few weeks ago to prove i am a patriot it broke and now it will cost me $8,000 to replace it

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Randy Rose — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:50:08 GMT

I think the money should have been used for tax breaks for the rich.

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Jarrad Williams, New York City — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:56:11 GMT

Yeah some of you JACKOFF right blingers, we do work for a living, We are farmers and machinists, lawers and teachers, mothers and fathers who have lost a lot under your boy king, wages and children! In fact the democratic party has the more diversification than your party, oh yeah that's your problem with us, we are diversified. Thats what you get in a democracy! Eat me and the organic material my cows leave all you jagoffs who still support satan and his crew.

My, my, my. Someone did not get a healthy breakfast and is all moody and angry. Hey farm boy, don't step in any excrement, much of which seems to come from your mouth.

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Ron, St. Louis, Mo. — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:05:41 GMT

vanreuter, NY NY...Do you know if St. Louis, Mo. is having a protest, or maybe somewhere I look up to see where protests are being held and how to get one started?

I will be there with you in spirit.

LETS BRING AN END TO THIS WAR NOW!!!!!!!!!!

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Ron, St. Louis, Mo. — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:08:56 GMT

vanreuter, NY NY...I found the site of cities for the portest. Thanks.

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Mike Lexington KY — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:20:53 GMT

Wolfawitz called analysts 7-10 Billion figure "wildly off the mark" then he got promoted to head the World Bank. The government can't account for 1.2 BILLION dollars in Iraq (probably stolen and being funneled to Iran to fund their nukes as we speak) Yeah that sounds about right in this administration. If you can't add or project a budget you're hired. If this was the Dems mess, the Cons would be all over this without mercy.

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John S. Alexander,Edinboro, PA — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:24:26 GMT

Wow, I finally got a rise out of you non-idea voters, Thanks i thought you all were ignoring my posts when they don't agree with your assumptions.
TXovertaxed no farm subsidies here boyo, I think farm subsides are a waste of money. At least I have the balls to put my real name out there, you hide behind some cute little pseudonym. Too afraid to put it out there with your John Handcock (pun intended). richard from washigngton is that all you got? Another whiner without ideas. In Pittsburgh it's JAGOFF, everywhere else it is JACKOFF either way it's you! You are all missing the point we owe to the communists billions and you go and attack another american for the job he does everyday, great politics you babies. What do you do for a living? I see that your people hide and pretend you are the greatest but your not, you are just an average american like me, pissed off and angry about where are country is going but all you got is to try to look far back in history to prove a point, oh yeah you have no point other than you hate people who work to put food on your table, that is one of the many reasons your party has lost it's way, it is full of people who hide from the truth. See you at the polls. I will name my next cow flop after you two "TaxedmiddlenoclassRichard".

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nuanced — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:29:01 GMT

I'm sure the democrats will take it from the poor as well as the righ......
jerry/corpus christi texas

--- jerry, are you OK? You got cut off in mid sentence. Should we call 911?

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True Patriot, Boston MA — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:49:11 GMT

disgusted and dismayed >> help! bought my american flag pin a few weeks ago to prove i am a patriot it broke and now it will cost me $8,000 to replace it <<

No need to worry d&d. Just call up Obama and ask him to send you one for free. The only issue is that it will be a white flag, but somehow I don't think you'll mind.

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John S. Alexander,Edinboro, PA — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:20:29 GMT

Jarred Williams NYC,
You got me Jarred, I was angry yesterday, i apoligize for my indescretion. I work before dawn, come in to have coffee and a smoke and read the news and I see comments from people without names telling me to get the 'EF' out of their country, go to Cuba and other such nonsense, I am not on welfare, don't drive a caddie, and I don't procreate like a rabbit but that is how many people portray members of the dem party, it just got my goat HA HA. I have voted for people in both paties throughout my life, In PA you cannot be an independant and vote in the primaries so I chose the democratic party because of my grandfather who gave me my interest in politics and nature. I respect that you put out your real name and where your from, more should do this.
I just came back from walking the dog and it is a beautiful day, the colors are stupendous, it helped me to see that I was wrong to rant like that and I again apoligize to other americans I have offended here, please forgive me. I just am so angry that we owe so much to the communists and shieks. We gotta do something before we implode from this debt. Sorry Richard from Wash. I wrote my last missive before my walk please excuse the tail end of my rage.
Jarred I hope you read this post tonight, peace.

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disgusted and dismayed — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:24:35 GMT

true patriot, so glad i was able to be the subject of your post today hope your unbridled derision for little ol' me has made your day

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John B, Des Moines, IA — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:50:37 GMT

Mike, Hermoza; Welfare is not allocated more than warfare. As you can see here http://www.sensibleiowans.org/budget_analysis.php defense consumes more money than everything else put together.

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$15,998.50 in debt — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:51:33 GMT

Don't worry - Iraqi oil will pay for the war. Besides, it's $15,998.50 apiece for POOR people - BushCo parasites will only be charged $1.50. A "true patriot" will reach into their pants to collect it.

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disgusted and dismayed — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:12:36 GMT

oh, i forgot true patriot, i have a canadian flag pin somewhere in the house will that do? just want to add another post so you can get all your anger out on little ol' me its called true love

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Mike, Hermosa Beach, CA — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:50:17 GMT

John B, Des Moines, IA, your reply is, "Mike, Hermoza; Welfare is not allocated more than warfare. As you can see here http://www.sensibleiowans.org/budget_analysis.php defense consumes more money than everything else put together."

I use the word "welfare" as a concept. Yes, the specific TANF program does cost less than defense. However, expenditures for the Social Security and Medicare programs are more than double that of defense.

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Terry, Disabled Vet, Des Moines, IA — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:29:35 GMT

Here's one for you. If everyone does not like this price tag and also the tx code, then tell you elected officials we want a flat tax rate accross the board no exemptions, everyone pays their fair share of tax and scrap the current tax code completely. Plain and simple. I am for it. How about you?

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TrueAmerican, Corpus Christi, Texas — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:04:37 GMT

This is funny:
QUOTE:
Sounds like a good investment to me. Get rid of Sadam and kill a few thousand jihadist for $8,000. I'll gladly pay another $8000 to kill a few thousand more at about .50 cent a piece.
END QUOTE

You haven't paid a dime, if you REALLY want to pay, send a check for $8000 to the US TREASURY, then you have room to talk. You haven't spent one red cent, your government has BORROWED $8000 for every man, woman and child in this country, that means INTEREST, in this case Interest that keeps on adding up. Saddam was meaningless, he was a big mouth with no substance, kind of like the White House guy, he was a good cork on the Iraqis though. All we have done is release the NEXT wave of islamic warriors against us, and thats all we have done, for your $8000 of Borrowed money.

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John S. Alexander, Edinboro, PA — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:34:24 GMT

here here true american thanks for a real thought.
This will be my last post, after working all day and thinking about what I write and who reads it, I have come to the conclusion that "IT AIN'T WORTH IT", there is very little real news on this site, the people who hide behind fake names are cowards and I will not persuade anyone this election cycle. I have so many better things to do, walk the dog, go hunting, ride horses, wave to my neighbors who drive by, talk to my wife, go to town for ice cream. Life is to short and first read really doesn't want to give us real news. As John Goodman said in 'oh brother were art though' "see you in the funny papers".
One more thing, as my Grandmother used to say
"vote early-vote often". Good luck to everyone who used their real name and location here.

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Gary, Franklin, WI — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:22:34 GMT

The $2.4 trillion should be paid by user fees imposed on the supporters of this fiasco:

1) jerry/corpus christi texas
2) Jihad Killer and Loving it
3) elected and appointed members of the Bush administration
4) elected and appointed members of the al-Maliki government
5) the Republican candidates for President in 2008, except Ron Paul
6) Halliburton, Blackwater, and the rest of the war profiteers
7) etc., etc., etc.

In other words, put up or shut up!

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Jack — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:10:16 GMT

Why is it never poor Bill, or poor John?
Not even withh bills you must pay and johns you must clean.

Nope just POOR RICHARD!

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Mark Lester, San Francsico — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:11:22 GMT

I bet Brad Lawrence of Pleasanton California is all talk and not one of the people who will bother to lend a hand at the rally on Saturday.

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Rich, Mesa, Arizona — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:32:28 GMT

Renewable energy sources appear more expensive than energy from oil if you dont consider the military cost to get the oil. For 2.4 trillion dollars you can get a shot at the last cheap oil on the planet or you can provide solar power to every household in the US.