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johncoby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 01:27 AM
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US spends $427 BILLION on our military, yet troops ask for toliet paper?
I don't get it. We spend $427 BILLION a year on our militayr, over 12 times more than ANY ofther nation in the world, and yet our troops are asking us to send toliet paper and socks?

WTF is happening?
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 01:34 AM
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1. It makes the friends and sponsors of politicians and power brokers rich
Edited on Fri Dec-03-04 01:34 AM by jpgray
Other than that, I'm pretty blind to the purpose. Privatizing the food service &c was a very blatant form of this. Inelastic demand and a hunger for profit is not a good combination.
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 01:43 AM
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2. Halliburton cannot make a decent profit...
from toilet paper.
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Ducks In A Row Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 01:59 AM
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3. And bullets, they ran out. Heard it on Randi Rhodes awhile ago.
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I Love Alaska Donating Member (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 02:54 AM
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4. The least we can do...
You would think that since they are putting their asses on the line, at least they could have some decent toilet paper to wipe it with!
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johncoby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 11:04 PM
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5. Yep. Time to put your money where your ass is. EOM
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 01:08 PM
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6. Hi I Love Alaska!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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