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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 07:54 PM
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Let's talk foreign aid. We've sent our tax $ to Mubarak, Musharrif...and that's just the "M's" !!1!
We can't afford these assclowns! HELLOOOOOOOOOOO, Congress? I got your budget cuts right here!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 07:57 PM
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1. mujahideen
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:01 PM
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2. While you're pulling those cuts out.......
...how about pulling out a few billion gallons of oil, too. That foreign aid creates stability in the region where we get most of our oil. Peace is essential in keeping the flow going. Some don't seem to realize that everything has consequences, and a wrong move in Egypyt could have dire consequences in other Arab states. Every move is calculated, as it should be, in the interests of the United States. You can bet your ass the republicans would love for Obama to screw this up, but chill, he's got it!
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:05 PM
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4. "That foreign aid creates stability" in CANADA? Wow. Who knew?
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:24 PM
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8. Uh, I didn't say the country....I said the region.
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Algeria, Nigeria, and Angola together send us 3 million barrels a day. Canada sends about 1.9 million.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:04 PM
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3. do you ever do any research? That was rhetorical.
Edited on Wed Feb-02-11 08:05 PM by cali
The percentage we spend on foreign aid is tiny.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:07 PM
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:13 PM
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6. cali, where did the OP talk about percentages?
:shrug:
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:18 PM
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7. So you're okay with sending these guys our cash? Wow. Why?
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:26 PM
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9. I just hope you know that if we cut off aid to those guys
they'll be the last ones to suffer.

Not saying we should send aid to the countries, but foreign aid isn't the lynch pin that folks around here think it is. I'm pretty sure Hosni and his ilk will do just fine without a dime of foreign aid.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:40 PM
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10. no, I'm not at all OK with it. Where did I say I was?
Wow, just wow for trying to put words in my mouth.

oh, and disgusting, but that's to be expected.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-11 08:43 PM
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11. harsh tonight. buh bye.
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