Jason Levine
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Sarcasm aside, that's actually the real reason. "Spent $6 billion to rebuild some roads and bridges" isn't a eye catching campaign item. "Spent $6 billion hunting down and capturing terrorists intent on destroying America" is. The latter is likely to woo voters than the former so that's how the politicians spend our money. They only care about these "non-sexy" items when something catastrophic happens. (In which case, it suddenly becomes politically "sexy" to care about it.) |
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Tzale
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| said by Jason Levine  :Sarcasm aside, that's actually the real reason. "Spent $6 billion to rebuild some roads and bridges" isn't a eye catching campaign item. "Spent $6 billion hunting down and capturing terrorists intent on destroying America" is. The latter is likely to woo voters than the former so that's how the politicians spend our money. They only care about these "non-sexy" items when something catastrophic happens. (In which case, it suddenly becomes politically "sexy" to care about it.) Not for me... I'd rather they spend my money on something I am actually going to use versus having them spend it on killing some assholes and camels in a tent in the middle of the Sahara. 
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Jason Levine
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| No argument there. But politicians see these things as "boring." We need to put an anti-terrorism spin on it....
"Al Qaeda has plans on infiltrating America, going onto our bridges, and stomping real hard thus knocking them down and killing thousands. We must funnel billions in anti-terrorism funds to repair our nation's bridges!"  |
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JamesPC
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Orange, CA | reply to Jason Levine
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you guys can go back to Canada! |
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Jason Levine
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| said by JamesPC :you guys can go back to Canada! Back? I'm from the US. I was born here, raised here, and I can't foresee myself moving out of the US anytime soon. What I said about politicians is true. They (for the most part, there are a few exceptions) aren't concerned with keeping this nation great as much as they are concerned with keeping their jobs intact and securing cushy post-Congress lobbyist firm positions for themselves. This isn't a hit against Republicans or Democrats, but against politicians in general on both sides of the aisle. |
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VegasMan
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Schaumburg, IL | reply to Tzale
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Shit we invaded North Africa again? When did this happen?
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Tzale
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| said by VegasMan :Shit we invaded North Africa again? When did this happen? I know it isn't geographically correct, but the "Sahara" just fits better and gives me a visual of a guy with a cloth on his head and a camel... lol.
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uR
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said by Tzale :I'd rather they spend my money on something I am actually going to use versus having them spend it on killing some assholes and camels in a tent in the middle of the Sahara. Geography time: The Sahara Desert is in Africa. Iraq is not. And there's a lot more than camels and tents there; they do have buildings and cars and stuff.
But yeah. This whole episode is a gross abuse of our national resources—especially given the rather obvious ulterior motives involved.
(Has that "war" even been declared? Everyone is calling it a war; but i don't recall it ever going to Congress.) |
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Tzale
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1 edit | said by uR :said by Tzale :I'd rather they spend my money on something I am actually going to use versus having them spend it on killing some assholes and camels in a tent in the middle of the Sahara. Geography time: The Sahara Desert is in Africa. Iraq is not. And there's a lot more than camels and tents there; they do have buildings and cars and stuff. But yeah. This whole episode is a gross abuse of our national resources—especially given the rather obvious ulterior motives involved. (Has that "war" even been declared? Everyone is calling it a war; but i don't recall it ever going to Congress.) I know exactly where the Sahara is... It's just a joke.
And no it hasn't been declared... I don't think many wars are declared anymore... Perhaps the last one was WW2 or the Korean War... I don't even think that Vietnam was declared.
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tc1uscg
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said by Tzale :said by Jason Levine :Sarcasm aside, that's actually the real reason. "Spent $6 billion to rebuild some roads and bridges" isn't a eye catching campaign item. "Spent $6 billion hunting down and capturing terrorists intent on destroying America" is. The latter is likely to woo voters than the former so that's how the politicians spend our money. They only care about these "non-sexy" items when something catastrophic happens. (In which case, it suddenly becomes politically "sexy" to care about it.) ... killing some assholes and camels in a tent in the middle of the Sahara. -Tzale We could wish it would that easy. In a sea of 1000 tents with 1 holding hostiles, it's gets a bit complicated, even for smart bombs. |
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