Gitten yer priorities ri-ight.

[slimmouse]

Posted a couple of days back regarding the 26 mill per day the US taxpayer has coughed up on war ( since the 'birth' of Jesus)<br><br> Heres looking towards the big push towards 30 mill per day;<br><br> WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- The U.S. House approved on Thursday<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> a 453.3 billion-US dollar defense spending bill</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, including 50 billion dollars for American operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.<br><br> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The bill was approved by the Senate Wednesday night after Democrats forced the Republican majority to strip from it a measure allowing oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge, and now went to President George W. Bush for his signature.<br><br> The House passed both its previous version of the defense spending bill early Monday, but had to act on the bill again as its original version contained the oil drilling provision.<br><br> The defense funding bill also contained 29 billion dollars for reconstruction in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region, and nearly 3.8 billion dollars for preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic. Enditem </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br> Wow ! thats almost 8% on US citizens - except of course that the bird flu vaccine aint worth shit. <br><br> So, lets do the sums here. <br><br> 450 billion budget. 50 on Iraq and Afghanistan. 29 on Katrina, and lets say 4 on 'rumsfeld flu'.<br><br> Any idea where the rest went ? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :\ --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=":\"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

[Floyd Smoots]

Yeah Ah do, slimmy, dey bribed YOU wid it. Just kiddin' there ol' brother-mouse! You know danged good and well that Dick Cheney stole it!<br><br>Live Long, and Try Not to Suffer,<br>Smooty<br> <p></p><i></i>

[slimmouse]

450 billion divided by 300 million = 1500 each ?<br><br> thats on average about 30 dollars per man woman, and newborn per week right ?<br><br> On edit. 3 dollars per man woman and child per week. So THATS how they do it !<br><br> I guess thats nuthin like as bad then huh ? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=slimmouse@rigorousintuition>slimmouse</A> at: 12/23/05 10:37 pm<br></i>

[Floyd Smoots]

slim-bob, the last time I checked, the national debt figures out to about $75,000-$100,000 per person (including newborns) for every one of us here in the Untied States uv Amerika. If they came to our doors with legal papers, backed up with guns, and demanded payment in CASH, CHECK, GOLD, or MONEY ORDER, of said debt, about 98-per-cent-PLUS of us would be hauled off to the "coming soon to a neighborhood near you" debtor's prisons that are being built and prepared "just for us special folks" even as we sit here and blog.<br><br>Brother Floyd<br> <p></p><i></i>

[antiaristo]

slim,<br>It must be the Christmas spirit.<br>You're being far too generous to them.<br>The true Offense Spending Budget of the USA is between eight and nine hundred billion a year. The rest is hidden elsewhere. I've seen some sharp analyses of this very issue, and I'm sure I could find one again if needsbe. I think there was a good one on TomDispatch.<br><br>That's over fifty dollars per week per person. Including those persons with no health coverage, no home or no future.<br><br>And funnily enough, I've been following fdl recently. You know what? They've come to the conclusion that Bush has in fact declared martial law in secret.<br>All things come to those who wait.<br><br>Merry, Merry Christmas to you, and thank you for your posts. <p></p><i></i>

[Floyd Smoots]

Anti, what IS "fdl", and where can I view that opinion, not that I personally disagree with it. <p></p><i></i>

[antiaristo]

Floyd,<br>fdl = firedoglake.<br>It's a website that has distinguished itself recently, most notably in covering the Fitzgerald investigation into the exposure of a CIA agent. As a result they have a lively and informative comments section.<br><br>It's quite striking. What was being discussed on RI six months ago has now gone mainstream (mainstream progressive blog, I mean).<br><br>Back then they were sneering at us for our promiscuity of thought. Now they're like teenagers who've discovered sex <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>Added on edit:<br><br>Old timers might find this photo amusing<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_firedoglake_archive.html#113535084763922291">firedoglake.blogspot.com/...4763922291</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antiaristo>antiaristo</A> at: 12/24/05 6:19 pm<br></i>

[Floyd Smoots]

Thanks, Anti, and Merry Christmas to you! <p></p><i></i>

[antiaristo]

And to you! <p></p><i></i>