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Rex

(65,616 posts)

20. You don't understand, this is all about making money.

Reply to bvar22 (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 06:53 PM

Feb 2013

The MIC will be the end of us one day. No one will stop the insane amounts of money we pour into private contractors to make drones and whatever else is needed to promote the fictional "War on Terrorism".

We will become as extreme as those we are fighting - already have with the Patriot Act and the creepy sounding Department of Homeland Security.

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Do we really need Secret Death Panels and Assassination Drones to protect us? [View all] bvar22 Feb 2013 OP

The fear is strong among those busy apologizing our constitution away.... villager Feb 2013 #1

^^^ What villager said. ^^^^ tblue Feb 2013 #3

+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #4

My apologies aren't out of fear. It's just that I sincerely don't give a damn. EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #6

Did you forget the sarcasm thingie? bvar22 Feb 2013 #10

Then not only are you an apologist to murder, you are also a damned fool. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #11

This is almost the worst thing MuseRider Feb 2013 #12

Incurious and apathetic ....... like a slug. nt. polly7 Feb 2013 #13

you're a fucking coward frylock Feb 2013 #21

+1 leftstreet Feb 2013 #7

well said Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #18

More so than we need land invasions to protect us cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #2

Oh my, that photo virtually ended the war. I always suspected it was approved because they were libdem4life Feb 2013 #5

Well written and well thought out. MuseRider Feb 2013 #8

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent". Isaac Asimov Or, in America, the first resort. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #9

Beautifully done. Rec'd and rec'd and rec'd! n/t Catherina Feb 2013 #14

Secret Government is un-American. Octafish Feb 2013 #15

Thanks Bvar felix_numinous Feb 2013 #16

All the marches and letters mean nothing if we still give them our votes Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #19

The corruption is deep felix_numinous Feb 2013 #24

Yeah. :( Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #26

Thank you Bvar. 99Forever Feb 2013 #17

You don't understand, this is all about making money. Rex Feb 2013 #20

Thank you, thank you, thank you, bvar22. woo me with science Feb 2013 #22

Clinton did order some missile strikes when he was President JI7 Feb 2013 #23

Protect us from what? Critics, I suspect. Coyotl Feb 2013 #25

They don't exist to protect us tkmorris Feb 2013 #27

I am sure no one on this board knows the answer to that question. DCBob Feb 2013 #28

Well worded, well thought out and accurate. RC Feb 2013 #29

A most excellent question: CrispyQ Feb 2013 #30