| 41. How many schools and hospitals could that have built back home? |
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Thinking of Ike's speech.
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| -Pentagon can't account for $8.7 billion in Iraqi funds |
Raggz |
Jul-26-10 11:44 PM |
#0 |
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K&R |
Solly Mack |
Jul-26-10 11:46 PM |
#1 |
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"Reckless spending" |
JDPriestly |
Jul-27-10 01:42 PM |
#105 |
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GRAFT BRIBERY & CORRUPTION |
saigon68 |
Jul-27-10 03:17 PM |
#119 |
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Yep |
Solly Mack |
Jul-27-10 10:13 PM |
#160 |
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Seriously...is this an Onion article? |
alllyingwhores |
Jul-27-10 02:22 PM |
#111 |
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LOL! No kidding . "improper accounting practices" but not fraud... |
Solly Mack |
Jul-27-10 10:14 PM |
#161 |
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As far as I can see Fraud covers from the day that (*) announced he |
HillbillyBob |
Jul-27-10 04:30 PM |
#130 |
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True that...Bush was fraud personified. |
Solly Mack |
Jul-27-10 10:15 PM |
#162 |
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Actually, I think this Iraqi money, not US taxpayer money in any way. |
on point |
Jul-27-10 09:56 PM |
#159 |
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I believe you're correct ...that it was oil sales money. Meant to go to rebuilding. |
Solly Mack |
Jul-27-10 10:19 PM |
#163 |
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That is what happened |
Raggz |
Jul-27-10 10:25 PM |
#164 |
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I can't wait for the trillions $ war reparations bill from Iraq. |
on point |
Jul-27-10 10:41 PM |
#166 |
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$12bn to Iraq - Biggest transfer of cash in the history of the Federal Reserve... |
guruoo |
Jul-27-10 11:38 PM |
#171 |
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So this happened between 2004 and 2007? |
Pirate Smile |
Jul-26-10 11:49 PM |
#2 |
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Naaaaah. |
KamaAina |
Jul-27-10 01:20 PM |
#98 |
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This theft has continued going on under Obama's watch. |
avaistheone1 |
Jul-27-10 04:08 PM |
#128 |
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"Though there is no apparent evidence of fraud" |
givemebackmycountry |
Jul-26-10 11:58 PM |
#3 |
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And we are looking forward |
Blandocyte |
Jul-27-10 06:17 AM |
#28 |
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No kidding, I just found a couple billion dollars in change in between the pillows of my couch... |
liberation |
Jul-27-10 10:35 AM |
#78 |
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The state of California is going belly up. |
truedelphi |
Jul-27-10 02:23 PM |
#112 |
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no evidence of fraud, but there is corruption! |
grasswire |
Jul-27-10 11:23 AM |
#85 |
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$8.7 billion missing = apparent evidence of fraud. nt |
Capitalocracy |
Jul-27-10 12:27 PM |
#93 |
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Well, fer Chrissakes, if there's no trace of the money, |
Jackpine Radical |
Jul-27-10 03:36 PM |
#124 |
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The corruption is so widespread |
Scruffy1 |
Jul-27-10 06:26 PM |
#144 |
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I look forward and I can sadly see the WaR criminals will be back. :( |
Amonester |
Jul-27-10 11:15 PM |
#168 |
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"Though there is no apparent evidence of fraud..." |
wakemewhenitsover |
Jul-27-10 11:23 PM |
#169 |
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The Pentagon has been one of the biggest scams for a very |
Booster |
Jul-27-10 12:20 AM |
#4 |
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One pallet couldn't hold $8 billion in cash. |
tclambert |
Jul-27-10 05:55 AM |
#25 |
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1 billion in $100 bills |
Botany |
Jul-27-10 07:16 AM |
#39 |
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That's almost 12 full pallets for $1B. So, around 90 for $8B. |
tclambert |
Jul-27-10 03:24 PM |
#122 |
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Two Words: Wire Transfer (n/t) |
ProudDad |
Jul-27-10 07:07 PM |
#148 |
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Waxman learned this in an oversight committee hearing. |
JDPriestly |
Jul-27-10 01:54 PM |
#107 |
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It was probably the bundled money used and thrown as footballs! |
flyarm |
Jul-27-10 12:20 AM |
#5 |
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Yeah, it's "lost". |
EFerrari |
Jul-27-10 12:51 AM |
#7 |
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You have that 100% right!! |
flyarm |
Jul-27-10 01:14 AM |
#10 |
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But we continue to give the Pentagon more money whenever they ask for it. |
bulloney |
Jul-27-10 06:31 AM |
#33 |
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The MIC and interest on the debt account for well over $1T a year. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Jul-27-10 08:22 AM |
#51 |
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NO "WE" don't ,.. our elected (or not) polititicans do! eom |
flyarm |
Jul-27-10 12:24 PM |
#92 |
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"lost" in the same way billions on Wall St. was "lost" @ $211,000/hr. for hedge fund managers |
wordpix |
Jul-27-10 08:54 AM |
#63 |
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They used the bundled cash |
peace frog |
Jul-27-10 12:08 PM |
#89 |
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The report was written by |
lurky |
Jul-27-10 12:32 AM |
#6 |
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The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 08:45 AM |
#58 |
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He's still there? |
Nite Owl |
Jul-27-10 08:57 AM |
#65 |
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Sounds more like he's not anything more than part of the scam... |
alllyingwhores |
Jul-27-10 02:21 PM |
#110 |
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So, why would a Bush insider on the fast track to glory |
lurky |
Jul-27-10 03:39 PM |
#125 |
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Good questions. |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 04:42 PM |
#132 |
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Agreed. |
lurky |
Jul-27-10 05:08 PM |
#134 |
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in '03-04'nearly 281 million notes, ($12bn) weighing 363 tonnes, were sent from New York to Baghdad' |
guruoo |
Jul-28-10 12:24 AM |
#173 |
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Check The Bagmen |
QUALAR |
Jul-27-10 01:08 AM |
#8 |
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And all this time I thought those repukes were all going over there for cheap photo ops. |
KamaAina |
Jul-27-10 01:22 PM |
#99 |
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Here's a link to a compliation of videos regarding $23 Billion in missing money on Grayson's website |
Tx4obama |
Jul-27-10 01:08 AM |
#9 |
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Thanks -- saved it -- |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-10 01:25 AM |
#13 |
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Rumsfeld couldn't account for $2.3 trillion -- eventually $3.4 trillion . . . I think ...??? |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-10 01:19 AM |
#11 |
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Did they look under Rummy's desk? |
Politicalboi |
Jul-27-10 01:24 AM |
#12 |
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Shocked! |
Sherman A1 |
Jul-27-10 02:51 AM |
#14 |
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Did anyone ask Franky Graham where it is? |
Joe Bacon |
Jul-27-10 06:17 AM |
#29 |
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I guess that is |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 08:41 AM |
#56 |
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How can one account for money that never existed in the first place? |
Grinchie |
Jul-27-10 03:32 AM |
#15 |
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Follow the money to bush and cheney. |
truthisfreedom |
Jul-27-10 04:12 AM |
#16 |
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Follow the money to Paul Wolfowitz. |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 08:50 AM |
#60 |
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That's the bundles of cash they were playing football with in Iraq. |
Hubert Flottz |
Jul-27-10 04:22 AM |
#17 |
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Hell the country even had money to pay the faith based bush |
Hubert Flottz |
Jul-27-10 04:33 AM |
#18 |
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The Iraq War was all about making money for certain groups and people |
Botany |
Jul-27-10 04:34 AM |
#19 |
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"... the money wasn't lost it was stolen" |
Raster |
Jul-27-10 05:16 AM |
#20 |
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Now I think I know what Dick Cheney kept in his office safe. n/t |
Ganja Ninja |
Jul-27-10 05:26 AM |
#21 |
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also, why he put out his back moving his office by himself - the boxes of cash must have been heavy! |
wordpix |
Jul-27-10 09:00 AM |
#68 |
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Well, I'm sure that Bremer and Senor are innocent. |
Altoid_Cyclist |
Jul-27-10 05:38 AM |
#22 |
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And I'm sure that no fine upstanding CPA/Heritage Foundation employee |
tanyev |
Jul-27-10 07:14 AM |
#38 |
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Senor made sure he... |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 08:53 AM |
#61 |
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Maybe that's why Mike Pence was always there also. |
Altoid_Cyclist |
Jul-27-10 11:05 AM |
#82 |
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Excellent memory, Dan 'big head' Senor, the 'head' of it all. |
DainBramaged |
Jul-27-10 12:18 PM |
#90 |
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I will never forget.. |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 01:43 PM |
#106 |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Jul-27-10 05:38 AM |
#23 |
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Is that in cash? Do you have any idea how much that WEIGHS? |
tclambert |
Jul-27-10 05:51 AM |
#24 |
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8.7 BILLION? Who worries about single digit billion dollar figures anymore? |
No Elephants |
Jul-27-10 06:04 AM |
#26 |
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Can we get a funny vid of W looking under a chair for it? |
Blandocyte |
Jul-27-10 06:13 AM |
#27 |
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"no apparent evidence of fraud" |
barbtries |
Jul-27-10 06:18 AM |
#30 |
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The Great Seymour Hersh accounted for it |
Aristophrenia |
Jul-27-10 06:28 AM |
#31 |
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I've never heard this on |
Enthusiast |
Jul-27-10 06:31 AM |
#32 |
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think the $ is currently bashing democrats in preelection commercials |
happygoluckytoyou |
Jul-27-10 07:01 AM |
#34 |
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and it went to buy up progressive radio stations so they could be flipped ... |
Botany |
Jul-27-10 07:09 AM |
#37 |
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Oil is money. War is always about $$$$$$$. To bad volunteers never realize this. nt |
valerief |
Jul-27-10 08:10 AM |
#49 |
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Thank you. Excellent post. |
LargeGreenSpider |
Jul-27-10 09:00 AM |
#67 |
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& organizing all those tea party rallies & paying for speakers like Dummy Palin |
wordpix |
Jul-27-10 08:58 AM |
#66 |
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K&R |
Soylent Brice |
Jul-27-10 07:04 AM |
#35 |
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Seems like it might be all,like,some kind of a racket. |
Yeahyeah |
Jul-27-10 07:07 AM |
#36 |
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Wow...what is it with Iraq? So many things disappear there it's like the Bermuda Triangle. |
deutsey |
Jul-27-10 07:29 AM |
#40 |
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Nitpick: Many of those artifacts, and almost all of the most significant ones, were recovered. |
BreweryYardRat |
Jul-27-10 05:32 PM |
#138 |
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I'm glad to hear that n/t |
deutsey |
Jul-28-10 07:28 AM |
#174 |
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How many schools and hospitals could that have built back home? |
paparush |
Jul-27-10 07:29 AM |
#41 |
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and affordable housing |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 08:53 AM |
#62 |
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This is from Iraq oil money, not US funds |
dropkickpa |
Jul-27-10 05:30 PM |
#137 |
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Correct me if I'm wrong... |
Roy Rolling |
Jul-27-10 07:43 AM |
#42 |
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New Oversight |
Roy Rolling |
Jul-27-10 07:45 AM |
#43 |
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And what will happen? They'll get more money for accountants. |
donco6 |
Jul-27-10 07:46 AM |
#44 |
| -
They really need to check their pockets before doing the laundry |
jberryhill |
Jul-27-10 08:01 AM |
#45 |
| -
I'd check Cheney's accounts... nt |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-27-10 08:02 AM |
#46 |
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and that goes for his daughters---I'm sure he's given some away to them |
wordpix |
Jul-27-10 08:56 AM |
#64 |
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So this in addition to the 9 billion Rumsfeld spoke of on 9/10/2011. nt |
valerief |
Jul-27-10 08:08 AM |
#47 |
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actually, I thought it was 1.2 trillion |
newspeak |
Jul-27-10 09:27 AM |
#71 |
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I think you're right about the 1.2 trillion. Yeah, 9/11 sure changed everything. |
valerief |
Jul-27-10 10:10 AM |
#74 |
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Caymans? Switzerland? Liechtenstein? |
KansDem |
Jul-27-10 08:10 AM |
#48 |
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They get so freaking high salaries and this is how they '"repay" us? |
RedCloud |
Jul-27-10 08:22 AM |
#50 |
| -
actually, I think of them as some kind of carnie guys |
newspeak |
Jul-27-10 09:35 AM |
#73 |
| -
Or you win the teddy |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 10:16 AM |
#76 |
| -
Move along, nothing to see here. |
realFedUp |
Jul-27-10 08:30 AM |
#52 |
| -
So I guess this.. |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 08:38 AM |
#53 |
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That's like buying a car and only getting one of the tires. Then being expected to not worry about i |
cbdo2007 |
Jul-27-10 08:38 AM |
#54 |
| -
only 8.7? |
demi moore |
Jul-27-10 08:39 AM |
#55 |
| -
K&R. |
City Lights |
Jul-27-10 08:43 AM |
#57 |
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"no apparent evidence of fraud"??!!$$$ ?? Losing $8.7 billion doesn't point to fraud? |
wordpix |
Jul-27-10 08:47 AM |
#59 |
| -
They have to get the money to Pay the Taliban from somewhere ..don't they??. eom |
flyarm |
Jul-27-10 12:04 PM |
#88 |
| -
If this were Medicare/Medacaid |
Nite Owl |
Jul-27-10 09:03 AM |
#69 |
| -
Just "another one of those mysteries" that we're not supposed to look back on.... |
seafan |
Jul-27-10 09:15 AM |
#70 |
| -
Unacceptable |
Blue Owl |
Jul-27-10 09:35 AM |
#72 |
| -
K&R |
highplainsdem |
Jul-27-10 10:14 AM |
#75 |
| -
Go to some Iraqi and American cemetaries... |
Evasporque |
Jul-27-10 10:33 AM |
#77 |
| -
What happened to the 4.3 trillion? Trillions or billions? |
peacetalksforall |
Jul-27-10 10:40 AM |
#79 |
| -
Let's see, how many jobs can we create when we ask for that 9 billion back? |
robinlynne |
Jul-27-10 10:41 AM |
#80 |
| -
AT $50K per job, you could make 180,000 jobs. |
tclambert |
Jul-27-10 03:28 PM |
#123 |
| -
They cared as much about money accountability as much as they cared about our kids. And |
peacetalksforall |
Jul-27-10 10:43 AM |
#81 |
| -
I can only think of one place to spend billions - defense contractors. |
superconnected |
Jul-27-10 11:07 AM |
#83 |
| -
... and how the right wing love to blether about 'throwing money' at socially |
Joe Chi Minh |
Jul-27-10 11:14 AM |
#84 |
| -
I bet some of that money will now be used to get Righties into office in the midterms |
flamingdem |
Jul-27-10 11:26 AM |
#86 |
| -
K&R. nt |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 11:48 AM |
#87 |
| -
"no apparent evidence of fraud" ??? Isn't $8.7 billion missing considered evidence? |
begin_within |
Jul-27-10 12:20 PM |
#91 |
| -
THIS IS A CRIME...a real prosecutable crime if anyone had any interest in |
xiamiam |
Jul-27-10 12:31 PM |
#94 |
| -
Lost in the pockets of the criminals |
Loki |
Jul-27-10 12:37 PM |
#95 |
| -
But make sure unemployment insurance is paid for.... no deficit spending... |
lib2DaBone |
Jul-27-10 12:55 PM |
#96 |
| -
The U.S. has to straighten out its priorities |
Carnage251 |
Jul-27-10 01:09 PM |
#97 |
| -
It's under Cheney's death bed. |
taught_me_patience |
Jul-27-10 01:34 PM |
#100 |
| -
Mission accomplished!! |
Kurovski |
Jul-27-10 01:36 PM |
#101 |
| -
Its not that they can't. |
cornermouse |
Jul-27-10 01:37 PM |
#102 |
| -
That's in addition to the $2.3 TRILLION that the Pentagon can't account for? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jul-27-10 01:38 PM |
#103 |
| -
Thank you. I was wondering that myself. nt |
raccoon |
Jul-29-10 09:39 AM |
#175 |
| -
OK, now we have embezzlement and theft -- the money went somewhere. |
JDPriestly |
Jul-27-10 01:38 PM |
#104 |
| -
Good GAWD...BILLIONS! |
SoapBox |
Jul-27-10 01:55 PM |
#108 |
| -
Oh well, I'm sure it will be appropriate to "look forward" |
Bluebear |
Jul-27-10 02:13 PM |
#109 |
| -
Alan Grayson: videos of $23 BILLION of missing money, link below |
Tx4obama |
Jul-27-10 02:24 PM |
#113 |
| -
If this missing money had gone to welfare or schools, Fox would be all over it |
jgraz |
Jul-27-10 02:36 PM |
#114 |
| -
I don't suppose there would be a record of the chain of custody for such a piddling amount. |
Joe Chi Minh |
Jul-27-10 02:52 PM |
#115 |
| -
chump change |
melm00se |
Jul-27-10 03:00 PM |
#116 |
| -
The war is a joke. It was a scheme to steal money. We need a real 9-11 investigation. |
grahamhgreen |
Jul-27-10 03:01 PM |
#117 |
| -
Well that's better... |
wildbilln864 |
Jul-27-10 03:09 PM |
#118 |
| -
Its located where the WMD's are! |
benld74 |
Jul-27-10 03:19 PM |
#120 |
| -
I'll bet if 3 bucks were unaccounted for |
svpadgham |
Jul-27-10 03:22 PM |
#121 |
| -
And is the White House calling for firings? |
Starry Messenger |
Jul-27-10 03:43 PM |
#126 |
| -
Corruption but no fraud? Are they serious? |
Bluenorthwest |
Jul-27-10 03:56 PM |
#127 |
| -
This was Iraq's money. The US STOLE it from the Iraqi people. |
Prometheus Bound |
Jul-27-10 04:20 PM |
#129 |
| -
Probably more like over 10 billion dollars-War for profit & stealing for republicans & corporations |
GreenTea |
Jul-27-10 04:32 PM |
#131 |
| -
Isn't this an old story -- or is this an ADDITIONAL 8 + billion that vanished? nt |
gateley |
Jul-27-10 04:51 PM |
#133 |
| -
What else is new? n/t |
Jefferson23 |
Jul-27-10 05:19 PM |
#135 |
| -
of course they can't, o, too bad-and we have people starving |
katty |
Jul-27-10 05:21 PM |
#136 |
| -
For the Pentagon, that's chump change. |
Octafish |
Jul-27-10 05:37 PM |
#139 |
| -
Oopsie, the DoD must have left it in their other pants! |
dropkickpa |
Jul-27-10 05:40 PM |
#140 |
| -
K&R |
Ignis |
Jul-27-10 05:41 PM |
#141 |
| -
the US Government officials military corporations are theives |
lovuian |
Jul-27-10 05:48 PM |
#142 |
| -
"they are part of the stench of corruption" |
Ticonderoga |
Jul-27-10 07:14 PM |
#149 |
| -
K & R |
cate94 |
Jul-27-10 06:09 PM |
#143 |
| -
Well since they lost $8.7B |
TBF |
Jul-27-10 06:29 PM |
#145 |
| -
No problem, the admin will give them a free pass. nm |
rhett o rick |
Jul-27-10 06:42 PM |
#146 |
| -
While blowing the SHIT out of over $7 TRILLION over the last 10 years |
ProudDad |
Jul-27-10 07:05 PM |
#147 |
| -
Is this in addition to the pallet of money that they lost shortly after |
ladywnch |
Jul-27-10 07:33 PM |
#150 |
| -
We're being looted |
truthtelleralways |
Jul-27-10 07:42 PM |
#151 |
| -
Tea Party outrage over this? Hmm... |
alp227 |
Jul-27-10 07:42 PM |
#152 |
| -
well today we can add another $33 Billion going to that region, soon to be accounted for.... |
nightrain |
Jul-27-10 07:48 PM |
#153 |
| -
Its ok. All those richy school teachers who get cut will make up for it. |
MichiganVote |
Jul-27-10 07:54 PM |
#154 |
| -
a farce... the whole damned thing... you KNOW where the money went as well as I do - Illegally into |
Divine Discontent |
Jul-27-10 08:36 PM |
#155 |
| -
It wouldn't surprise me |
guitar man |
Jul-27-10 09:16 PM |
#157 |
| -
Get your priorities straight |
russspeakeasy |
Jul-27-10 09:10 PM |
#156 |
| -
You mean people in the Bush admin could count? |
missheidi |
Jul-27-10 09:31 PM |
#158 |
| -
Withold it from their allowance. Until they come up with it, no money for black ops. |
Thor_MN |
Jul-27-10 10:39 PM |
#165 |
| -
How many times have we discussed this on DU? 100? 1000? |
HughMoran |
Jul-27-10 10:41 PM |
#167 |
| -
Let's see-no health care, no jobs, Social Security on the verge of annihilation, |
earth mom |
Jul-27-10 11:32 PM |
#170 |
| -
Let me at their accounting system. I will find it asap. |
earcandle |
Jul-28-10 12:06 AM |
#172 |
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