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| 81. They cared as much about money accountability as much as they cared about our kids. And |
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Edited on Tue Jul-27-10 10:44 AM by peacetalksforall
as much as they cared about today's humans who tried to live as human beings in the area known as the Cradle of Civilization. Thieves and liars. They stole from and lied to the citizens of the U.S. of America and the world.
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| -Pentagon can't account for $8.7 billion in Iraqi funds |
Raggz |
Jul-26-10 11:44 PM |
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K&R |
Solly Mack |
Jul-26-10 11:46 PM |
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"Reckless spending" |
JDPriestly |
Jul-27-10 01:42 PM |
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GRAFT BRIBERY & CORRUPTION |
saigon68 |
Jul-27-10 03:17 PM |
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Yep |
Solly Mack |
Jul-27-10 10:13 PM |
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Seriously...is this an Onion article? |
alllyingwhores |
Jul-27-10 02:22 PM |
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LOL! No kidding . "improper accounting practices" but not fraud... |
Solly Mack |
Jul-27-10 10:14 PM |
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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 |
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True that...Bush was fraud personified. |
Solly Mack |
Jul-27-10 10:15 PM |
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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 |
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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 |
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That is what happened |
Raggz |
Jul-27-10 10:25 PM |
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I can't wait for the trillions $ war reparations bill from Iraq. |
on point |
Jul-27-10 10:41 PM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Yeah, it's "lost". |
EFerrari |
Jul-27-10 12:51 AM |
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You have that 100% right!! |
flyarm |
Jul-27-10 01:14 AM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 08:45 AM |
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He's still there? |
Nite Owl |
Jul-27-10 08:57 AM |
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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 |
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Agreed. |
lurky |
Jul-27-10 05:08 PM |
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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 |
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Check The Bagmen |
QUALAR |
Jul-27-10 01:08 AM |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thanks -- saved it -- |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-10 01:25 AM |
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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 |
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Did they look under Rummy's desk? |
Politicalboi |
Jul-27-10 01:24 AM |
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Shocked! |
Sherman A1 |
Jul-27-10 02:51 AM |
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Did anyone ask Franky Graham where it is? |
Joe Bacon |
Jul-27-10 06:17 AM |
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I guess that is |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 08:41 AM |
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How can one account for money that never existed in the first place? |
Grinchie |
Jul-27-10 03:32 AM |
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Follow the money to bush and cheney. |
truthisfreedom |
Jul-27-10 04:12 AM |
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Follow the money to Paul Wolfowitz. |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 08:50 AM |
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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 |
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Hell the country even had money to pay the faith based bush |
Hubert Flottz |
Jul-27-10 04:33 AM |
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The Iraq War was all about making money for certain groups and people |
Botany |
Jul-27-10 04:34 AM |
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"... the money wasn't lost it was stolen" |
Raster |
Jul-27-10 05:16 AM |
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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 |
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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 |
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Well, I'm sure that Bremer and Senor are innocent. |
Altoid_Cyclist |
Jul-27-10 05:38 AM |
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And I'm sure that no fine upstanding CPA/Heritage Foundation employee |
tanyev |
Jul-27-10 07:14 AM |
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Senor made sure he... |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 08:53 AM |
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Maybe that's why Mike Pence was always there also. |
Altoid_Cyclist |
Jul-27-10 11:05 AM |
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Excellent memory, Dan 'big head' Senor, the 'head' of it all. |
DainBramaged |
Jul-27-10 12:18 PM |
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I will never forget.. |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 01:43 PM |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Jul-27-10 05:38 AM |
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Is that in cash? Do you have any idea how much that WEIGHS? |
tclambert |
Jul-27-10 05:51 AM |
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8.7 BILLION? Who worries about single digit billion dollar figures anymore? |
No Elephants |
Jul-27-10 06:04 AM |
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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 |
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"no apparent evidence of fraud" |
barbtries |
Jul-27-10 06:18 AM |
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The Great Seymour Hersh accounted for it |
Aristophrenia |
Jul-27-10 06:28 AM |
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I've never heard this on |
Enthusiast |
Jul-27-10 06:31 AM |
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think the $ is currently bashing democrats in preelection commercials |
happygoluckytoyou |
Jul-27-10 07:01 AM |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thank you. Excellent post. |
LargeGreenSpider |
Jul-27-10 09:00 AM |
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& organizing all those tea party rallies & paying for speakers like Dummy Palin |
wordpix |
Jul-27-10 08:58 AM |
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K&R |
Soylent Brice |
Jul-27-10 07:04 AM |
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Seems like it might be all,like,some kind of a racket. |
Yeahyeah |
Jul-27-10 07:07 AM |
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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 |
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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 |
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I'm glad to hear that n/t |
deutsey |
Jul-28-10 07:28 AM |
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How many schools and hospitals could that have built back home? |
paparush |
Jul-27-10 07:29 AM |
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and affordable housing |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 08:53 AM |
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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 |
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New Oversight |
Roy Rolling |
Jul-27-10 07:45 AM |
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And what will happen? They'll get more money for accountants. |
donco6 |
Jul-27-10 07:46 AM |
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They really need to check their pockets before doing the laundry |
jberryhill |
Jul-27-10 08:01 AM |
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I'd check Cheney's accounts... nt |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-27-10 08:02 AM |
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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 |
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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 |
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actually, I thought it was 1.2 trillion |
newspeak |
Jul-27-10 09:27 AM |
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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 |
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Caymans? Switzerland? Liechtenstein? |
KansDem |
Jul-27-10 08:10 AM |
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They get so freaking high salaries and this is how they '"repay" us? |
RedCloud |
Jul-27-10 08:22 AM |
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actually, I think of them as some kind of carnie guys |
newspeak |
Jul-27-10 09:35 AM |
#73 |
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Or you win the teddy |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 10:16 AM |
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Move along, nothing to see here. |
realFedUp |
Jul-27-10 08:30 AM |
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So I guess this.. |
butterfly77 |
Jul-27-10 08:38 AM |
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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 |
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only 8.7? |
demi moore |
Jul-27-10 08:39 AM |
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K&R. |
City Lights |
Jul-27-10 08:43 AM |
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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 |
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They have to get the money to Pay the Taliban from somewhere ..don't they??. eom |
flyarm |
Jul-27-10 12:04 PM |
#88 |
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If this were Medicare/Medacaid |
Nite Owl |
Jul-27-10 09:03 AM |
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Just "another one of those mysteries" that we're not supposed to look back on.... |
seafan |
Jul-27-10 09:15 AM |
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Unacceptable |
Blue Owl |
Jul-27-10 09:35 AM |
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K&R |
highplainsdem |
Jul-27-10 10:14 AM |
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Go to some Iraqi and American cemetaries... |
Evasporque |
Jul-27-10 10:33 AM |
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What happened to the 4.3 trillion? Trillions or billions? |
peacetalksforall |
Jul-27-10 10:40 AM |
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Let's see, how many jobs can we create when we ask for that 9 billion back? |
robinlynne |
Jul-27-10 10:41 AM |
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AT $50K per job, you could make 180,000 jobs. |
tclambert |
Jul-27-10 03:28 PM |
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They cared as much about money accountability as much as they cared about our kids. And |
peacetalksforall |
Jul-27-10 10:43 AM |
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I can only think of one place to spend billions - defense contractors. |
superconnected |
Jul-27-10 11:07 AM |
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... and how the right wing love to blether about 'throwing money' at socially |
Joe Chi Minh |
Jul-27-10 11:14 AM |
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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 |
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K&R. nt |
OnyxCollie |
Jul-27-10 11:48 AM |
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"no apparent evidence of fraud" ??? Isn't $8.7 billion missing considered evidence? |
begin_within |
Jul-27-10 12:20 PM |
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THIS IS A CRIME...a real prosecutable crime if anyone had any interest in |
xiamiam |
Jul-27-10 12:31 PM |
#94 |
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Lost in the pockets of the criminals |
Loki |
Jul-27-10 12:37 PM |
#95 |
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But make sure unemployment insurance is paid for.... no deficit spending... |
lib2DaBone |
Jul-27-10 12:55 PM |
#96 |
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The U.S. has to straighten out its priorities |
Carnage251 |
Jul-27-10 01:09 PM |
#97 |
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It's under Cheney's death bed. |
taught_me_patience |
Jul-27-10 01:34 PM |
#100 |
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Mission accomplished!! |
Kurovski |
Jul-27-10 01:36 PM |
#101 |
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Its not that they can't. |
cornermouse |
Jul-27-10 01:37 PM |
#102 |
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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 |
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Thank you. I was wondering that myself. nt |
raccoon |
Jul-29-10 09:39 AM |
#175 |
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OK, now we have embezzlement and theft -- the money went somewhere. |
JDPriestly |
Jul-27-10 01:38 PM |
#104 |
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Good GAWD...BILLIONS! |
SoapBox |
Jul-27-10 01:55 PM |
#108 |
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Oh well, I'm sure it will be appropriate to "look forward" |
Bluebear |
Jul-27-10 02:13 PM |
#109 |
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Alan Grayson: videos of $23 BILLION of missing money, link below |
Tx4obama |
Jul-27-10 02:24 PM |
#113 |
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If this missing money had gone to welfare or schools, Fox would be all over it |
jgraz |
Jul-27-10 02:36 PM |
#114 |
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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 |
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chump change |
melm00se |
Jul-27-10 03:00 PM |
#116 |
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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 |
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Well that's better... |
wildbilln864 |
Jul-27-10 03:09 PM |
#118 |
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Its located where the WMD's are! |
benld74 |
Jul-27-10 03:19 PM |
#120 |
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I'll bet if 3 bucks were unaccounted for |
svpadgham |
Jul-27-10 03:22 PM |
#121 |
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And is the White House calling for firings? |
Starry Messenger |
Jul-27-10 03:43 PM |
#126 |
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Corruption but no fraud? Are they serious? |
Bluenorthwest |
Jul-27-10 03:56 PM |
#127 |
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This was Iraq's money. The US STOLE it from the Iraqi people. |
Prometheus Bound |
Jul-27-10 04:20 PM |
#129 |
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Probably more like over 10 billion dollars-War for profit & stealing for republicans & corporations |
GreenTea |
Jul-27-10 04:32 PM |
#131 |
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Isn't this an old story -- or is this an ADDITIONAL 8 + billion that vanished? nt |
gateley |
Jul-27-10 04:51 PM |
#133 |
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What else is new? n/t |
Jefferson23 |
Jul-27-10 05:19 PM |
#135 |
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of course they can't, o, too bad-and we have people starving |
katty |
Jul-27-10 05:21 PM |
#136 |
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For the Pentagon, that's chump change. |
Octafish |
Jul-27-10 05:37 PM |
#139 |
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Oopsie, the DoD must have left it in their other pants! |
dropkickpa |
Jul-27-10 05:40 PM |
#140 |
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K&R |
Ignis |
Jul-27-10 05:41 PM |
#141 |
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the US Government officials military corporations are theives |
lovuian |
Jul-27-10 05:48 PM |
#142 |
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"they are part of the stench of corruption" |
Ticonderoga |
Jul-27-10 07:14 PM |
#149 |
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K & R |
cate94 |
Jul-27-10 06:09 PM |
#143 |
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Well since they lost $8.7B |
TBF |
Jul-27-10 06:29 PM |
#145 |
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No problem, the admin will give them a free pass. nm |
rhett o rick |
Jul-27-10 06:42 PM |
#146 |
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While blowing the SHIT out of over $7 TRILLION over the last 10 years |
ProudDad |
Jul-27-10 07:05 PM |
#147 |
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Is this in addition to the pallet of money that they lost shortly after |
ladywnch |
Jul-27-10 07:33 PM |
#150 |
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We're being looted |
truthtelleralways |
Jul-27-10 07:42 PM |
#151 |
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Tea Party outrage over this? Hmm... |
alp227 |
Jul-27-10 07:42 PM |
#152 |
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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 |
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Its ok. All those richy school teachers who get cut will make up for it. |
MichiganVote |
Jul-27-10 07:54 PM |
#154 |
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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 |
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It wouldn't surprise me |
guitar man |
Jul-27-10 09:16 PM |
#157 |
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Get your priorities straight |
russspeakeasy |
Jul-27-10 09:10 PM |
#156 |
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You mean people in the Bush admin could count? |
missheidi |
Jul-27-10 09:31 PM |
#158 |
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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 |
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How many times have we discussed this on DU? 100? 1000? |
HughMoran |
Jul-27-10 10:41 PM |
#167 |
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Let's see-no health care, no jobs, Social Security on the verge of annihilation, |
earth mom |
Jul-27-10 11:32 PM |
#170 |
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Let me at their accounting system. I will find it asap. |
earcandle |
Jul-28-10 12:06 AM |
#172 |
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