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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 09:27 PM
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Poll question: BEST WAY FOR USA TO SPEND 35MILLION: SIGN MICHAEL VICK OR TSUNAMI AID?
Colin Powell almost made me puke puke today when he spinning about how generous the America government is in foreign aid. Luckily, I had an empty stomach.

Nothing derogatory about Michael Vick, he is one of the greatest atheletes ever, I'm just talking American values.
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Norwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 09:38 PM
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1. Isnt the chimps inauguration gonna cost around $30 mil
How generous are we spending about as much on his inauguration party as we do aiding the tsunami victims.
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Jawja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 09:48 PM
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2. Hey billbuckhead,
Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 09:55 PM by Jawja
it's not the USA's money that is paying for Mike Vick's contract - it's the Atlanta Falcons' money.

I get your point about the paultry amount our bastard administration is setting aside for the apocolyptic catastrophe in South Asia as opposed to what an athlete-entertainer makes; but I don't agree with throwing in Vick's well deserved bonus.....

how about Peyton Manning instead?

:hi:
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 10:08 PM
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3. how many TDs did the tsunami rush and throw for?!?
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DrGonzoLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 10:39 PM
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4. The U.S. government does not pay Michael Vick
so your comparison is apples to crankshafts, frankly.
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KeepItReal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 10:53 PM
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5. Where's the choice for "Pay for Bush & Co. inauguration" ?
That's $40 million right there...
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 10:58 PM
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6. The $35 million we send will go help rebuild the Thia luxury tourist ...
Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 10:59 PM by Cobalt Violet
industry. Those poor tourist need somewhere to vaction.
</sarcasm>
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:04 AM
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7. I was just trying to show the America idea of proportionality
We only want to give the signing bonus of a star athlete to perhaps one of the greatest tragedies in modern history. Nothing against the athletes themselves even though taxpayers helped many of these athletes develope through our public school systems.
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AliciaKeyedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:06 AM
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8. Say we give away $35 million
What do we do the next day?

Harry Chapin used to ask about that around Thanksgiving. Do we commit an extra $35 million each day? Certainly crises happen around the world. After all, that's only another $12 billion in an already-bloated and overspent budget.

I wish this weren't true, but we can't save the whole world. No matter what we do, people will starve, drown, freeze, etc.
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St. Jarvitude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:18 AM
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9. You know, every day I find a new reason to put you on my ignore list. (nt)
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:07 AM
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11. LOL
:)
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 02:08 AM
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14. I-n-d-e-e-d.
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:31 AM
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10. How much are spending to KILL people in iraq?
Certainlly we can afford to save a lot more people. Where is Bush's Christianity when the world could use it?
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foo_bar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:43 AM
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12. "teach a man to fish" doesn't really apply to this calamity
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Tanuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 02:07 AM
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13. Your point?
What are you saying, then? Do you think that even the paltry 35 million is too much? I'm perplexed. Aren't you the one who is always touting your Christian values around here? Jesus commanded us to give sacrificially and generously. If memory serves, the Bible tells us to give "not grudgingly nor of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver." Even the most secular of humanists can see that sharing our relative wealth is the right thing to do, so I don't understand your shrugging this off with a callous "crises happen". Your coldness and indifference to this tragedy make my blood curdle.
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AgadorSparticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 02:57 AM
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15. and so much talk about jesus and god and gov't. you sure can talk
the talk but when it comes down to it, there's always some rationalized excuse to not walk that walk. talk about a lipservice christian"...no doubt, you have it down pat.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:23 PM
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16. Christian values
I think I understand now....
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