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What planet are you posting from?

Robert — 3/18/2006 5:00:32 AM (archived)

That and your followup contains some of the most outrageous hairsplitting and nitpicking I've ever seen. So it's not "war money", it's "defense money"????

"Lots of folks feed their kids with that money"? So could Americans, dumbass.

"If you have to pay materials to shippers to ship stuff to Iraq - the shippers get that money for the service." Yeah? Judging by the Dubai Ports Deal, unless Halliburton runs a shipping company, that money is probably being sent overseas.

I was saving this for Tom, because he actually used the line in the fourth panel, but here's to you, Techie:

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The whole thread (43 posts)

• The $200 million a day war - Donald - 3/18/2006 3:03:57 AM
  • Per-square-kilometer, per-capita - Robert - 3/18/2006 4:50:36 AM
    • A trillion dollars buys a lot of altenative energy research. - podrock - 3/19/2006 6:50:46 PM
      • The heart of the matter - Robert - 3/19/2006 8:03:27 PM
        • been singing this tune since 1979 - podrock - 3/19/2006 10:39:12 PM
          • Trillion - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 10:48:18 PM
            • re: Trillion - podrock - 3/20/2006 12:50:53 AM
              • re: Trillion - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2006 1:28:59 AM
    • Alternately, - Robert - 3/18/2006 5:15:34 AM
      • Price of freedom for an Iraqi: $40,000. - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 7:54:52 AM
        • So, Tom, do you believe that if and when this war is over the price tag will be LESS than a trillion? - R.L. - 3/22/2006 7:25:59 AM
          • THIS is SO much more acceptable than a trillion, isn't it, Tom? - R.L. - 3/22/2006 8:19:22 AM
            • worked in preview... go here... - R.L. - 3/22/2006 8:20:42 AM
        • re: Price of freedom for an Iraqi: $40,000. - Robert - 3/18/2006 6:32:30 PM
          • re: Price of freedom for an Iraqi: $40,000. - gbaikie - 3/19/2006 1:46:57 AM
          • Doubt you could buy Saddam - SteveS - 3/19/2006 12:35:37 AM
          • re: Price of freedom for an Iraqi: $40,000. - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 7:17:22 PM
            • You quote 30 to 1 losses for Iraqis then vs. now. - alcaray - 3/20/2006 5:33:28 PM
              • re: 30 to 1 losses for Iraqis then vs. now. - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2006 8:36:13 PM
                • dunno about "much larger" - alcaray - 3/20/2006 10:46:13 PM
                  • re: dunno about "much larger" - REB - 3/22/2006 3:10:17 PM
        • Cost of Death to Loved Ones = Priceless (n/t) - Lindy - 3/18/2006 4:30:05 PM
  • Leftist economics is so one-sided. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/18/2006 3:27:20 AM
    • What planet are you posting from? - Robert - 3/18/2006 5:00:32 AM
      • Cute. - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 7:50:32 AM
        • Ahh, you too, Tom, in a strictly manly way of course - Robert - 3/18/2006 6:43:21 PM
          • You see my problem? - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 7:04:20 PM
      • Tom Tomorrow finally admits the truth. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/18/2006 5:58:49 AM
        • Sorry about that - Robert - 3/18/2006 6:46:53 PM
          • By now... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/18/2006 11:27:26 PM
    • Does the US economy need war? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 3/18/2006 4:20:44 AM
      • The war is over. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/18/2006 4:50:28 AM
        • Please let the administration know that the war is over. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/20/2006 6:01:20 PM
        • Excuse me but... - Donald - 3/18/2006 4:52:06 PM
        • Oh please..... - Lindy - 3/18/2006 4:37:06 PM
        • re: Really? - Raoul - 3/18/2006 9:36:53 AM
          • THINK carefully... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/21/2006 12:12:41 AM
            • How could you forget omniscient? - Concerned Megalomerican - 3/21/2006 2:28:28 AM
              • Speaking the unspoken truth... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/21/2006 3:26:30 AM
                • The definition of "quagmire" - Robert - 3/21/2006 7:57:31 PM
                  • re: The definition of "quagmire" - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/21/2006 10:52:11 PM
    • DID HE LIE? - R.L. - 3/18/2006 3:40:51 AM
      • Whom? The "MSNBC economic correspondent" or Don? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/18/2006 5:48:25 AM