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PoliticAverse

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6. every warship launched, ... signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger"

Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:28 PM

Apr 2013

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Went to a bake sale today.... [View all] Bigmack Apr 2013 OP

It is mind bloggling. But congress and the senate don't give a shit about any 9 yr old. southernyankeebelle Apr 2013 #1

They're more concerned about Politicalboi Apr 2013 #2

"concerned"... for votes from their "compassionate" constituents. ErikJ Apr 2013 #13

They are mostly concerned about getting campaign contributions, and cushy jobs for relatives n2doc Apr 2013 #21

It's immoral the way we ignore the needs of real people to feed the MIC... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #3

With nuclear weapons there might not be any historians WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2013 #36

Healthcare is a human right. harmonicon Apr 2013 #4

+1 n/t area51 Apr 2013 #16

Right to the point. xtraxritical Apr 2013 #5

every warship launched, ... signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger" PoliticAverse Apr 2013 #6

Why do you hate 'Merica? SammyWinstonJack Apr 2013 #7

"fundraisers" are the right wing's answer to no health insurance. mountain grammy Apr 2013 #8

Many of our Dr.'s became so for the money. dotymed Apr 2013 #28

The only doctor I have a good relationship with is my Medical Marijuana Doc. mountain grammy Apr 2013 #31

Guns or Butter..... paleotn Apr 2013 #9

Whenever I see these things, I think how backward we are matt819 Apr 2013 #10

I see your point and could not agree more. Well said! classof56 Apr 2013 #11

It's The Modern Version Of "Let Them Eat Cake"! grilled onions Apr 2013 #12

it will come maindawg Apr 2013 #18

We must have paid permits dotymed Apr 2013 #29

In my early years of advocacy for abused children, chervilant Apr 2013 #26

America's Moral FAILING. America's DISGRACE. HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #14

People in TN die daily dotymed Apr 2013 #30

Here's the funny thing.... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2013 #15

actually before Obama care they might well have dsc Apr 2013 #22

America, An Empire In Decline cantbeserious Apr 2013 #17

Bigmack this is the kind of question we need to continue to ask until we no longer midnight Apr 2013 #19

We're getting hosed The Wizard Apr 2013 #20

TY for this OP. It must be shouted from the rooftops everyday. We can do better than this mother earth Apr 2013 #23

I recently thought how sad it is that there are fundraisers to SaveAmerica Apr 2013 #24

And does the sub activity have anything to do with the child's cancer? SaveAmerica Apr 2013 #25

And does this activity have anything to do with all our cancers? WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2013 #38

it's a good question. barbtries Apr 2013 #27

53� of every tax dollar goes to the military CrispyQ Apr 2013 #32

Thanks. The national security bureaucracy just keeps reproducing itself. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #33

A bake sale: health care in America CTyankee Apr 2013 #34

How many kids with cancer could be cared for the price of one nuclear missile sub? baldguy Apr 2013 #35

Just about every week, there is at least one fundraiser in my area Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #37

Most of the people that I know, do not have the luxury dotymed Apr 2013 #39

'Murica piratefish08 Apr 2013 #40