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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:24 PM
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This Modern World: Remember When They Told Us The War Would Pay For Itself?
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:26 PM
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1. They haven't started to build up their air force yet. Our really big money
has yet to be spent in Iraq.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:37 PM
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4. Yes! Invest in GUILT; the price is going up as we speak. nt
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:26 PM
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2. For the billionaires club...
The war did pay for itself.

Halliburton, Blackwater, Exxon-Mobil & so on are making off like bandits. Literally.

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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:34 PM
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3. Oh God. No laughter in Nazi Germany or Imperial Amerika.
Two nations bound by the Bushies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20070723.shtml

and by similarities which far far FAR outweigh the differences of scope and scale.
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genie_weenie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:44 PM
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5. Of course, the premise is flawed. The War IS paying for itself.
You and most americans are simply not amongst the War profiteers for whom war pays.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 01:19 PM
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6. I believe this is one of Tom Tomorrow's best.
Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 01:21 PM
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7. I agree..and I have all his books
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 01:24 PM
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8. I've seen his strips here at D.U. many times,
but I didn't know he had books, I will need to check them out, thanks w8liftinglady.:thumbsup:
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 01:41 PM
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9. Another moment of genius from the Master n/t
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 04:23 PM
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10. Afternoon Toon Fix Kick
Say that five times fast.
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