Re: 17,000 deaths a year from the cold

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> > > > > > 17,000 deaths a year from the cold
> > > > >
> > > > > Given the amounts of money that Dumbyas has added to the national
> > debt,
> > > I
> > > > > expect that a lot more people will be dying of the cold as the
> economy
> > > > > tanks. Wasting resources ( measured in dollars ) for stupid
> exercises
> > in
> > > > > fascism just means that more people are likely to be put in the
> > > positions
> > > > of
> > > > > not having the resources to survive. And if you think that
stealing
> > > Iraqs
> > > > > oil is going to lower fuel prices, you just *have not* done the
> math.
> > > The
> > > > > war is costing more per MONTH than full production of Iraqi fields
> > could
> > > > > produce in a year.
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> > > >
> > > > Which just goes to show that oil is NOT why we are in Iraq.
> > >
> > > non-sequitor.(that means "it does not follow" for you idiots). The few
> who
> > > promoted the war ( such as halivburton) ARE profitting enormously from
> > > government contracts at the expense of the public.
> > >
> > > Get a clue!
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> > Clue:  Someone is going to profit. be it Hariburton, Bechtel, or
another.
> > It will be at the expense of the American people regardless.
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> That was what I said. A small minority with 'connnection' are going to
> profit while the public is left with hundreds of billions of wasted money
to
> pay for their private party.  And this is before we even go into the
> casualties and injured on both sides.
>
> You will note that they did not even try to justify the war on the grounds
> of economics ( we need the oil ) but by an think tank decision on what the
> public would 'buy' as an excuse and every rationalisation they have come
up
> with has been shown to be false.
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Except one - genocide:  The brutality of the Hussein regime to his own
people, as evidenced by the hundreds of thousands found in mass graves
throughout the country.