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Sgt Leprechaun
01-09-07, 01:56 PM
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
January 7, 2007
Cuba
Sheehan Arrives, Wants Gitmo Closed
HAVANA - American "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan called for the closure of the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as she and other activists arrived here Saturday to draw attention to the nearly 400 terror suspects held at the remote site.
Sheehan is among 12 human- rights and anti-war activists who will travel across this Caribbean island this week, arriving at the main gate of the Guantanamo base in eastern Cuba on Thursday - five years after the first prisoners were flown in.
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Hey, look on the bright side. Maybe she'll stay. Note also a tad bit of subterfuge going on here. The dateline is "Havana", NOT "Guantanamo". Meaning, she is in communist Cuberrrr with her socialist bretheren.
If we get REALLY lucky, she'll step on a landmine.
Note also the complete LACK of mainstream media attention being given.
I'm shocked. :scared:
ok, she really does take things overboard sometimes BUT...
have some compassion and be a human being for once
this woman lost her son in combat and it has driven her to the brink of insanity.
I think we should close Gitmo as well.
why the heck do we have a base on Cuba anyway?
FistFu68
01-09-07, 02:34 PM
:evilgrin: ASK CASTRO,WHY WE HAVE A BASE THERE??? CINDY SHEEHAN IS A POOR IMITATION OF JANE FONDA~IF SHE TALKED ALL THIS DUKIE~AS A CUBAN~IN CUBA~SHE WOULD BE EXECUTED!!!:cry:
Sgt Leprechaun
01-09-07, 02:38 PM
ok, she really does take things overboard sometimes BUT...
have some compassion and be a human being for once
this woman lost her son in combat and it has driven her to the brink of insanity.
I think we should close Gitmo as well.
why the heck do we have a base on Cuba anyway?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I have compassion for valiant mothers and fathers, who are not shrill, screaming socialist harridans making kissy face with Central American dictators (Hugo Chavez) and sucking up to anti American/anti-war protestors.
She does NOT represent those mothers and fathers. She was a long time anti war anti American activist long before her son, who REENLISTED for a second combat tour, was KIA.
"Be a human being for once". You slay me. Give me a substantive arguement instead of insults.
You might just hurt my little feelings. :sick: Or not. LOL
This ding dong was insane in the membrane (wasn't that a rap song?) long before Sgt Casey Sheehan was killed in action. Furthermore, because she is 'insane', I'm supposed to let her get away with anything she wants?
Negative, Ghostrider, that pattern is full.
As far as closing Gitmo, fine. Lets close the whole thing down, and ship those peace loving folk illegally detained there to someplace safe and secure. Like Diego Garcia. I prefer that option, personally.
Guantanamo Bay has been an American possession/Naval Base on the island of Cuberrr (that's the way the Kennedy's said it, btw, love that accent) since the SpanAm war. We won it, we kept it. Even after Castro the commie took over.
Crikey, read some history once in awhile! :D
:evilgrin: ASK CASTRO,WHY WE HAVE A BASE THERE??? CINDY SHEEHAN IS A POOR IMITATION OF JANE FONDA~IF SHE TALKED ALL THIS DUKIE~AS A CUBAN~IN CUBA~SHE WOULD BE EXECUTED!!!:cry:
whats wrong with Castro?
other than being communist, what the heck has he done to us?
answer: nothing.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I have compassion for valiant mothers and fathers, who are not shrill, screaming socialist harridans making kissy face with Central American dictators (Hugo Chavez) and sucking up to anti American/anti-war protestors.
She does NOT represent those mothers and fathers. She was a long time anti war anti American activist long before her son, who REENLISTED for a second combat tour, was KIA.
"Be a human being for once". You slay me. Give me a substantive arguement instead of insults.
You might just hurt my little feelings. :sick: Or not. LOL
This ding dong was insane in the membrane (wasn't that a rap song?) long before Sgt Casey Sheehan was killed in action. Furthermore, because she is 'insane', I'm supposed to let her get away with anything she wants?
Negative, Ghostrider, that pattern is full.
As far as closing Gitmo, fine. Lets close the whole thing down, and ship those peace loving folk illegally detained there to someplace safe and secure. Like Diego Garcia. I prefer that option, personally.
Guantanamo Bay has been an American possession/Naval Base on the island of Cuberrr (that's the way the Kennedy's said it, btw, love that accent) since the SpanAm war. We won it, we kept it. Even after Castro the commie took over.
Crikey, read some history once in awhile! :D
I know the history of it
we now have no reason to be on Cuba and the territory should be rightfully returned, just as we granted the Phillipines their independence in 1946 and Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1999.
Guantanamo Bay is of no strategic value to us, and Castro is no threat to our national security.
I disagree with Cindy Sheehan, but I feel for her because she lost her son
guess I just have a soft heart.
FistFu68
01-09-07, 02:51 PM
:evilgrin: SONNY-YOU NEED TOO TALK TO MY FRIEND GEORGE,WHO AT THE AGE OF 12,WITNESSED THE EXECUTION OF HIS PARENT'S!WHY? BECAUSE HIS UNCLE WAS A MEMBER,OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTER'S;WHO WAS CAPTURED AT THE BAY OF PIGG'S!!! FOR BEING RELATED TO SOMEONE! EXECUTED BY A BULLET TO THE BACK OF GEORGE'S MAMA & PAPA'S HEAD!!! OTHER THAN THAT, THE COMMUNIST BASTARD; IS A SWELL GUY-(NOT)!!!:iwo:
Sgt Leprechaun
01-09-07, 02:53 PM
If Cuberr is such a great socialist workers paradise, why are there more Cubans in Miami than Havana?
Crikey. Sure, lets give Gitmo back to Cuba. Lovely idea.
What's Castro done to us...hmmmm....Cuban missile crisis comes to mind, among other things.
David Jameson
01-09-07, 02:53 PM
Close down Gitmo and put it someplace in CONUS.How about Schaumburg IL. ? Lots of sweet ,laid back types up there .
booksbenji
01-09-07, 03:34 PM
F the betch!!!
Compassion for sheehan dried up long ago. She has abused her position as an aggrieved parent to the detriment of the war effort. She is doing the work of the enemy. She loves the attention she's getting. I am PO'd at Sean Hannity for even giving her a platform and more attention. The sooner we start ignoring her the sooner she will go away. Per Castro; I lived in Fl. during the crisis; the russians are the only reason castro didn't launch missles at us-he wanted to but the russians wouldn't allow it. Something about a bunch of missles in Turkey pointing at them. Ask any one who had relatives at the Bay of Pigs what they think of him; I used to know a lot of them back then and they weren't fans.
If Cuberr is such a great socialist workers paradise, why are there more Cubans in Miami than Havana?
Crikey. Sure, lets give Gitmo back to Cuba. Lovely idea.
What's Castro done to us...hmmmm....Cuban missile crisis comes to mind, among other things.
we've done far more wrong to Cuba than Cuba has done to us. I say we normalize relations with Cuba. They pose no threat to our national security and we have been friends with villains far greater than Castro.
Cuban Missile Crisis? Blame that on the Soviet Union
besides, we had Ballistic Missiles in Turkey.
Compassion for sheehan dried up long ago. She has abused her position as an aggrieved parent to the detriment of the war effort. She is doing the work of the enemy. She loves the attention she's getting. I am PO'd at Sean Hannity for even giving her a platform and more attention. The sooner we start ignoring her the sooner she will go away. Per Castro; I lived in Fl. during the crisis; the russians are the only reason castro didn't launch missles at us-he wanted to but the russians wouldn't allow it. Something about a bunch of missles in Turkey pointing at them. Ask any one who had relatives at the Bay of Pigs what they think of him; I used to know a lot of them back then and they weren't fans.
well yeah I would'nt assume that the people at Bay of Pigs would like Castro much, after all they are REBELS lol
Castro would NEVER nuke the US, even if the missiles were completely under his control (and they aren't because the Soviets controlled them), simply because we can nuke Cuba to oblivion 10000x worse than they can do to us.
Of course we had missles in Turkey; that's one reason the russians backed down-of course kennedy gave those up in the "compromise". Blame the russians? castro wanted those missles-he's a nut case and would have used them if they had allowed it. He has done nothing but provide a haven for communist revolution throughout Central and South America, plus aid the drug trade into this country.
Actually, I do think we should have opened up to cuba, we would have destroyed communism in that country by trade (raw capitalism). Unfortunately our politicians, on both sides, did not want to anger a large and vocal cuban community (that voted). There are still cubans down here who talk about going home when the tyrant dies. BS! Their kids aren't going to go, they never lived in cuba, plus there is nothing down there anymore they could claim as their own. We should have killed castro outright or normalized relations with him- either way would have marginalized his existence. Hind sight/20-20
Of course we had missles in Turkey; that's one reason the russians backed down-of course kennedy gave those up in the "compromise". Blame the russians? castro wanted those missles-he's a nut case and would have used them if they had allowed it. He has done nothing but provide a haven for communist revolution throughout Central and South America, plus aid the drug trade into this country.
Actually, I do think we should have opened up to cuba, we would have destroyed communism in that country by trade (raw capitalism). Unfortunately our politicians, on both sides, did not want to anger a large and vocal cuban community (that voted). There are still cubans down here who talk about going home when the tyrant dies. BS! Their kids aren't going to go, they never lived in cuba, plus there is nothing down there anymore they could claim as their own. We should have killed castro outright or normalized relations with him- either way would have marginalized his existence. Hind sight/20-20
Castro would never nuke us
why would he want to see Cuba in ruins?
Castro would never nuke us
why would he want to see Cuba in ruins?
See the part about "nutcase". It was documented he wanted to launch, the russians said no. castro truly, truly hated this country-I won't shed any tears over his death; soon I hope.
See the part about "nutcase". It was documented he wanted to launch, the russians said no. castro truly, truly hated this country-I won't shed any tears over his death; soon I hope.
please throw me a reliable source on this if you can, thanks
besides, Castro hated us? NO SH*T SHERLOCK lol we repeatedly tried to overthrow his rule in the name of "containing communism" !! I'd hate us too !!!!!
we've done much more wrong to Cuba than they've done to us.
It was on a documentary on the Something September; I really don't remember, but I bet someone on this forum will come up with it.
yellowwing
01-09-07, 07:19 PM
Castro wanted to host nuclear missiles pointed at us, Schaumburg included in that target set.
I still think Camp X-Ray as it is is a mistake and thorn in our side. 30 days at most of interrogations then the gallows. I was wondering how long it was going to take Sheehan to make her way down there.
FistFu68
01-09-07, 07:37 PM
:d Like Letting Them Play,pro-baseball???:d
Castro wanted to host nuclear missiles pointed at us, Schaumburg included in that target set.
I still think Camp X-Ray as it is is a mistake and thorn in our side. 30 days at most of interrogations then the gallows. I was wondering how long it was going to take Sheehan to make her way down there.
I'm pretty sure any ballistic missile stationed in Cuba would cover the whole continental United States
The1stSgt
01-09-07, 07:47 PM
Sun, are you on a college extemporaneous debating team? It appears to me you enjoy the point, counter point intellectual jousting you engage in here way to much, and way to frequent.
I can only speak for myself. Your philosophizing, liberal ideology and controversial questions are becoming more and more irritating, i.e., what's wrong with Castro? Is your head in a vacuum?
I think you know exactly what you are doing, asking questions like that, and making provocative statements, just to stir sh!t up. It causes controversy, and that is being an antagonist. I think it gets you attention, gives you a sense of power (intellectual) and feeds your ego.
That's my belief and I'm sticking to it.
Sun, are you on a college extemporaneous debating team? It appears to me you enjoy the point, counter point intellectual jousting you engage in here way to much, and way to frequent.
I can only speak for myself. Your philosophizing, liberal ideology and controversial questions are becoming more and more irritating, i.e., what's wrong with Castro? Is your head in a vacuum?
I think you know exactly what you are doing, asking questions like that, and making provocative statements, just to stir sh!t up. It causes controversy, and that is being an antagonist. I think it gets you attention, gives you a sense of power (intellectual) and feeds your ego.
That's my belief and I'm sticking to it.
Sorry First Sergeant
it is my every intention to remain tactful as possible and I am not trying to irritate the people on this forum. But I like to put myself in other people's shoes.
I am not that liberal. Yes I am more liberal than you guys are but I am conservative on many issues too. Compared to Arcade and 10th Zodiac, I am more conservative. I support a broad range of candidates that are from both the Democratic Party AND the Republican Party.
As for Castro, the United States and the CIA has attempted to overthrow his rule on numerous occasions, and Castro has not committed a single act of aggression against the US. Please don't cite the Cuban Missile Crisis. That was part of the Cold War between us and the Soviet Union. Cuba was merely a pawn and had no say.
Even today, Cuba poses no threat whatsoever to the United States. Yes, we do not agree with their communist ideology, but it does not mean we should punish their people with the lack of diplomatic relations and trade embargoes.
Iran is our enemy. North Korea is our enemy. Saddam Hussein was our enemy. Al Qaeda is MOST DEFINITELY our enemy. But Cuba is not our enemy.
We should return Guantanamo Bay and normalize relations with Cuba. It is time we stop holding a 40 year old grudge against them like a little sissy.
jgorosco
01-09-07, 09:57 PM
I kinda agree with Sun..............I just fainted from saying that. Maybe once Castro is dead and buried we can start our relations over with Cuba and do like Don Corleone and build some Casinos there. If I am not mistaken we do business with China. I sure would like to get a Cuban cigar legally!!
yellowwing
01-09-07, 11:35 PM
We get them in Canada, its like smoking silk! We should start a pool to see when Castro goes to the Great Big Collective in the Sky. :D
I kinda agree with Sun..............I just fainted from saying that. Maybe once Castro is dead and buried we can start our relations over with Cuba and do like Don Corleone and build some Casinos there. If I am not mistaken we do business with China. I sure would like to get a Cuban cigar legally!!
seriously dude
that old fart Castro can do no harm to the United States, Communist or not.
The1stSgt
01-10-07, 06:26 AM
I was sixteen when Castro was buddy buddy with Russia. My older brother was a SSGT in the Corps at the time and was involved in the missle crisis.
I have a hard time rendering Castro as "inert". That ******* wanted to put a number of nuclear missles in the mother land. That's not the same as your fireteam getting hit by an IED.
When they pack dirty in his face with a shovel, I'll say he's inert.
I was sixteen when Castro was buddy buddy with Russia. My older brother was a SSGT in the Corps at the time and was involved in the missle crisis.
I have a hard time rendering Castro as "inert". That ******* wanted to put a number of nuclear missles in the mother land. That's not the same as your fireteam getting hit by an IED.
When they pack dirty in his face with a shovel, I'll say he's inert.
AMEN to that Sarge! Juuussst kidding 1st Sgt-now wipe the coffee off your monitor and settle down; consider that spike in blood pressure and pulse your morning aerobic workout. :D Couldn't resist after the sh*tstorm yesterday.:banana: Yeah, castro dead=good thing; but I don't see a reverse boatlift when it happens; unfortunately. I think once he croaks all the cubans that claimed sanctuary here should be sent home-never gonna happen, though!:(
drumcorpssnare
01-10-07, 06:52 AM
I think we should lock up "Cindy" as a terrorist/insurgent down at Gitmo, and let the other inmates have their way with her. That way, her and they get "tortured" at the same time!:banana:
drumcorpssnare:usmc:
How do you figure? That would probably be the most action she's had in years and she'd probably love it! Of course amnesty international and the aclu would file war crimes charges against the US for...
drumcorpssnare
01-10-07, 07:45 AM
DW- If she was in front of the towel heads, naked....their first thought would probably be, "Smells like we're havin' carp for lunch.":D
drumcorpssnare:usmc:
Thanks for THAT thought!:( Just helping me out with my diet!:sick:
I was sixteen when Castro was buddy buddy with Russia. My older brother was a SSGT in the Corps at the time and was involved in the missle crisis.
I have a hard time rendering Castro as "inert". That ******* wanted to put a number of nuclear missles in the mother land. That's not the same as your fireteam getting hit by an IED.
When they pack dirty in his face with a shovel, I'll say he's inert.
I can understand your feelings
but that was 40+ years ago
we need to put the past behind us and stop holding a 4 decade long grduge against the people of Cuba.
ewww <br />
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come on now that was unneccesary
ewww
come on now that was unneccesary
Sorry, somebody had to say it, so I did!:mad: :banana:
criggleman
01-10-07, 10:41 AM
Hey SuNmAN
I bet your underwear is pink. Quit being a pussy. You make me sick.
The1stSgt
01-10-07, 10:48 AM
I don't think remembering a self-porclaimed enemy of the United States for forty years is unreasonable.
Personally, I believe the United States is to tolerant and forgetful of hostilities committed against us.
Example: Giving Okinawa back to Japan, especially when considering all the American blood that was shed to take that piece of coral. I don't think we should have ever given it back to them.
I don't think remembering a self-porclaimed enemy of the United States for forty years is unreasonable.
Personally, I believe the United States is to tolerant and forgetful of hostilities committed against us.
Example: Giving Okinawa back to Japan, especially when considering all the American blood that was shed to take that piece of coral. I don't think we should have ever given it back to them.
Yeah theres only a huge Marine Corps base still on Okinawa
its cool though, Japan is one of our closest allies and the US and Japan are very close.
thats not the same as Gitmo and Cuba
Hey SuNmAN
I bet your underwear is pink. Quit being a pussy. You make me sick.
It's not being a pussy, its probably got more to do with my Christian beliefs.
Yeah theres only a huge Marine Corps base still on Okinawa
its cool though, Japan is one of our closest allies and the US and Japan are very close.
thats not the same as Gitmo and Cuba
As a senator from Hawaii once remarked (canal zone) "We stole it fair and square, why should we give it up?"
As long as castro is a pain in our ass, we should remain one in his!:mad:
drumcorpssnare
01-10-07, 11:05 AM
SuNmaN- I'm confused. Are you saying Christians believe they should wear pink underwear?:D
drumcorpssnare:usmc:
Sunmans debate LOL
Ok suppose we just tear down the fence and pick up our mine fields and hand the keys over to Cuba. Here ya go Castro, its all yours. Do you think that a communist country that has declared America to be the enemy and historically alligned themselves with our enemies is suddenly gonna have a change of heart? Hell no, Cuba would just be the best launching pad in the world from which our enemies could attack. Thats why we don't give it back!!
As a senator from Hawaii once remarked (canal zone) "We stole it fair and square, why should we give it up?"
As long as castro is a pain in our ass, we should remain one in his!:mad:
he isnt remaining a pain in the ass though
Sunmans debate LOL
Ok suppose we just tear down the fence and pick up our mine fields and hand the keys over to Cuba. Here ya go Castro, its all yours. Do you think that a communist country that has declared America to be the enemy and historically alligned themselves with our enemies is suddenly gonna have a change of heart? Hell no, Cuba would just be the best launching pad in the world from which our enemies could attack. Thats why we don't give it back!!
please deem to inform me what has Cuba done to us in the last 40 years
PLEASE. I'd really like to know.
he isnt remaining a pain in the ass though
His continued existence and his "communist paradise" on our very shores comprises a pain in the ass. His willingness to host nuclear warheads aimed at us is not something to forgive or forget. If he could provide a haven for the islamic terrorists without retribution, he would(if he isn't already). His dumping of his mentally unstable and criminals is a pain in the ass. As far as Gitmo goes, it puts us halfway down his throat and he knows it. Why should we cede a base that gives us access to the Caribbean and Central America? As long as castro and his compadres live we will not deal with cuba. It hasn't hurt them greatly as Canada, S. America and Europe trade with them for what little cuba has to offer. The cubans in this country would go nuts if we tried to normalize now, but after el jefe is taking a dirt nap that problem disappears. Aside from a great party town forty five years ago, what does cuba offer us? We really have no need to deal with communists who are doing nothing but living in a perpetual welfare state. If we were less humanitarian we could have embargoed the entire country and starved the government out(unfortunately that would harm the common cubans a lot worse, so we never did it).
His continued existence and his "communist paradise" on our very shores comprises a pain in the ass. His willingness to host nuclear warheads aimed at us is not something to forgive or forget. If he could provide a haven for the islamic terrorists without retribution, he would(if he isn't already). His dumping of his mentally unstable and criminals is a pain in the ass. As far as Gitmo goes, it puts us halfway down his throat and he knows it. Why should we cede a base that gives us access to the Caribbean and Central America? As long as castro and his compadres live we will not deal with cuba. It hasn't hurt them greatly as Canada, S. America and Europe trade with them for what little cuba has to offer. The cubans in this country would go nuts if we tried to normalize now, but after el jefe is taking a dirt nap that problem disappears. Aside from a great party town forty five years ago, what does cuba offer us? We really have no need to deal with communists who are doing nothing but living in a perpetual welfare state. If we were less humanitarian we could have embargoed the entire country and starved the government out(unfortunately that would harm the common cubans a lot worse, so we never did it).
yeah we're acting like a whiny little girl who won't forgive her ex-boyfriend and hates him for life
makes me sick to the stomach
SkilletsUSMC
01-10-07, 02:25 PM
yeah we're acting like a whiny little girl who won't forgive her ex-boyfriend and hates him for life
makes me sick to the stomach
No SuNmAN.
It is more like turning your back on someone who threatend to kill you and your family at gunpoint, and 44 years later is now out of jail. **** him...
yeah we're acting like a whiny little girl who won't forgive her ex-boyfriend and hates him for life
makes me sick to the stomach
Move to cuberr, they have socialized medicine there; they'll take care of that achey ol' tummy!:sick:
If the whiny little girls' ex-boyfriend had tried to team up with his big brother to murder her; she probably has every reason in the world to hate him for life! The boyfriend should be thankful he got out alive and stop whining about not being liked by his ex anymore!
Why the interest in normalizing relations with a loser like castro-they have NOTHING to offer us.
No SuNmAN.
It is more like turning your back on someone who threatend to kill you and your family at gunpoint, and 44 years later is now out of jail. **** him...
Great minds.:thumbup:
FistFu68
01-10-07, 03:09 PM
:evilgrin: SONNY~BOY,YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT!IT'S NOT ABOUT US,IT'S ABOUT THE COMMON CUBAN PEOPLE!THEY ARE LIVING UNDER THE RULE,OF A SELF PROCLAIMED COMMUNIST DICTATOR;WHO HAS HIS BOOT ON THE NECK OF A PROUD PEOPLE.IF YOU WERE TOO SAY THE STUFF,THAT COME'S OUTTA YOU'R PIE-HOLE THERE;YOU WOULD CEASE TO EXSIST.IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW,THE REAL SCOOP;GO TO THE LITTLE HAVANA SECTION OF MIAMI.TALK TO THE CUBAN'S,WHO RISKED IT ALL ON A FRIGGING RAFT,BECAUSE THEY LEFT THE COUNTRY THEY LOVED;SO DEARLY!ONE DAY THE ALMIGHTY WILLING, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME TO A FREE CUBA.THEY ARE A PROUD PEOPLE,THEY DESERVE BETTER;THAN COMMUNISIUM!!!:usmc:
No SuNmAN.
It is more like turning your back on someone who threatend to kill you and your family at gunpoint, and 44 years later is now out of jail. **** him...
No, its more like forgiving someone who threatened to kick your ass who was 5'1 110 lbs right out of high school and you were 6'4 250 lbs, and a master in martial arts.
And we're holding a grudge because the little shrimp wanted to kick our ass.
booohooohooo
Move to cuberr, they have socialized medicine there; they'll take care of that achey ol' tummy!:sick:
If the whiny little girls' ex-boyfriend had tried to team up with his big brother to murder her; she probably has every reason in the world to hate him for life! The boyfriend should be thankful he got out alive and stop whining about not being liked by his ex anymore!
Why the interest in normalizing relations with a loser like castro-they have NOTHING to offer us.
WHY IS EVERYONE HERE SO SELF SERVING??
Normalize relations and lift the embargo for the sake of the CUBAN PEOPLE. Of course they have nothing to offer us ! We're the most powerful and wealthiest country in the world !!!!
:evilgrin: SONNY~BOY,YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT!IT'S NOT ABOUT US,IT'S ABOUT THE COMMON CUBAN PEOPLE!THEY ARE LIVING UNDER THE RULE,OF A SELF PROCLAIMED COMMUNIST DICTATOR;WHO HAS HIS BOOT ON THE NECK OF A PROUD PEOPLE.IF YOU WERE TOO SAY THE STUFF,THAT COME'S OUTTA YOU'R PIE-HOLE THERE;YOU WOULD CEASE TO EXSIST.IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW,THE REAL SCOOP;GO TO THE LITTLE HAVANA SECTION OF MIAMI.TALK TO THE CUBAN'S,WHO RISKED IT ALL ON A FRIGGING RAFT,BECAUSE THEY LEFT THE COUNTRY THEY LOVED;SO DEARLY!ONE DAY THE ALMIGHTY WILLING, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME TO A FREE CUBA.THEY ARE A PROUD PEOPLE,THEY DESERVE BETTER;THAN COMMUNISIUM!!!:usmc:
us not normalizing relations and not lifting the trade embargo on them does NOT help build a free Cuba.
I don't even smoke cigars, but I swear I'm going to get myself some Cuban cigars one day to spit in the face of this retarded diplomacy and retarded law.
WHY IS EVERYONE HERE SO SELF SERVING??
Normalize relations and lift the embargo for the sake of the CUBAN PEOPLE. Of course they have nothing to offer us ! We're the most powerful and wealthiest country in the world !!!!
If they have nothing to offer; why bother? The embargo only applies to US companies; it's not like we are strangling the cubans, they have trade with the rest of the world.
What makes you think castro would allow free trade style capitalism loose in his (and it is his) country? He has nothing to gain from it except losing control like E. Germany did. I haven't heard him whining about being deprived because we don't have businesses down there. This is really a silly argument.
003XXMarineDAD
01-10-07, 05:37 PM
I work in the agri business and when Castro needs food he just goes to the Dominican Republic and has buyers order it there and the shipments are sold to the Dominican's and then it is shipped direct to them and they reroute it to the Cubans so it all is a big lie about the embargo.
It has been done for years.
:)
If they have nothing to offer; why bother? The embargo only applies to US companies; it's not like we are strangling the cubans, they have trade with the rest of the world.
What makes you think castro would allow free trade style capitalism loose in his (and it is his) country? He has nothing to gain from it except losing control like E. Germany did. I haven't heard him whining about being deprived because we don't have businesses down there. This is really a silly argument.
because we care about other people and not just ourselves
if you say we don't, then I've lost all hope about the morality of the Iraq War.
I work in the agri business and when Castro needs food he just goes to the Dominican Republic and has buyers order it there and the shipments are sold to the Dominican's and then it is shipped direct to them and they reroute it to the Cubans so it all is a big lie about the embargo.
It has been done for years.
:)
So the Dominicans have to be the middle man who makes a profit, and makes your argicultural goods more expensive for the Cuban people? Remove the trade embargo. Its retarded.
003XXMarineDAD
01-10-07, 05:44 PM
Sunman , bet your are in the crowd that says feed the world for free.
The farmer needs to make a profit and so do I. Social farming never worked in the USSR and it would never make it here.
:D
because we care about other people and not just ourselves
if you say we don't, then I've lost all hope about the morality of the Iraq War.
Don't you think we already have enough poor of our own? We re not the problem that is confronting the people of cuba=senor castro is.
Sunman , bet your are in the crowd that says feed the world for free.
The farmer needs to make a profit and so do I. Social farming never worked in the USSR and it would never make it here.
:D
How would selling agricultural goods directly to Cuba instead of rerouting it through the Dominican Republic reduce your profits?
I don't see it.
As for feeding the world for free, well Half the world population (about $3 billion people) live on less than $2 a day (and our Federal Minimum Wage is almost $6 an hour !!!!) and 385 million people live on less than a dollar a day.
You know what the problem is? Americans live you and I are so sheltered, are so wealthy we fail to see the suffering that goes on in the rest of the world. While we whine about our Internet connection being too slow, or a flaw in our new big plasma TV screen, people around the world are wondering when they're going to get their next meal !!
Damn right feed the world for free. The US government should purchase all excess domestic agricultural production at market prices and send it all to Africa as aid.
We can pass the cost up to the taxpayers. It won't be much anyway. If we can spend $100 billion a year on fighting a stupid war, we can damn sure send $10 billion a year in aid to Africa.
Don't you think we already have enough poor of our own? We re not the problem that is confronting the people of cuba=senor castro is.
Have you ever heard of an American citizen starving to death? Because I sure haven't.
"America is so rich that even poor people are fat !!" - Chris Rock
Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day. source 1
The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined. source 2
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. source 3
Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn't happen. source 4
51 percent of the world’s 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are corporations. source 5
The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation. source 6
The poorer the country, the more likely it is that debt repayments are being extracted directly from people who neither contracted the loans nor received any of the money. source 7
20% of the population in the developed nations, consume 86% of the world’s goods. source 8
The top fifth of the world’s people in the richest countries enjoy 82% of the expanding export trade and 68% of foreign direct investment — the bottom fifth, barely more than 1%. source 9
In 1960, the 20% of the world’s people in the richest countries had 30 times the income of the poorest 20% — in 1997, 74 times as much. source 10
An analysis of long-term trends shows the distance between the richest and poorest countries was about:
3 to 1 in 1820
11 to 1 in 1913
35 to 1 in 1950
44 to 1 in 1973
72 to 1 in 1992 source 11
“The lives of 1.7 million children will be needlessly lost this year [2000] because world governments have failed to reduce poverty levels” source 12
The developing world now spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 it receives in grants. source 13
A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world’s poorest 2.5 billion people. source 14
“The 48 poorest countries account for less than 0.4 per cent of global exports.” source 15
“The combined wealth of the world’s 200 richest people hit $1 trillion in 1999; the combined incomes of the 582 million people living in the 43 least developed countries is $146 billion.” source 16
“Of all human rights failures today, those in economic and social areas affect by far the larger number and are the most widespread across the world’s nations and large numbers of people.” source 17
“Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific.” source 18
003XXMarineDAD
01-10-07, 05:56 PM
Have the U.N. do a world oil for food program. We know how well they work programs like this.
:D
Camper51
01-10-07, 06:00 PM
Sunman, you are incredibly naive. One does not turn a murderer back into scoiety. Castro still hates us and his brother hates us even more than El Jefe does, and he is next in line to Castro's presidency.
I assume from your "Christian" thoughts and behavior that you also feel Saddam Hussein should not have been executed and that we should not have invaded Iraq because "they did nothing to us".
Maybe we should also allow any other tinhorn petty a$$ed dictator to have their way, too. It is a$$holes who believe that we should leave everyone alone and keep to ourselves that allowed Hitler to come to power and begin exterminating the Jews. What about Idi Amin, was he also guiltless? Maybe Kim Il Jung would be a good man for you to identify with.
No I don't think we should lift the embargo, we should shut them down totally but until both Fidel and his equally (if not worse) cruel brother are destroyed the safety of the United States CANNOT be assured. The idiots only need to make ONE strike againt the US to make themselves into heroes around the communist and probably the Arab world. It wouldn't matter if we then destroyed them because they already "stung" the giant and that act alone would make them into heroes.
People like Castro don't give a f*ck about their people, they only care about the power they have over the people they control. If they didn't care about the power they would not kill and destroy any and all opposition to their rule...
Camper51
01-10-07, 06:09 PM
Have you ever heard of an American citizen starving to death? Because I sure haven't.
"America is so rich that even poor people are fat !!" - Chris Rock
Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day. source 1
The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined. source 2
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. source 3
Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn't happen. source 4
51 percent of the world’s 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are corporations. source 5
The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation. source 6
The poorer the country, the more likely it is that debt repayments are being extracted directly from people who neither contracted the loans nor received any of the money. source 7
20% of the population in the developed nations, consume 86% of the world’s goods. source 8
The top fifth of the world’s people in the richest countries enjoy 82% of the expanding export trade and 68% of foreign direct investment — the bottom fifth, barely more than 1%. source 9
In 1960, the 20% of the world’s people in the richest countries had 30 times the income of the poorest 20% — in 1997, 74 times as much. source 10
An analysis of long-term trends shows the distance between the richest and poorest countries was about:
3 to 1 in 1820
11 to 1 in 1913
35 to 1 in 1950
44 to 1 in 1973
72 to 1 in 1992 source 11
“The lives of 1.7 million children will be needlessly lost this year [2000] because world governments have failed to reduce poverty levels” source 12
The developing world now spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 it receives in grants. source 13
A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world’s poorest 2.5 billion people. source 14
“The 48 poorest countries account for less than 0.4 per cent of global exports.” source 15
“The combined wealth of the world’s 200 richest people hit $1 trillion in 1999; the combined incomes of the 582 million people living in the 43 least developed countries is $146 billion.” source 16
“Of all human rights failures today, those in economic and social areas affect by far the larger number and are the most widespread across the world’s nations and large numbers of people.” source 17
“Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific.” source 18
So are you saying we should go communist to share the wealth? It sure seems like you do from this post, otherwise why post stupid statistics like this.
By the way you never stated your 18 sources, so I assume it's all crap. All numbers and figures, such as these, can be manipulated to look anyway someone wants them to, especiallly when someone wants to make themselves look good, or maybe even look smart. It's all in how you want to look at them and present them. Most figures like this are half truths anyway so they are unreliable and inaccurate.
I choose to not accept any figure you gave based on the FACT that all numbers are subject to falsehoods and misinterpretations depending on how someone wishes to have them presented...
Your desire to feed the world is commendable but un do-able since we would have to either deal with their corrupt govrnments or overthrow them. The rulers of thes places will siphon off the majority of any aid as they have done in the past; for resale or bribes for things of value. I believe someone once said "the poor will always be with us". If we supported a billion people today, in a short while there would be 3 billion that needed to be supported and then 6 billion, etc. No win situation. Have you considered the Peace Corps?
In the spirit of walking the walk because talk is cheap, I've donated $50 to Heifer International, a non-profit humanitarian organization that gives livestock to impoverished communities so that they can sell the milk for income.
Personally I'm a struggling college student, I come from a middle class family and my parents help with the $20,000/year college tuition but they cannot afford to cover all of it. The Reserve Montgomery GI Bill only gives me $309/month for 8 months (I get nothing over winter and summer break)
In both of my bank accounts (the Pacific Marine military one and my one at home) combined I probably have less than $700 and tuition this semester is coming up soon.
But I know I won't starve, I'll always have a roof over my head, and our family likely will not struggle to the point where I have to quit school, and even if we do I can take out loans to continue my education.
The same cannot be said for the billions of people around the world with no food, no education and no hope.
If I can spare $50, hopefully you guys can spare a little something too to make this world a better place:
http://www.heifer.org/
Have the U.N. do a world oil for food program. We know how well they work programs like this.
:D
if such poor African countries had any oil they wouldn't be starving
oh yeah, I get your poor attempt at humor.
Your desire to feed the world is commendable but un do-able since we would have to either deal with their corrupt govrnments or overthrow them. The rulers of thes places will siphon off the majority of any aid as they have done in the past; for resale or bribes for things of value. I believe someone once said "the poor will always be with us". If we supported a billion people today, in a short while there would be 3 billion that needed to be supported and then 6 billion, etc. No win situation. Have you considered the Peace Corps?
I should consider the Peace Corps. I'll do a little research into it and perhaps I will join after school.
It might be damn near impossible, but its worth a try.
We might not be able to save a billion lives, but every live saved is worth the effort.
if such poor African countries had any oil they wouldn't be starving
oh yeah, I get your poor attempt at humor.
The common folk in the middle east don't seem to be rolling in dough(no pun intended)! Even in oil rich countries the rulers screw everyone else. Africa is rich in natural resources yet they can't get their crap together to support their own people-I fail to see that being the fault of the industrialized nations.
So are you saying we should go communist to share the wealth? It sure seems like you do from this post, otherwise why post stupid statistics like this.
By the way you never stated your 18 sources, so I assume it's all crap. All numbers and figures, such as these, can be manipulated to look anyway someone wants them to, especiallly when someone wants to make themselves look good, or maybe even look smart. It's all in how you want to look at them and present them. Most figures like this are half truths anyway so they are unreliable and inaccurate.
I choose to not accept any figure you gave based on the FACT that all numbers are subject to falsehoods and misinterpretations depending on how someone wishes to have them presented...
OF COURSE we shouldn't go communist. Are you kidding me right now? I have not implied that ONE TIME !!
Communism is a proven FAILED system !!
But we SHOULD increase our foreign aid to the world !!
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp
I copy and pasted the 18 stats from this website.
The1stSgt
01-10-07, 06:22 PM
Sun, are you on a college extemporaneous debating team? It appears to me you enjoy the point, counter point intellectual jousting you engage in here way to much, and way to frequent.
I can only speak for myself. Your philosophizing, liberal ideology and controversial questions are becoming more and more irritating, i.e., let's feed Africa?
I think you know exactly what you are doing, asking questions like that, and making provocative statements, just to stir sh!t up. It causes controversy, and that is being an antagonist. I think it gets you attention, gives you a sense of power (intellectual) and feeds your ego.
That's my belief and I'm sticking to it.
The common folk in the middle east don't seem to be rolling in dough(no pun intended)! Even in oil rich countries the rulers screw everyone else. Africa is rich in natural resources yet they can't get their crap together to support their own people-I fail to see that being the fault of the industrialized nations.
Outside of South Africa (which is a marginal developed country) please name me ONE African country rich in natural resources
please
African states are VERY deprived of natural resources, especially the Saharan and Sub-Saharan states !!!!!!!
Outside of South Africa (which is a marginal developed country) please name me ONE African country rich in natural resources
please
African states are VERY deprived of natural resources, especially the Saharan and Sub-Saharan states !!!!!!!
With the exception of the saharan areas (caused by over farming and poor land management in a large part) other areas have native woods, minerals, tourism (if they were stable enough not to eat the tourists). The land is rich and arable. When our forefathers came to these shores no one stuck a feather up their ass and said, "there ya go sport, you get to rule the world now"-took a lot of hard work for America to become what we are. Let these countries stop killing each other wholesale and they might be able to develop an economy.
FistFu68
01-10-07, 06:34 PM
:evilgrin: YOU CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD,SONNY-BOY!BELIEVE ME,ONCE UPON A TIME;I TRIED! SAVE YOURSELF & THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU,LIKE YOU'R MAMA & PAPA! MAYBE ONE DAY,YOU'LL WAKE-UP. IF NOT FOR YOUR-SELF,FOR THEM??? GOOD-LUCK,YOU'R GONNA NEED IT!S/F:usmc:
With the exception of the saharan areas (caused by over farming and poor land management in a large part) other areas have native woods, minerals, tourism (if they were stable enough not to eat the tourists). The land is rich and arable. When our forefathers came to these shores no one stuck a feather up their ass and said, "there ya go sport, you get to rule the world now"-took a lot of hard work for America to become what we are. Let these countries stop killing each other wholesale and they might be able to develop an economy.
Native woods and minerals don't generate much wealth.
I can't sit idly by knowing that I did not make an effort to improve the lives of those less fortunate.
It is against my conscience. I've lived in other countries and not a day goes by I don't appreciate the fact that I live in the greatest country on earth - the United States of America. And I seek to show that appreciation by giving back to the people of the world.
jgorosco
01-10-07, 07:11 PM
Give back to the World? What exactly has the world done for you? If you want to feel guilty for living in a Country made strong by sweat and blood then go right ahead. I won't and will not! I will be Proud. I was in Mogadishu for a little bit right after Black Hawk Down. I can tell you first hand that they don't want Our help because they don't want to help themselves. What you should feel guilty about is passsing by children in under-developed and poor communities in your area. Just because Our country is rich doesn't mean Everyone is rich. And man that was a very intellectual quote from Chris Rock! And to let you know you have about 700 dollars more than me in the bank. And I have a good job!! And NO, I don't live beyond my means. So feel guilty about something else besides being born in America
Sunman, you are incredibly naive. One does not turn a murderer back into scoiety. Castro still hates us and his brother hates us even more than El Jefe does, and he is next in line to Castro's presidency.
I don't blame Castro for hating us. We tried to overthrow him like a bazillion times, and I betcha we tried to assasinate him a few times too, wouldn't you agree?[/B]
I assume from your "Christian" thoughts and behavior that you also feel Saddam Hussein should not have been executed and that we should not have invaded Iraq because "they did nothing to us".
[B]No, Saddam Hussein is a true genocidal dictator. Some estimates have that he killed 300,000 civilians and he got what he deserved.
As for invading Iraq. I supported it at the time. But I was just as blind as everyone else at foreseeing that any occupation of a foreign territory usually results in a fierce insurgency. We were evicted from Somalia and Vietnam, and the Soviet Union was evicted from Afghanistan in the '80s. We should have known.
Maybe we should also allow any other tinhorn petty a$$ed dictator to have their way, too. It is a$$holes who believe that we should leave everyone alone and keep to ourselves that allowed Hitler to come to power and begin exterminating the Jews. What about Idi Amin, was he also guiltless? Maybe Kim Il Jung would be a good man for you to identify with.
No, we were right in entering World War II but I wish we had taken action earlier and not watied for Pearl Harbor. I don't know who Idi Amin is, so I cant talk about that one. Kim Jung Il is a terrible person and I hope he dies and North Korea crumbles, but we cannot invade North Korea because if we do, he just might start launching his nukes at Seoul and Tokyo.
No I don't think we should lift the embargo, we should shut them down totally but until both Fidel and his equally (if not worse) cruel brother are destroyed the safety of the United States CANNOT be assured. The idiots only need to make ONE strike againt the US to make themselves into heroes around the communist and probably the Arab world. It wouldn't matter if we then destroyed them because they already "stung" the giant and that act alone would make them into heroes.
This is such a joke. Fidel Castro has never taken any aggressive action against the United States. He never tried to assasinate any US President. But we did all of the above to them. The only crime he is guilty of is being a communist. And that is NONE OF OUR BUSINESS. Besides, Castro is not Arab.
If you think Cuba is such a threat to the US, you really need to re-evluate our national security priorities.
And right now our priorities are:
1. Al Qaeda
2. North Korea/Iran
3. China possibly
4. Everything else BUT NOT CUBA.
People like Castro don't give a f*ck about their people, they only care about the power they have over the people they control. If they didn't care about the power they would not kill and destroy any and all opposition to their rule...
Which gives us the right to starve out their people via trade embargo right?
Give back to the World? What exactly has the world done for you?
Does someone have to do something for you before you're willing to do something for them?? If so, I feel sad for you.
If you want to feel guilty for living in a Country made strong by sweat and blood then go right ahead. I won't and will not! I will be Proud. I was in Mogadishu for a little bit right after Black Hawk Down. I can tell you first hand that they don't want Our help because they don't want to help themselves.
I'm not asking you to feel guilty. I am proud too to be living here. But I am asking you to feel privileged and to spare some compassion for people who are not as fortunate as you and I. Made strong by sweat and blood huh? You know what? I agree, but you don't think there is sweat and blood spared in Africa?
What about the African cotton farmer who makes a dollar a day laboring in 110 degree heat with a 20 hour work day?
Come on now, we are obviously privileged.
With great power comes great responsibility.
What you should feel guilty about is passsing by children in under-developed and poor communities in your area.
No American has starved to death. In this country, if you are poor you still have access to a free educational system and government assistance which will virtually guarantee you shelter and 3 meals a day.
Many people in Africa are lucky to get 3 meals a week. Some people there will be ECSTATIC to make 6 dollars a day, let alone our 6 dollars an hour minimum wage.
Just because Our country is rich doesn't mean Everyone is rich.
Yeah, but as I said before, poor people in this country have SOCIAL MOBILITY. They can work their way up. They will not starve to death due to government assistance, and they have access to a government funded educational system. Even if the school is second rate, if you do well there are hundreds of scholarships and grants out there that can help pay for you to go to college.
And man that was a very intellectual quote from Chris Rock!
May not be intellectual but its true.
And to let you know you have about 700 dollars more than me in the bank. And I have a good job!! And NO, I don't live beyond my means. So feel guilty about something else besides being born in America
I find it hard to believe you have 0 dollars in the bank right now....but if you say so.
American people are so selfish and your post obviously reflects it. This is not a hit against you, its a hit against all American people, including myself. And this needs to change.
US international aid composes only 0.34% of our GDP, which is the lowest in the world amongst developed nations.
garryh123
01-10-07, 10:01 PM
Man, you gotta do more than just hang around moveon.org and michael moore/babs web sites.
jgorosco
01-10-07, 11:11 PM
Sun... I wouldn't say selfish just want what we have now for our kids and our kids, kids in the future. If that makes sense. I read it three times and still don't know if it sounds right? Another thing people are turned away from shelters all the time. Just because you don't hear about it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I have volunteered here in Houston for a shelter called Star of Hope and I have seen hundreds of poor, starving and homeless people with children mind you, turned away on a regular basis.
Africa from what I have seen is even more Greedy and selfish than we are. Take for instance the diamond mines they have. Greed kills.
I just don't get sometimes people say we need to mind our own business and take care of Our Country first but then say we need to help other Countries. So we go help by adopting a child here and a child there instead of adopting here in America. I am almost positive that we have African, Asian and other culture babies that need adopting here in America, even Cuban babies!
FistFu68
01-10-07, 11:48 PM
:evilgrin: WHAT ABOUT THAT HEAD-SHOT,RFK GOT; WHERE DID THE ORDER, REALLY COME FROM! 90 MILE'S SOUTH OF KEY WEST???:scared:
Sun... I wouldn't say selfish just want what we have now for our kids and our kids, kids in the future. If that makes sense. I read it three times and still don't know if it sounds right? Another thing people are turned away from shelters all the time. Just because you don't hear about it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I have volunteered here in Houston for a shelter called Star of Hope and I have seen hundreds of poor, starving and homeless people with children mind you, turned away on a regular basis.
Africa from what I have seen is even more Greedy and selfish than we are. Take for instance the diamond mines they have. Greed kills.
I just don't get sometimes people say we need to mind our own business and take care of Our Country first but then say we need to help other Countries. So we go help by adopting a child here and a child there instead of adopting here in America. I am almost positive that we have African, Asian and other culture babies that need adopting here in America, even Cuban babies!
The diamond mines they have????
yeah sure because the diamonds all go to the people right? Or do they go to rich, white stockholders.
Look at who owns DeBeers - the world's largest Diamond mining company based in South Africa.
Choosing to help the poor in the US as opposed to choosing to help starving people in Africa is like choosing to save a guy with the flu as opposed to a guy bleeding to death on the street.
Save the guy thats bleeding to death first. The person with the flu can get treatment later.
And who says we can't do both??
:evilgrin: WHAT ABOUT THAT HEAD-SHOT,RFK GOT; WHERE DID THE ORDER, REALLY COME FROM! 90 MILE'S SOUTH OF KEY WEST???:scared:
I'm not familiar with what happened in the assasination of Robert Kennedy
Man, you gotta do more than just hang around moveon.org and michael moore/babs web sites.
never been to moveon.org and I hate Michael Moore, he's a worthless lardass with nothing but a big mouth.
YLDNDN6
01-11-07, 06:48 AM
Gentlemen, I believe the core of the matter here is that Sonny is still blessed with a high degree of idealism, as is often the case with people of his age. He is just now starting to view the world around him with a broader sense of responsibility. I remember well being 20 years old, and naive to the ways of the political process under which the world functions. Idealism, in and of itself, is sort of a right of passage, I think. My guess is that when he leaves the nest, puts that $700.00 down on a studio apartment somewhere, and starts having to do for himself, his views will adapt accordingly. Sonny: your views are, in a sense, quite admirable, and your concern for the well being of the world's poor may fuel you to do great things one day. But for the time being, you haven't had the life experience to debate with the likes of some of the people here. Further, continuing to grind the same point in here is futile, and only makes you come across as argumentative. Do yourself a favor and check yourself before you become someone that no one wants to interact with in here. Your point has been made, but no one is buying. Time to close up your sample case and move on to the next porch.
Zulu 36
01-11-07, 07:06 AM
American people are so selfish and your post obviously reflects it. This is not a hit against you, its a hit against all American people, including myself. And this needs to change.
US international aid composes only 0.34% of our GDP, which is the lowest in the world amongst developed nations.
First, who say we HAVE to help undeveloped countries?
Second, I take issue with your claim that the US is selfish. As a single example, US government aid sent to help people recover from the big tsunami several years ago totalled about $900 million. Aid donated privately by American citizens exceeded $3 billion. Both figures exceeds the amount donated by all European countries/private contributions combined by a significant amount.
That was in response to a single event, not what we give overall which far and away exceeds the rest of the "developed" world. You can't compare what the US government gives away of our tax dollars and ignore the private contributions. That 0.34% of our GDP leaves the rest of the world way back in the dust as far as dollar amounts go, but it only reflects "official" money, not private money.
Stop being guilty for being a citizen of the richest country in the world. If it bothers you so much, stop going to college and instead send all of your tuition money to some UN charity so they can "wisely" spend it. You're being selfish spending that money on yourself (using your logic).
As for me, I'd rather the government cut our taxes and stop sending so much to countries with no appreciation for our help.
drumcorpssnare
01-11-07, 07:08 AM
YLDNDN6- You sir, have hit the nail on the head. And you did it in a tactful manner. I hope SuNmaN will read and consider your post, and then just relax a little.
drumcorpssnare:usmc:
Well said YLDNDN6!:thumbup:
The1stSgt
01-11-07, 07:52 AM
YLDNDN6, outstanding assessment and presentation.
horselady
01-11-07, 11:58 AM
ok, she really does take things overboard sometimes BUT...
have some compassion and be a human being for once
this woman lost her son in combat and it has driven her to the brink of insanity.
I think we should close Gitmo as well.
why the heck do we have a base on Cuba anyway?
Not trying to be rude here, but is there anything that the US Military does that you approve of?
horselady
01-11-07, 12:09 PM
The diamond mines they have????
yeah sure because the diamonds all go to the people right? Or do they go to rich, white stockholders.
Look at who owns DeBeers - the world's largest Diamond mining company based in South Africa.
Choosing to help the poor in the US as opposed to choosing to help starving people in Africa is like choosing to save a guy with the flu as opposed to a guy bleeding to death on the street.
Save the guy thats bleeding to death first. The person with the flu can get treatment later.
And who says we can't do both??
And if not for DeBeers, a lot more people would be unemployed in Africa.
WE cannot save the world. We are close to bankrupting our own hospitals
and social services just from the millions of illegals in this country
to whom we provide billions of dollars every year in free services,
free education, food stamps, aid to dependent children, etc.
Charity begins at home, let the rich Arab oil barons take care of their
own poor and oppressed. Or how about we stop sending money to Africa that never gets out of the hands of the crooked leaders to the people?
yellowwing
01-11-07, 12:23 PM
let the rich Arab oil barons take care of their
own poor and oppressed.
They are part of the problem. As in our Christian Tithing, they are obligated to donated charity also. Except they are donating to setting up extremist schools.
Taking young men that have known nothing of the world, and giving the gift of reading and comprehension. And then twisting it to wrap a suicide vest on them. That is evil.
YLDNDN6
01-11-07, 12:30 PM
Thank you Drum, DW and 1stSgt. My parents raised me to know that there are two ways to tell someone to stick a board up their backside. The first is to simply tell them to stick a board up their backside. The other is to phrase it in such a way that they think it was their idea. Tact is knowing which method is called for in a given situation.
horselady
01-11-07, 12:31 PM
They are part of the problem. As in our Christian Tithing, they are obligated to donated charity also. Except they are donating to setting up extremist schools.
Taking young men that have known nothing of the world, and giving the gift of reading and comprehension. And then twisting it to wrap a suicide vest on them. That is evil.
Even worse, they start the indocrination of the "Death to Israel, Death to America" program when these kids are virtually babies. I saw a documentary
in which a 3 year old girl was chanting those words as well as calling Jews
pigs and apes. The interviewer questioned her and despite her age, she
seemed to understand exactly what she was saying. What a pity to
posion such young childrens minds with so much hatred of their
fellow man.
Even worse, they start the indocrination of the "Death to Israel, Death to America" program when these kids are virtually babies. I saw a documentary
in which a 3 year old girl was chanting those words as well as calling Jews
pigs and apes. The interviewer questioned her and despite her age, she
seemed to understand exactly what she was saying. What a pity to
posion such young childrens minds with so much hatred of their
fellow man.
You know, in Gainesville, FL. they do the same thing-except they teach them to be Gators. I think UF has the better system.
FistFu68
01-11-07, 01:44 PM
:evilgrin: AS FRESHMAN,UNTIL THEY BECOME SENIOR'S;THEY ARE INDOCTRINATED IN THE ART,OF CRUSHING BUCKEYE'S;(LOL) GOTTA LOVE 'DEM GATOR'S!!!:D :iwo:
AS FRESHMAN,UNTIL THEY BECOME SENIOR'S;THEY ARE INDOCTRINATED IN THE ART,OF CRUSHING BUCKEYE'S;(LOL) GOTTA LOVE 'DEM GATOR'S!!! :iwo:
As a 'Nole fan I could never love a gator; but since the departure of the evil spurrier:mad: , they seem less obnoxious than buckeyes!:D
OLE SARG
01-11-07, 02:41 PM
ms castro - just thinking of him brings me to a time when a nice, warm, fuzzy, blanket could have been used to muffle the sound of my .45 going off behind his right ear!!!!!!!!!!!
Why would he want to see Cuba in ruins you say? How about because he ia a communist dictator pig who has DONE NOTHING TO HELP HIS PEOPLE!!
SEMPER FI,
Sgt Leprechaun
01-12-07, 10:18 AM
How would selling agricultural goods directly to Cuba instead of rerouting it through the Dominican Republic reduce your profits?
I don't see it.
As for feeding the world for free, well Half the world population (about $3 billion people) live on less than $2 a day (and our Federal Minimum Wage is almost $6 an hour !!!!) and 385 million people live on less than a dollar a day.
You know what the problem is? Americans live you and I are so sheltered, are so wealthy we fail to see the suffering that goes on in the rest of the world. While we whine about our Internet connection being too slow, or a flaw in our new big plasma TV screen, people around the world are wondering when they're going to get their next meal !!
Damn right feed the world for free. The US government should purchase all excess domestic agricultural production at market prices and send it all to Africa as aid.
We can pass the cost up to the taxpayers. It won't be much anyway. If we can spend $100 billion a year on fighting a stupid war, we can damn sure send $10 billion a year in aid to Africa.
I got an idea. Let the gummint raise YOUR taxes. Speak for yourself. I have no desire whatsoever to feed Africa, Cubeerrr or any other damn place.
I have come to the conclusion that you are a died in the wool socialist. You just won't admit it.
BTW, how much in taxes a year do you actually pay????
Sgt Leprechaun
01-12-07, 10:22 AM
The diamond mines they have????
yeah sure because the diamonds all go to the people right? Or do they go to rich, white stockholders.
Look at who owns DeBeers - the world's largest Diamond mining company based in South Africa.
Choosing to help the poor in the US as opposed to choosing to help starving people in Africa is like choosing to save a guy with the flu as opposed to a guy bleeding to death on the street.
Save the guy thats bleeding to death first. The person with the flu can get treatment later.
And who says we can't do both??
God, you are so full of socialist twaddle it's not even funny.
What are you majoring in, in college, if I may ask?
Again, I ask the question, how much in taxes do you pay a year?
Furthermore, why is it all of a sudden Amerkays problem if the gummints of these countries refuse to take care of their own people?
The Cuban embargo was designed to hurt Castro and his military machine, and to (hopefully) push the people to overthrow his worthless butt. However, it hasn't worked out that way. Still, you would have us recognize a communist regime, just so you and all the other bleeding hearts could 'feel better' about yourselves.
Gimmie an ever lovin break.
OLE SARG
01-12-07, 10:25 AM
Well said Malignant Leprechaun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SEMPER FI,
Sgt Leprechaun
01-12-07, 10:28 AM
Even worse, they start the indocrination of the "Death to Israel, Death to America" program when these kids are virtually babies. I saw a documentary
in which a 3 year old girl was chanting those words as well as calling Jews
pigs and apes. The interviewer questioned her and despite her age, she
seemed to understand exactly what she was saying. What a pity to
posion such young childrens minds with so much hatred of their
fellow man.
Ahhh, but Horselady, you don't understand! It's all the Jooooos fault for all the worlds problems. Of course, the left has issues here as well, because, well, they can't stand to see a strong, US friendly, Middle Eastern country like Isreal in existence. "IT'S THE JOOOOOSSSS!!!"
It's perfectly ok, in their little leftie coffee houses and 'study groups' to bash the "Zionest Oppressors" and blame them, instead of blaming the dirtbags who are teaching their little kids to hate, and hate with an unmitigated passion.
The little lefties have lots in common with all sorts of folks in this regard. The Klan. The Nation of Islam. Al Quieda. The PLO/Hamas.
Yep. They all fit right in together. It's all "The Joooos" fault, you see.
You are obviously just a tool of the "Joo" controlled media, Zionest Occupational Gummint, and probably the Freemasons as well.
:D
Sgt Leprechaun
01-12-07, 10:31 AM
Thanks, SSgt. They don't call me "Malignant" fer nuthin!