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I'm afraid it's "no comprende" for George. --- Chris Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By George, you are missing the point! > > You asked "I am not sure which George Bush his > supporters are rooting for" > > and my response was "...the George Bush who > liberated 50 million Afghanis > and Iraqis from tyrants, and gave Afghanistan the > first democratically held > (under UN supervision) election in their history!" > > My answer obviously did not satisfy you because you > went off on a tangent. > I can understand that as a liberal you cannot accept > the notion that there > are some of us who not believe in entitlement > programs (welfare). Over $6 > trillion has been spent since the initiation of the > Great Society program > to eradicate poverty began under Lyndon Johnson and > there is little to show > for it. That entitlement hand reaches out for yet > more--it is endless > supplication. Whatever happened to good > oldfashioned work ethic such as > Goans used to live by in the old days? > > Besides, if we do not destroy terrorism across the > ocean, the economic > consequences we faced on 9/11 would look like chump > change if there should > be another significant attack on the U.S. > Comprende, George? > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 3:37 PM > Subject: [Goanet]Re: Vote Kerry, save the World- > Bosco's comment > > > > > ########################################################################## > > # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > > # Want to check the archives? > http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # > > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > > > ########################################################################## > > > > Chris Vaz wrote... > >> How about the George Bush who liberated 50 > million Afghanis and Iraqis > >> from tyrants > > > > > > This is a post-hoc justification for the illegal > war, a war which has cost > > the United States about > > $142 billion and counting. There were no WMD's, > the original reason given > > for the war. Now George > > Bush is on reason #11 (freedom and democracy) as > he shifts his reasons and > > justifications for the > > war often (it is difficult to keep up with his > shifting positions on most > > major issues). > > > > According to the National Priorities Project, > instead of the $142 billion > > spent on the war, we > > could have: > > 1. Paid for 18,936,876 children to attend a year > of Head Start > > 2. Have hired 2,477,747 additional public school > teachers for one year. > > 3. Provided 6,931,040 students four-year > scholarships at public > > universities. > > 4. Ensured that every child in the world was given > basic immunizations for > > 47 years. > > 5. Fully funded world-wide AIDS programs for 14 > years. > > 6. Fully funded global anti-hunger efforts for 5 > years. > > 7. Insured 85,612,842 children for one year. > > > > Regards, > > George > > > > > > > >