don't you hate it when people in power abuse it to further their political objectives, mr rand paul?
C-U-N-T
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don't you hate it when people in power abuse it to further their political objectives, mr rand paul?
C-U-N-T
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali … pro-israel
we all knew it couldn't last this long. the arab spring was the nail in the coffin.
we all knew it couldn't last this long. the arab spring was the nail in the coffin.
I had to drop the class I planned to take on Islamic Civilization and pick one up on Israeli politics. The Jews won again, Taiwan.
I am not looking forward to giving that class presentation the course requires.
why?
Why did I change the course or why am I dreading having to give a class presentation?
Last edited by Macbeth (2013-05-19 20:25:18)
Well, it turned out I was a lot closer to finishing both a political science and history degree than I thought. Dropped two classes and picked up two. In the spring I need only 3 classes to fill out my second set of degree requirements.
I do not look forward to ending the semester by having to give a presentation on Israeli politics to a bunch of Jews. I have the same feeling about it Jay must get when he talks to well off Jews about each others upbringing. Just without the bitterness and jealously he holds towards them. I can already picture a crowd of 40 Jewish people staring a hole through me while I stutter through a presentation on King David Hotel Bombing.
I do not look forward to ending the semester by having to give a presentation on Israeli politics to a bunch of Jews. I have the same feeling about it Jay must get when he talks to well off Jews about each others upbringing. Just without the bitterness and jealously he holds towards them. I can already picture a crowd of 40 Jewish people staring a hole through me while I stutter through a presentation on King David Hotel Bombing.
send me the syllabus when you can. sounds interesting.
them chinks be crazy
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/who-wants … 2jwun.htmlBut a new chorus of influential Chinese is raising the stakes. They argue that Japan is not entitled to one of its biggest islands, Okinawa, home to 1.4 million people and host to some of the biggest US military bases in the world.
So these rebels are pretty much finished. Qatar won't have the gas pipeline it wanted through Syria; Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Israel are glad Assad will remain in power, and Turkey learned the hard way not to play with fire. My prediction is that the GCC/West will re-focus their attention on Iraq and start supporting Sunni insurgents to try and stop Iraq from becoming allies with Iran, Syria and Hezbollah.(Vatican Radio) Syrian forces launched a major offensive on Sunday on the rebel-held town of Qusair, near the Lebanese border.
Fifty-two people were killed, including 48 fighters, three women and a male civilian.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the Syrian government’s shelling and air raids on Qusair on Sunday left more than 50 dead. About 20 houses were also destroyed, and a field hospital damaged last week left the only medical centre in town unable to handle all of the 400 wounded.
Qusair lies between Damascus and the Mediterranean coast. Many rebel fighters are Sunni Muslims and the majority-Sunni town of Qusair had been serving as a conduit for shipments of weapons and supplies, smuggled from Lebanon.
While the rebels control large rural areas in Syria’s north and east, Syrian troops have held control of Damascus, the coastal area and parts of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.
Before Sunday's offensive, Qusair had been ringed for several weeks by Syrian troops and fighters from the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, allies with the Syrian government.
In the meantime, the international community is looking ahead to a conference on bringing an end to Syria’s 26-month-old bloody conflict. Key parties include the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and China.
United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said the meeting could possibly take place in early June.
Despite its stated commitment to peace, Russia reportedly delivered anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria last week. Russia is a key ally and arms supplier of the Syrian regime, along with Iran.
The UN said last week the death toll in Syria has reached at least 80,000 since the conflict began in March 2011.
Text from page http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/05 … en1-693649
of the Vatican Radio website
Sen. James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, argued that there is no comparison between Hurricane Sandy relief, which he voted against last fall, and aid for his state in the wake of Monday’s devastating tornado because the two are “totally different.”
Inhofe contended on Tuesday that the Hurricane Sandy relief bill was different because it was filled with pork. “They were getting things, for instance, that was supposed to be in New Jersey,” he said on MSNBC. “They had things in the Virgin Islands. They were fixing roads there, they were putting roofs on houses in Washington, D.C. Everybody was getting in and exploiting the tragedy that took place. That won’t happen in Oklahoma.”
In the past, Inhofe has also voted against additional funding for FEMA, though in 2008 he praised relief from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Oklahoma counties affected by “severe weather.”
Inhofe’s senate colleague, Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, also a Republican, said he would push for federal aid to Oklahoma to be offset by cuts elsewhere. Coburn also voted against the relief package for Hurricane Sandy.
what a cunt I hope his children die.
where is that quote about fracking ruining the midwest/south? this calls for its use.
*quotation
it's only a handout when another state requests it.Macbeth wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … AZ6dECg4#!Sen. James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, argued that there is no comparison between Hurricane Sandy relief, which he voted against last fall, and aid for his state in the wake of Monday’s devastating tornado because the two are “totally different.”
Inhofe contended on Tuesday that the Hurricane Sandy relief bill was different because it was filled with pork. “They were getting things, for instance, that was supposed to be in New Jersey,” he said on MSNBC. “They had things in the Virgin Islands. They were fixing roads there, they were putting roofs on houses in Washington, D.C. Everybody was getting in and exploiting the tragedy that took place. That won’t happen in Oklahoma.”
In the past, Inhofe has also voted against additional funding for FEMA, though in 2008 he praised relief from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Oklahoma counties affected by “severe weather.”
Inhofe’s senate colleague, Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, also a Republican, said he would push for federal aid to Oklahoma to be offset by cuts elsewhere. Coburn also voted against the relief package for Hurricane Sandy.
what a cunt I hope his children die.
when your state requests it, it's totally justified.
He's right though, only like 25% of the money earmarked in the Sandy relief bill was actually going to go to the disaster victims.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
People in the virgin islands and DC were also affected by Sandy.
I'm not saying they weren't. iirc there was a bunch of money going to places like Alaska
http://www.policymic.com/articles/21010 … l-spendingThe bill in question, among other things, provides $150 million for Alaskan fisheries and $8 million for the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to purchase new cars and equipment. Also, an additional $13 billion of the bill would go toward projects that are designed to prepare for future storms.
Although the bill's supposed intent is to provide emergency assistance, the Congressional Budget Office contests that only one-third of the money would be spent over the next 21 months — in turn lessening the emphasis on emergency relief. This raises brows to what exactly President Obama's true intentions are for the bill, especially when considering the timing and possible (although not likely) spending concessions that he'll have to make during the fiscal cliff negotiations.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
That happens with literally every single bill[ that goes through congress. That is how the entire system runs and has always run. Choosing to grandstand on disaster relief is something he deserves to be physically injured for.
guess how much pork was in the GI Bill?
Spoiler (highlight to read):
the entire thing was pork because none of you deserved it
Spoiler (highlight to read):
the entire thing was pork because none of you deserved it
Senators are already talking about passing some bills to fund the building of adequate storm shelters in schools after the Moore tornado a few days ago. Sadly, I'd bet that some scumbag packs in a bunch of shit into the bill to fund some bullshit that's completely unrelated.
Maybe I'm naive but I fail to see how we haven't outlawed earmarking.
Maybe I'm naive but I fail to see how we haven't outlawed earmarking.
Extra Medium wrote:
Maybe I'm naive but I fail to see how we haven't outlawed earmarking.
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Five Rugers for everyone in Oklahoma and there won't be tornadoes anymore.
And the Murrah building will re-erect itself.
And the Murrah building will re-erect itself.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer part of the country