MrB -- I agree with you. On the other hand, I told two ministers on Wednesday there is a viable alternative because Iraq may explode into civil war because of meddling by Iran, Syria and the Saudis: Bring all U.S. troops home from the 124 countries they are now deployed to; eliminate all foreign aid to every nation; lock down U.S. borders and restrict all entry visas; withdraw from NAFTA; make it a crime to send U.S. jobs overseas; and fully enforce U.S. immigration law and deport all illegals.
Then use the billions we waste on foreign aid each year to rebuild our inner cities, rebuild our national infrastructure, educate the masses, help create new jobs, fund national health care for those who have none, and bring some new tax relief for middle income families.
These ministers opposed everything! They want to cure all the world's ills with U.S. taxpayers money by sending money and economic aid overseas. They want to build homes for the poor in South America and open our borders to workers from south of the border. They are just socialists disguised as Christians.
The whole world has just gone nuts. So, in the meantime, I will support Bush!
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I always ask socialists, when they bring up some favorite social program (health care for the chiilllllllldruhn), what the name of the private charity is that they have worked to set up in order to accomplish this.
Almost always greeted with a blank stare.
Then I say, "OH! you want to use the legal, lethal force of government to confiscate others' earned property in order to fund YOUR pet charity. How nice of you!"