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U.S. Sen Patty Murray -- Senator Asks Students to Ponder (Sen. Murray lauds Osama bin Laden)
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| 12/19/2002
| Gregg Herrington
Posted on 12/19/2002 4:20:16 PM PST by B Knotts
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To: chnsmok
Great! I'm glad we were able to get the word out on this!
To: Conservateacher
What? We spend Billions. Does anyone know how many billions?This is off the top of my head.
United Nations Official Development Aid (or whatever it's called) we give about 10 or 11 billion dollars a year. This is more than any other country in the world, but on the other hand is the lowest among contributing developed nations as a percentage of GDP. On the other, other hand Bush has recently said he will ask congress to increase this amount by 50 percent.
This UN contribution is what many people (especially libs) count exclusively as "foreign aid," but of course we give much more beyond and apart from this. There's 5 or 6 billions dollars each year that we pay to Egypt and Israel as, essentially, a bribe for their peace accord. (Thanks, Jimmuh.) Then there is the 3 billion we recently promised to Afghanistan (I don't know if that is to be distributed over some number of years or not). I think Pakistan is getting big bucks in the range of billions, but I don't know the figure. Then the cost of peace keeping deployments. I don't know, but just guessing wildly, I would say, probably, some additional 20 or 30 billion over and above U.N. aid, or maybe 10 billion or less if you eliminated military aid and various intangibles and indirect benefits.
Then there is private and NGO aid. I've seen estimates that Americans contribute around 35 billion each year in this realm.
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posted on
12/20/2002 3:36:18 PM PST
by
Stultis
To: B Knotts
Glad to see that Fox News didn't let me down. On Special Report's "Grapevine" Brian Wilson mentioned "Taliban" Patty's comment. Bet you won't hear of it anywhere else.
To: jackbill
Great! Thanks for the update!
To: jackbill
$100,000 to any Senator who can find me a single hospital that Osama Bin Laden built. Anybody?
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posted on
12/20/2002 3:43:04 PM PST
by
bpjam
To: nutmeg
BTTT
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posted on
12/20/2002 4:14:32 PM PST
by
nutmeg
To: nutmeg
Thanks for the BUMP.
To: RobbyS
Yes!!!
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posted on
12/20/2002 5:12:25 PM PST
by
Parmy
To: B Knotts
Sen. Murray is an idiot.
Most of America could care less why bin Laden has support or not. Most of America just wants him dead. This American would like to see osama photographed with a current edition of the NYT. If that's possible.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/20/2002 5:21:17 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: jsraggmann
Well, there's Hillary. How did she ever get elected? Oh, I know, the brain dead, RAT welfare moms of NY did the job. NY and CA--two states in trouble because of RATS. Will the voters there ever learn? Answer: NO!
To: B Knotts
BTTT
To: maxwellp
May we live to be a hundred to piss on her grave.
To: All
To: B Knotts
BUMP TILL SHE'S IMPEACHED AND DEPORTED.
To: Uncle George
What an utter embarrassment to our country. This is what voters send to Washington to represent them?
How does this woman even know how to get to Washington? An absolute idiot or a propaganda spreader. Neither option represents the state of Washington, the Democratic Party or the voters well.
If she had been Republican - the democrats would have been all over the press bringing her down. We will watch as they do nothing to her. So, apparently she represents the Democratic Party - the party of America is to blame, traitors, and non-defense of the American people.
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12/20/2002 10:30:37 PM PST
by
ClancyJ
To: Stultis
"This is off the top of my head."
Then you have a good one! Awesome information. Thanks!
To: Uncle George
A.M. BUMP
She needs to be censured by the Senate, at minimum.
She really needs to resign.
To: B Knotts
P.M. BUMP
To: B Knotts
Patty bin Murray timewarp BUMP
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