Results 1 to 18 of 18

Thread: Iraq has a budget surplus?

  1. 03-12-2008, 08:12 AM #1
    LL2
    LL2 is offline
    Senior Rat HOFer LL2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Chicagoland
    Posts
    2,694

    Iraq has a budget surplus?

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23578542

    Why is U.S. taxpayers dollars being spent to rebuild Iraq when Iraq is sitting on a pile of oil money? They should spend their own billions to fix the country, and send us some cheap oil!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 03-12-2008, 11:24 AM #2
    Joemailman
    Joemailman is online now
    Postal Rat HOFer Joemailman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    In a van down by the river
    Posts
    31,717
    Do you honestly believe the oil people in the White House want cheap oil? The price of oil has tripled since the invasion of Iraq. Mission Accomplished!
    Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 03-12-2008, 01:18 PM #3
    Freak Out
    Freak Out is offline
    Opa Rat HOFer Freak Out's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Land of the midnight sun
    Posts
    15,405
    Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman
    Do you honestly believe the oil people in the White House want cheap oil? The price of oil has tripled since the invasion of Iraq. Mission Accomplished!
    ..and America has accepted it. I'd be interested to see how much car-pooling and use of public transportation has increased during the last year.
    C.H.U.D.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 03-20-2008, 06:24 PM #4
    Freak Out
    Freak Out is offline
    Opa Rat HOFer Freak Out's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Land of the midnight sun
    Posts
    15,405
    Interesting photos from one journalist over the last few years.

    http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...BER_index.html
    C.H.U.D.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 03-20-2008, 06:42 PM #5
    Tyrone Bigguns
    Tyrone Bigguns is offline
    Senior Rat HOFer Tyrone Bigguns's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    11,577
    Quote Originally Posted by Freak Out
    Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman
    Do you honestly believe the oil people in the White House want cheap oil? The price of oil has tripled since the invasion of Iraq. Mission Accomplished!
    ..and America has accepted it. I'd be interested to see how much car-pooling and use of public transportation has increased during the last year.
    ZipCar baby. Jump on board.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 03-20-2008, 07:00 PM #6
    MJZiggy
    MJZiggy is offline
    Micro Rat
     HOFer MJZiggy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    21,719
    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrone Bigguns
    Quote Originally Posted by Freak Out
    Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman
    Do you honestly believe the oil people in the White House want cheap oil? The price of oil has tripled since the invasion of Iraq. Mission Accomplished!
    ..and America has accepted it. I'd be interested to see how much car-pooling and use of public transportation has increased during the last year.
    ZipCar baby. Jump on board.
    There's a zip car spot near my metro station but it just doesn't make sense to drive it the 5 blocks and 8 stoplights to work. Now if there were some at Dupont Circle...
    "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 03-20-2008, 07:01 PM #7
    Tyrone Bigguns
    Tyrone Bigguns is offline
    Senior Rat HOFer Tyrone Bigguns's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    11,577
    Quote Originally Posted by MJZiggy
    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrone Bigguns
    Quote Originally Posted by Freak Out
    Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman
    Do you honestly believe the oil people in the White House want cheap oil? The price of oil has tripled since the invasion of Iraq. Mission Accomplished!
    ..and America has accepted it. I'd be interested to see how much car-pooling and use of public transportation has increased during the last year.
    ZipCar baby. Jump on board.
    There's a zip car spot near my metro station but it just doesn't make sense to drive it the 5 blocks and 8 stoplights to work. Now if there were some at Dupont Circle...
    They are growing. IPO is coming.

    Short article in Fast Company on them.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 03-20-2008, 08:24 PM #8
    red
    red is offline
    DegeneRat
     HOFer red's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Posts
    34,921
    its absolute bull shit that we're still spending billions on iraq, and they're sitting on as much as 60 billion?

    get our money back and invest it in our own fucking country
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 03-20-2008, 08:30 PM #9
    Scott Campbell
    Scott Campbell is offline
    Snitch Rat HOFer
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    15,741
    I'd like to see it invested back into our country by giving it back to the taxpayers that are getting bilked out of it in the first place.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 03-20-2008, 08:32 PM #10
    Freak Out
    Freak Out is offline
    Opa Rat HOFer Freak Out's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Land of the midnight sun
    Posts
    15,405
    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Campbell
    I'd like to see it invested back into our country by giving it back to the taxpayers that are getting bilked out of it in the first place.
    Yeppers.
    C.H.U.D.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 03-20-2008, 08:34 PM #11
    MJZiggy
    MJZiggy is offline
    Micro Rat
     HOFer MJZiggy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    21,719
    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Campbell
    I'd like to see it invested back into our country by giving it back to the taxpayers that are getting bilked out of it in the first place.
    Maybe we should send the money back to China where it came from...
    "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 03-20-2008, 09:05 PM #12
    red
    red is offline
    DegeneRat
     HOFer red's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Posts
    34,921
    Quote Originally Posted by MJZiggy
    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Campbell
    I'd like to see it invested back into our country by giving it back to the taxpayers that are getting bilked out of it in the first place.
    Maybe we should send the money back to China where it came from...
    we send them enough money, i think
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 03-20-2008, 09:09 PM #13
    MJZiggy
    MJZiggy is offline
    Micro Rat
     HOFer MJZiggy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    21,719
    No, they've been loaning it to us for years to finance the Bush Wars. If they were to call in those debts, they could collapse our economy.
    "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 03-20-2008, 09:23 PM #14
    red
    red is offline
    DegeneRat
     HOFer red's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Posts
    34,921
    Quote Originally Posted by MJZiggy
    No, they've been loaning it to us for years to finance the Bush Wars. If they were to call in those debts, they could collapse our economy.
    we owe just about every country in the world a ton of money, we're really screwed someday

    as to china, i ment we give them enough money already from all the products we buy from there. and by giving them all our jobs and whatnot
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 03-20-2008, 09:33 PM #15
    HarveyWallbangers
    HarveyWallbangers is offline
    Trailer Rat
     HOFer HarveyWallbangers's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    20,626
    We owe about every country in the world a ton of money? Too funny.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 03-21-2008, 09:34 AM #16
    LL2
    LL2 is offline
    Senior Rat HOFer LL2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Chicagoland
    Posts
    2,694
    Quote Originally Posted by HarveyWallbangers
    We owe about every country in the world a ton of money? Too funny.
    Too funny and sad. Our politicians will never get the finances of this country fixed.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. 03-21-2008, 09:38 AM #17
    The Leaper
    The Leaper is offline
    Senior Rat HOFer The Leaper's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    5,452
    Quote Originally Posted by LL2
    Too funny and sad. Our politicians will never get the finances of this country fixed.
    Of course not. There is no incentive for them to do so.
    My signature has NUDITY in it...whatcha gonna do?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. 03-21-2008, 06:09 PM #18
    MJZiggy
    MJZiggy is offline
    Micro Rat
     HOFer MJZiggy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    21,719
    Quote Originally Posted by LL2
    Quote Originally Posted by HarveyWallbangers
    We owe about every country in the world a ton of money? Too funny.
    Too funny and sad. Our politicians will never get the finances of this country fixed.
    Buck up, that's what they said when Bush the first was in office.
    "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules