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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    Sad state of affairs. 
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    There is hope. Up here prostate cancer was added to the list of work related illnesses for firefighters. I have been informed that the firefighters association filed a claim after my dad died from it in 2007. It won't mean much for me but my handicapped sister will receive substantial compensation. It is retroactive as well.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,446
    stlcharcoal said:
    These politicians open up our checkbook to foreign aid at a moments notice, yet it took that much to take care of our own heroes?  The President, many governors & mayors, media & actors, etc have been on their soapboxes saying how they will welcome every Syrian refugee with open arms.........didn't here a peep from any of them on this.  Charity has to start at home first.
    The problem is we the people for allowing this to be an issue.
    Go to a veterans hospital or veterans home. Witness how these people who made the sacrifice are warehoused.
    This issue, I think, shows the lack of moral obligation this country bestows upon those that do the dirty work to protect and serve.
    We can do more. We should do more.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    americans love to talk about war and veterans. They just don't like to pay the price

    no veteran should need someone to donate anything to help them. It ought to be taken care of. 

    Need to raise taxes and go more into debt if we teally want to take care of vets and fund this continual war and standing army


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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
    edited December 2015
    stlcharcoal said:
    These politicians open up our checkbook to foreign aid at a moments notice, yet it took that much to take care of our own heroes?  The President, many governors & mayors, media & actors, etc have been on their soapboxes saying how they will welcome every Syrian refugee with open arms.........didn't here a peep from any of them on this.  Charity has to start at home first.
    :| To be clear, it "took that much" for the U.S. Congress to take care of our own heroes.  And this is not the first time Stewart had to shame the U.S. Congress into taking care of our own heroes.

    Congress.  Not governors, not mayors . . . and so on.

    And Syrian refugees have absolutely nothing to do with Congress' dereliction of duty to our own heroes.  :disappointed: Might as well try to link the Keystone pipeline . . . or un-repaired potholes.

    That'd be just as (ir)relevant . . .
    to our own heroes.

    To be clear.
               :) 

    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    @Sardonicus WADR refugees will have access to healthcare will they not?  I'm sure this will come up sooner than later & thus I believe it is relevant. Now back to the OP. GOOD ON JS!!! 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Sardonicus said:
    stlcharcoal said:
    These politicians open up our checkbook to foreign aid at a moments notice, yet it took that much to take care of our own heroes?  The President, many governors & mayors, media & actors, etc have been on their soapboxes saying how they will welcome every Syrian refugee with open arms.........didn't here a peep from any of them on this.  Charity has to start at home first.
    :| To be clear, it "took that much" for the U.S. Congress to take care of our own heroes.  And this is not the first time Stewart had to shame the U.S. Congress into taking care of our own heroes.

    Congress.  Not governors, not mayors . . . and so on.

    And Syrian refugees have absolutely nothing to do with Congress' dereliction of duty to our own heroes.  :disappointed: Might as well try to link the Keystone pipeline . . . or un-repaired potholes.

    That'd be just as (ir)relevant . . .
    to our own heroes.

    To be clear.
               :) 


    And what's wrong with the Keystone pipeline? We're paying for the damn thing to get you more oil cheaper than world price for you to refine into gas and sell at back to us at world price. Merry Christmas.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
    NPHuskerFL said:
    @Sardonicus WADR refugees will have access to healthcare will they not?  I'm sure this will come up sooner than later & thus I believe it is relevant. Now back to the OP. GOOD ON JS!!! 

    I guess so.  They'll probably also walk on paved sidewalks, attend schools, and enjoy improved cell phone connections.


    And yes, "GOOD ON" Jon Stewart!

     :) 
    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
    edited December 2015
    Little Steven said:
    Sardonicus said:
    stlcharcoal said:
    These politicians open up our checkbook to foreign aid at a moments notice, yet it took that much to take care of our own heroes?  The President, many governors & mayors, media & actors, etc have been on their soapboxes saying how they will welcome every Syrian refugee with open arms.........didn't here a peep from any of them on this.  Charity has to start at home first.
    :| To be clear, it "took that much" for the U.S. Congress to take care of our own heroes.  And this is not the first time Stewart had to shame the U.S. Congress into taking care of our own heroes.

    Congress.  Not governors, not mayors . . . and so on.

    And Syrian refugees have absolutely nothing to do with Congress' dereliction of duty to our own heroes.  :disappointed: Might as well try to link the Keystone pipeline . . . or un-repaired potholes.

    That'd be just as (ir)relevant . . .
    to our own heroes.

    To be clear.
               :) 


    And what's wrong with the Keystone pipeline? We're paying for the damn thing to get you more oil cheaper than world price for you to refine into gas and sell at back to us at world price. Merry Christmas.
    Nothing wrong at all.  Have at it.
    Merry Christmas to you, as well.

    (Check facts re: "cheaper" when you have a moment during these busy holiday times, I suggest.)

    Happy New Year, too!
     :) 

    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Break-even on the Canukistan oil-sand crude is $44 USD a barrel.  The market price needs to be above $50, and stay above it, to keep funding new extraction.  Right now they're hemorrhaging money as crude is at $38.
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    =) I would have used a smiley there but I can't get them where the should go. I know we aren't paying for it but most of the other facts were, in fact, factual. You're paying for the fence though.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700

    Okay, Little Steven.
     B) 

    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    edited December 2015
    Hey kids, no fighting on my threads.  I'm on triple-dooper forum probation.

    Edit:  ;)=)
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Pee off yank! Merry Christmas dude.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
    edited December 2015

    nolaegghead said:
    Hey kids, no fighting on my threads.  I'm on triple-dooper forum probation.

    Edit:  ;)=)
    Disagreeing ain't fighting.
     ;) 

    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Sardonicus said:

    nolaegghead said:
    Hey kids, no fighting on my threads.  I'm on triple-dooper forum probation.

    Edit:  ;)=)
    Disagreeing ain't fighting.
     ;) 


    Did we disagree? I'm sorry.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I was kidding.
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    nolaegghead said:
    I was kidding.
    Never known you to kid OR use any sarcasm.  Good thread!  
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    That was the first time ever.
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,764
    nolaegghead said:
    Break-even on the Canukistan oil-sand crude is $44 USD a barrel.  The market price needs to be above $50, and stay above it, to keep funding new extraction.  Right now they're hemorrhaging money as crude is at $38.

    I'd gladly pay more for gas if I knew it was all coming from the US or from our neighbors to the north......same principles for everything else I try to buy local or US made.  Kind of scary depending on countries that hate us.
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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
    nolaegghead said:
    Hey kids, no fighting on my threads.  I'm on triple-dooper forum probation.

    Edit:  ;)=)

    Be a man, man.
    Start a thread about Planned Parenthood.  Or gubmint suppression of hoverboards.  Or GMO labeling.  Or the intelligence of Trump supporters relative to the linguistic ability of developmentally challenged snails.

    C'mon, Nola.
    Take a walk on the wild side.
    We only have a few hours before we pretend to be wholly holy . . . until the games come on.


    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    stlcharcoal said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Break-even on the Canukistan oil-sand crude is $44 USD a barrel.  The market price needs to be above $50, and stay above it, to keep funding new extraction.  Right now they're hemorrhaging money as crude is at $38.

    I'd gladly pay more for gas if I knew it was all coming from the US or from our neighbors to the north......same principles for everything else I try to buy local or US made.  Kind of scary depending on countries that hate us.

    We have regular stuff too. The dollar is in the crapper and our biggest industry is automotive manufacturing. World doesn't see it that way though. I think resources are third but that includes a lot of gold, diamonds, copper and aluminum. Not to mention potash.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Back to the original post... Research how much we spend on foreign aid but neglect our own. The govt is stepping over ours on the porch to go help others. The $300 million study on why "lesbians are fat" would help a few. We don't need more taxes... More responsible political decisions. 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    henapple said:
    Back to the original post... Research how much we spend on foreign aid but neglect our own. The govt is stepping over ours on the porch to go help others. The $300 million study on why "lesbians are fat" would help a few. We don't need more taxes... More responsible political decisions. 
    $300,000,000.00????

    Uhhh no...you misheard Beck or Limbaugh or whatever other wingnut you may have heard that from. That number is an order of magnitude greater than the real number for the study.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    edited December 2015
    Still, who cares why lesbians are fat?  The ones  in the movies aren't and that's all that counts. 
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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700

    That's what Rosie said.

    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    I couldn't hear her over the cheeseburger in her mouth... 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    @HeavyG..... My point is there's no reason to raise taxes... There's enough **** to cut around to take care of our own. 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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