7 Absurd Ways the Military Wastes Our Money

• isadore

  jmog;1345427 wrote:Was he born in Africa? If not then he's not African American, he's a black American.
  
  And to be 100% correct he's actually mullato American President.

  mulatto but more on point, his mother was American, his father was African. He is our first African American President
• jmog

  isadore;1345567 wrote:mulatto but more on point, his mother was American, his father was African. He is our first African American President

  Unless he counts himself dual citizenship with Kenya, he technically is not African American. He is an American that happens to be mulatto.
• James Gatz

  Abe Vigoda;1345512 wrote:And only idiots think is is a muslim. I hope he was joking.

  34% of people that identify as Conservative Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim...
• FatHobbit

  

  James Gatz;1345725 wrote:34% of people that identify as Conservative Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim...

  They've done studies you know. 60% of the time it works every time.
• James Gatz

  FatHobbit;1345736 wrote:They've done studies you know. 60% of the time it works every time.

  The reference everyone will be talking about in 2004
• FatHobbit

  

  James Gatz;1345744 wrote:The reference everyone will be talking about in 2004

  At least they did actual studies instead of just making up statistics.
• I Wear Pants

  I'm pretty anti-massive military and you guys are well aware of that. But this list is pretty silly, especially things like the golf one.
• BoatShoes

  jmog;1345707 wrote:Unless he counts himself dual citizenship with Kenya, he technically is not African American. He is an American that happens to be mulatto.

  As the phrase "African-American" is commonly used in our vernacular, President Obama is an African-American. I don't understand why you guys get so upset that black people/mulatto people are by and large called "African-Americans". I can see why it gets annoying to have Isadore constantly say "He is our first African American President" but he is simply trolling so why fall for it? I can't see why it grinds your guys' gears so much that black people are largely identified in polite company as African-Americans.
• James Gatz

  FatHobbit;1345774 wrote:At least they did actual studies instead of just making up statistics.

  http://www.pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Little-Voter-Discomfort-with-Romney’s-Mormon-Religion.aspx
  
  
  
  google is your friend
• FatHobbit

  

  James Gatz;1345877 wrote:google is your friend

  It's not my responsibility to prove your stats.
  
  edit - I do concede that you were using stats and not making shit up
• James Gatz

  FatHobbit;1345964 wrote:edit - I do concede that you were using stats and not making **** up

  Apology accepted
• Sonofanump

  I Wear Pants;1345781 wrote:I'm pretty anti-massive military and you guys are well aware of that.

  I am pretty sure the French have been also since May 1940.
• Footwedge

  Sonofanump;1346002 wrote:I am pretty sure the French have been also since May 1940.

  Try mid 1950's. The French lost more soldiers in Vietnam than America did.
• jmog

  BoatShoes;1345833 wrote:As the phrase "African-American" is commonly used in our vernacular, President Obama is an African-American. I don't understand why you guys get so upset that black people/mulatto people are by and large called "African-Americans". I can see why it gets annoying to have Isadore constantly say "He is our first African American President" but he is simply trolling so why fall for it? I can't see why it grinds your guys' gears so much that black people are largely identified in polite company as African-Americans.

  Actually it doesn't bother me at all, I think its stupid, but it doens't bother me.
  
  I was just trolling the troll .
• BoatShoes

  jmog;1346278 wrote:Actually it doesn't bother me at all, I think its stupid, but it doens't bother me.
  
  I was just trolling the troll .

  touche'
• BGFalcons82

  

  For all of you folks clamoring to cut defense by hundreds of billions, check out what North Korea is up to - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/world/asia/north-korean-rocket-had-military-purpose-seoul-says.html?_r=0
  
  Maybe Barry needs to set up a visit to go bow to them so they won't hate us so much? Maybe we should withdraw from their lands because they hate us being there...oh wait...that only applies to the Middle East. My bad for mixing up the talking points.
• believer

  

  BGFalcons82;1350966 wrote:Maybe Barry needs to set up a visit to go bow to them so they won't hate us so much?

  I'm sure Barry was hoping this was close enough:
  
  
• BGFalcons82

  

  believer;1351028 wrote:I'm sure Barry was hoping this was close enough:
  
  

  I'm thinking he needs to go lower to provide more satisfaction.
• 2kool4skool

  

  BGFalcons82;1350966 wrote:For all of you folks clamoring to cut defense by hundreds of billions, check out what North Korea is up to

  We can't cut defense spending because then we'll be susceptible to an attack by North Korea......
  
  
• BGFalcons82

  

  2kool4skool;1351075 wrote:We can't cut defense spending because then we'll be susceptible to an attack by North Korea......

  I wonder if FDR was thinking similar thoughts in early December of 1941?
  
  Speaking of Japan, I believe North Korea has their sights set more their way than ours. Certainly China has been giving them fits the past few years. I'll bet you couldn't possibly see two communist states getting together, right? Carry on and cut cut cut away.
• 2kool4skool

  

  
• Sonofanump

  BGFalcons82;1351099 wrote:I wonder if FDR was thinking similar thoughts in early December of 1941?

  No, even he realized that turning into a war economy would save us from the way he lengthen the depression with his socialist new deal policies.
• BoatShoes

  Sonofanump;1351198 wrote:No, even he realized that turning into a war economy would save us from the way he lengthen the depression with his socialist new deal policies.

  Well the lack of congruence in this statement is staggering. You are aware that the deficit spending on the "war economy" for WWII that you say ended the depression followed the same economic principles as the "socialist new deal policies" that you say lengthened the depression?
  
  lol.
• BoatShoes

  BGFalcons82;1351099 wrote:I wonder if FDR was thinking similar thoughts in early December of 1941?

  The Japanese were far in away a more clear and present danger than the North Koreans. They invaded China in 1937 and raped and murdered their people while dead set on imperialism. The North Koreans can barely feed their people.
  
  Another phantom menace. Defense cuts should be avoided if we must make a budget deal because of the extremely unlikely event of a North Korean invasion? We should be concerned about interest rates rising and hyperinflation despite persistent below target inflation and record low interest rates? We should cut social spending as the real menace...high unemployment persists for over half a decade leaving people without work through no fault of their own?
• majorspark

  

  The simplest way to stop the North Koreans from getting and propagating their nuclear program would have been to let their people starve. Our government and that of South Korea and others ship food to North Korea in the hopes they would play nice. I know political instability and revolution in the North was feared. But now look what we got. In reality all of us subsidized their nuclear program.
  
  I understand the South's sympathy for its kinfolk in the north who are trapped under an oppressive government. But now look what they have to deal with. Now the South is even more subservient to our protection as we hold their only nuclear deterrent. I am not one to subscribe to conspiracy theories but one has to wonder how our intelligence agencies did not pick up on the obvious game the North Koreans were playing. Ditto the South. Something is amiss.