[Vision2020] State Budget Deficits

[Tom Hansen]

Remember Secretary of State Colin Powell arguing before the UN General
Council that Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction?

Remember when UN inspectors conducted searches (virtually
building-by-building, day after day after day after . . . ) to absolutely
no avail?  Remember Bush arguing that Hussein obviously had WMD well
hidden, since the inspectors couldn't find any?

Remember when Bush accused Hussein of not cooperating with the UN
inpectors and threatened to take military action?

And remember how Bush made a joke about the absence of WMD?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh4U-Tbqbx4

A joke to him . . . a horrible reminder to over 4,000 families.

And as far as dollar-cost of the war in Iraq is concerned:  From its
inception in 2003 to February 2008, the dollar-cost of the war in Iraq
exceeded $3 trillion.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090302200.html

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho





On Wed, January 5, 2011 2:39 pm, Reggie Holmquist wrote:
> No, the evidence at the time was not that there were WMDs.  For example,
> the
> Bush administration knew that there was no yellow-cake uranium, but said
> there was anyway.  and when Joe Wilson reported on this Dick Cheney outed
> his wife as a CIA agent in retribution.
>
> -Reggie
>
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:35 PM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
>
>> I won't argue that the war in Iraq was not a mistake. It may have been,
>> but
>> the evidence at the time was that there were WMD. The fact that none
>> were
>> found does not mean that they did not have any. They did use biological
>> weapons on the Kurds. You are right that it contributed to the debt. I
>> do
>> not think that it had anything to do with the recession.
>> Roger
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
>> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:21:20 -0800
>> To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] State Budget Deficits
>>
>> > There was nothing "necessary" about the invasion of Iraq. It was a
>> > mistake and got us debt and a recession. I'd like to see some
>> > conservatives admit that.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:25 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
>> > > Joe
>> > > You make a false analogy by claiming that someone values  war and
>> incarceration more than education. No one values war for the sake of
>> war,
>> but it is sometimes necessary. The same goes for incarceration.
>> Incarceration is necessary to keep dangerous people from harming the
>> public.
>> I think that we could agree that there are people in prison who would be
>> better dealt with in an other manner.
>> > > Roger
>> > > -----Original message-----
>> > > From: Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
>> > > Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:44:28 -0800
>> > > To: Jeff Harkins jeffh at moscow.com
>> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] State Budget Deficits
>> > >
>> > >> It is a relative claim: you value war and incarceration MORE than
>> public education. Otherwise, you'd be for tax increases to pay for the
>> war
>> started by the last President, the one he put on "credit cards." Your
>> regular comments support this more than your denials refute it.
>> > >>
>> > >> I'll take the statement back when I see a change in the bs rhetoric
>> that you and your conservative friends have been throwing out.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On Jan 4, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> It is a matter of values, not money. You and Jeff no longer
>> value
>> > >> >> public education; you are more willing to put your money toward
>> war
>> > >> >> and incarceration than education, for instance. That's how I see
>> it.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> > Your personal comments reflect exactly who you are.  You could
>> not
>> be more wrongheaded.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I do not have to defend my 30 years in public education to you.
>> And
>> you know nothing about my commitments to improve education, at all
>> levels.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > As I have suggested numerous times, I see very little gained in
>> interacting with you.  Perhaps we can share the blog space and choose
>> not to
>> interact at a personal level.  Let's focus on the issues at hand.
>> > >>
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