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The USA, like many countries, including Canada and China, gives foreign aid both for humanitarian reasons and as foreign affairs policy. Sometimes, this aid is in the form of weapons and military logistical support.
The US State Dept when giving foreign aid is seeking to influence other nations into cooperating with US policy. These nations have become dependent on this $ aid to run parts of their economy. Those countries who publicly claim to "hate" the USA, like Palestine, continue to receive US aid when they adjust their public policies to better reflect US interests.
The problem is for the USA which has such a massive public debt and crumbling social infrastructure (bridges, roads, etc) to maintain this foreign aid at current funding levels.
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Do you have a list of which of those countries hate us, or are you assuming that they all do. And in a nation that calls itself Christian, wouldn't helping less fortunate fall under the category of "What Jesus Would Do", instead of "we are just stupid". But then I was making an assumption you believe in Jesus, I apologize if I was mistaken.Leave a comment:
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Very generous country don't you think. Give more aid to other countries. Bush gave $15 billion to some of the Afican nations to help with aids education. Give aid to countries the even hate us.
I guess we are just stupid also.Leave a comment:
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If I was to define what American culture is, I will get jumped by 20 copier ninjas!
But obviously, much more than any other major country in the world, it is a country where many citizens have a deep connection to fire arms.Leave a comment:
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When Americans tell people who do not think like they do to leave, it reminds me that true freedom loving Americans really want a Fascist or Communist style country where only 1 set of ideas is worthy of discussion because all others are wrong. It is usually due to frustration that the other side has valid points to make that they don't want to hear.
Can you define what "Our Culture" is?Leave a comment:
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I like Jim Carrey's movies - I think he's a talented actor. He's certainly made a lot of money doing it. I also think neither his talent nor his money lend any more credence to his opinion - less in fact - they both serve to insulate him from the real world.
I'll still watch his movies, but if he doesn't like our culture he can go back to Canada where he came from - you two will get along quite nicely.Leave a comment:
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Can no longer find the link is a good sign either somebody was asking questions somebody else doesn't want answered, or that it was pulled for inaccuracy. You decide... but remember, big brother is watching.
Also, you need to understand our government - they are not allowed to meddle in the free market, and requesting bids on a purchase that massive with no intent to follow through would certainly be considered meddling... not that it's never happened before, just that it points to a nefarious agenda, hence the conspiracy theorists buying up ammo...
Likely because we recognize BS here and insist that it be used strictly for gardening. If "The Hospitality State" is being inhospitable to you it's time for a sniff test to see if your Right Guard has left.
Let's stop right there - It's already well document that the Bushmaster was found in his trunk and WAS NOT used in the shooting. Why does the media keep repeating a rather large piece of known misinformation? Could it be they have an agenda???
Aside from that I object to all forms of RoboCalls regardless of content - telephone spam. The NRA should be on the ground there with licensed psychologists offering grief counseling, as well as gun safety and hunter safety courses, and self defense classes. (gun, knife, hand to hand... all of the above)
I think we all agree Violent criminals should never be allowed to own a firearm, but a felony does not necessarily mean violence. Yes there are idiot judges who would give convicted murders and rapists guns, but the active word there is "idiot."
Surely there's not too many felons I'd want owning a gun, but the kid convicted of playing "mailbox baseball" should be able to go hunting with his grandchildren some day.
Common sense must prevail, unfortunately that's become so rare people with even a little sense are in the same category as "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound..."Leave a comment:
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Conn. senators demand NRA 'cease and desist' making robo-calls to Newtown residents
'Put yourself in the shoes of a victim's family member,' senators say
Three months after a warped man armed with a Bushmaster rifle slaughtered 20 first graders and six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the powerful lobbying group has been bombarding the heartbroken Newtown with robo-calls urging residents to oppose proposed gun control measures.
The National Rifle Association has also been sending out postcards — and in some cases actually calling Newtown residents — and telling them to urge their local legislators to vote no on “dangerous anti-gun legislation.”
Connecticut’s outraged senators, Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, demanded that the NRA “cease and desist” said the gun group “stooped to a new low.”
“Put yourself in the shoes of a victim’s family member who gets calls at dinnertime asking them to support more assault weapons in our school and on our streets,” the senators wrote in a letter to NRA chief Wayne LaPierre.
“In a community that’s still very much in crisis, to be making these calls opens a wound that these families are still trying hard to heal.”
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