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Gas prices and Iraq

Tuesday, May 22 at 10:53 AM

Tommy Holeman of Longmont writes:

With the price of gas at the pump edging upwards towards $4.00 a gallon, How many of us has considered that we’ve all been played for suckers by subsidizing, to the tune of $503 BILLION (so far) a war created to steal Iraqi oil? The news today reported that 15 million barrels of oil A DAY is dissapearing from Iraq. That news, coming on the heels of the report that 12 billion dollars CASH has vanished into thin air.Or more likely, into a Swiss or Cayman account. I wonder what Bush toady thought that one up? Probably the same one that engineered the S & L banking scam that profited Neil Bush millions and cost we taxpayers $500 BILLION in 1980s Dollars. Colorado citizens were stung by the Silverado Savings and Loan portion of that corporate welfare bailout.
What’s it going to take for the U.S. working Joe to stand up and say ENOUGH!!!
We’re tired of the lies that got us into this mess, we’re tired of the lies that are keeping us there, we’re tired and ANGRY that our voluntary military has been used to protect Big Oil’s interests while they rake in record profits at the expense of our troops lives (also Iraqi women and childrens lives) and wasted tax dollars that have been diverted from other programs for health care, education ,and infrastructure repair projects, to name a few.
What ever happened to “This war will be paid for by profits from Iraqi oil money?
We have seen disasters that have destroyed peoples lives and property go unfunded and under-maned because our National Guard and Reserves resources are stuck in the Middle East, and I guarantee you, it’s only going to get worse.Hurricane season hasn’t yet begun.
So, next time you fill up your tank , just remember all the money you saved with that last tax cut,and try to NOT remember that Osama-Bush-Laden is still on the loose, and laughing all the way to the Mosque.

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