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TigerPride10 
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 9:31 am to los angeles tiger)
How much have we given to the Israelis already this year? Have we surpassed our usual $3B annual gift yet?
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cwill 
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 9:39 am to los angeles tiger)
Are you against all foreign aid or only foreign aid to people you don't like?
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stonerolledaway 
UNO Fan
baton rouge
Member since Jul 2011
794 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:09 am to los angeles tiger)
is this borrowed money or was it taken up in a collection in congress?
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stonerolledaway
UNO Fan
baton rouge
Member since Jul 2011
794 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:14 am to los angeles tiger)
Here's an idea, stop trying to save everyone else, get debt free and do some local saving for a while, let china save the world for a while, we need much improvement at home starting with debt payments.
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TJG210 
LSU Fan
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
18782 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:18 am to CajunAngele)
Why would he give a shite about his poll numbers? He's not running for anything, and that pile of useless crisp won reelection with similar poll numbers.
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CajunAngele
LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
5858 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:22 am to TJG210)
He cares about his poll numbers not because he cares about the voters, dead ones, mental institute ones, or otherwise.
He cares about the polls as they are his only measure to see if his alinsky schemes of blame everybody are working.
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joeytiger
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Member since Jul 2012
1532 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:34 am to stonerolledaway)
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Here's an idea, stop trying to save everyone else, get debt free and do some local saving for a while, let china save the world for a while, we need much improvement at home starting with debt payments.
This. Why is it that America has to save everybody and try to engage in nation building. Let the other countries fend for themselves. How much money does the US spend on foreign aid each year? I bet you could pay down a good portion of the debt each year with that money.
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doubleb
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
3003 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:38 am to joeytiger)
Obama should give the Palestinians one of those platinum coins. He should just round off and mint one for a cool billion and that way he'd save on minting costs for next year.
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DEANintheYAY
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LEFT COAST
Member since Jan 2008
28106 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:34 am to TigerPride10)
Its okay to give Israel a billions and billions of dollars...
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trackfan
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:35 am to TigerPride10)
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How much have we given to the Israelis already this year? Have we surpassed our usual $3B annual gift yet?
Ssshh. The Israel-firsters don't want you bringing up these sort of facts.
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doubleb
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
3003 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:48 am to trackfan)
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Ssshh. The Israel-firsters don't want you bringing up these sort of facts.
There is a big difference.
I haven't seen any Jews jijacking planes and crashing them into our buildings. Instead I've seen them fighting the Jihadists on the front lines and away from us.
The Palestinians, and their allies are part of the same crowd who we are fighting in Iran, Iraq, and in Afghanistan. No they all aren't in the same group; but they are allies in the sense they all want the great satan(us) destroyed.
3 billion to Israel or 3 billion to Solyndra and co. I vote for Israel.
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DEANintheYAY
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:50 am to doubleb)
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3 billion to Israel or 3 billion to Solyndra and co. I vote for Israel.
LOL...
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davesdawgs 
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Georgia
Member since Oct 2008
11107 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:51 am to JEAUXBLEAUX)
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In return, will they recognize Israel's right to exist and stop the terrorist bombings? Didn't think so.
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Scruffy 
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Team Hugo Stiglitz 4 Life
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:52 am to doubleb)
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3 billion to Israel or 3 billion to Solyndra and co. I vote for Israel.
I vote for neither since both are black holes from which nothing returns.
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Jbird 
Iowa Fan
Odramaville with EthanL
Member since Oct 2012
5538 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:53 am to doubleb)
You forgot Droning
Yemen
Somalia
Pakistan
Libya
Djibouti
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Blue Velvet 
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 12:43 pm to doubleb)
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Jbird
Iowa Fan
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Member since Oct 2012
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 12:47 pm to Blue Velvet)
Hmmm......thanks AIPAC 
Israel has "no greater friend than the United States," President Barack Obama said Wednesday on his first state trip to the country.
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trackfan
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 12:53 pm to doubleb)
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The Palestinians, and their allies are part of the same crowd who we are fighting in Iran, Iraq, and in Afghanistan. No they all aren't in the same group; but they are allies in the sense they all want the great satan(us) destroyed.
1) I didn't we were fighting in Iran. When did that war start?
2) You're judging Palestinians based on the actions of other Arabs and Muslims. Are you also okay with folks judging you collectively based on the actions of others from your race or religion?
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doubleb
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
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| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/20/13 at 1:34 pm to trackfan)
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1) I didn't we were fighting in Iran. When did that war start? 2) You're judging Palestinians based on the actions of other Arabs and Muslims. Are you also okay with folks judging you collectively based on the actions of others from your race or religion?
Iran is sponsoring fighters all over the middle east. Tha tis beyond a shadow of a doubt. We are fighting Iran. We aren't fighting in Iran, but we are fighting that gang that is in Iran.
I'm judging the Palestinians on who they elected to represent them. Hamasis a terrorist group. It has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with terrorism and those that want to hurt America.
The Palestine people are tools, and are used by Iran, syria and the other Arabs to tug at our hearts and to attack Israel.
None of my beliefs have anything to do with religion and everything to do with the way the Palestinians, Arabs, Jihadists, etc. behave.
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CajunAngele
LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
5858 posts
| re: Obama giving $500 million to the Palestinians on this trip. (Posted on 3/24/13 at 10:07 am to los angeles tiger)
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State Department spokeswoman Nuland says aid money frozen by Congress for months freed up as Palestinians ace worst economic crisis in years
The United States has quietly unblocked almost $500 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority which had been frozen by Congress for months, a top US official said Friday.
The news that the funds had finally been freed up came after US President Barack Obama met top Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a landmark visit to Israel and the West Bank earlier this week.
“To date, we have moved $295.7 million in fiscal year 2012 money… and $200 million in fiscal year 2013 assistance,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.
The Obama administration also notified Congress in late February that it was seeking a further $200 million to fund US Agency for International Development (USAID) programs for the Palestinians, she said. [...]
Congress froze the US administration’s requests for funds.
And Israel, which also strongly opposed the move, said it was suspending monthly transfers of the tax and tariff revenue it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the wake of the decision.
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What about America being in our worst economic crisis in years? Why does Obama care about the Palestinians being broke? If they are broke that means the fighting part of war ends. We are broke, who will send US money?
And how did Obama (The United States) unfreeze these funds from congress? And why was it done quietly?
I think I will write Obama and Lurch Kerry a letter; asking them to give me 500 million and to unfreeze 500 million more after they give me my measley billion.
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