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Ironically, these “Palestinians” rule much of Lebanon and have driven away most of the countries Christian population, a population that pre-dates the invention of Islam.

basedbrezhnev:

“I have clearly stated in the Manifesto that our problem with the Israelis is not that they are Jews; our problem with them is not religious, ethnical, or racial. Rather, the core of the problem is that they are occupiers who are raping our land and holy places.”

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Hassan Nasrallah (via readyokaygo)

This basedbrezhnev, being an antiSemitic idiot, doesn’t know (and doesn’t care), but the above is a lie of omission.  Sure, this Hassah Nasrallah would be just as upset if instead of Jews, Israel was a nation of Christians or Buddhists, but it’s not about the land.  It’s not about any “Palestinian Homeland” bull.  It’s about Arab nationalism.

Check out the following quote.  The man is not only in Lebanon, but his organization is in control of most of the country.  He believes that he’s just as entitled to everything Lebanese as “Palestinian.”  Lebanon is as much a “Palestinian Homeland” as Israel is. 

HINT:  It’s not.  It’s been occupied since… well… since modern humans evolved, and it’s only been Muslim since the Islamic Crusades, when the Muslims invaded the land.  Most of the Christians driven out can trace their genetic heritage all the way back to the Phoenicians… the same people who later built Carthage.

Yes, the empire that the ancient Romans destroyed.  Hannibal, the Carthaginian wars:  THAT Carthage. 

Anyhow, here’s the quote from this “Palestinian” (whose actually just a psycho Arab nationalist):

“I am against any reconciliation with Israel. I do not even recognize the presence of a state that is called ‘Israel.’ I consider its presence both unjust and unlawful. That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle.”

Get it?  Just a little?  This isn’t a man with a highly tuned sense of justice, he’s a violent militant who believes in “Arab Lands” from which all infidels must be washed from. He’s the Arab equivalent to a French nationalist, or a Greek nationalist, or even a German nationalist — all people that the  basedbrezhnev racist openly denounces.  But he loves this guy, views him as something of a hero, because basedbrezhnev is a racist (hates white people) and he’s anti Semitic, and like every other stupid bigot in the world he can’t see his astounding hypocrisy.

Obama’s second round of tax cuts amounted to $425 billion each year

pragmatic-realist:

Bush funded the wars through emergency supplementals. Including that, Obama still spent $535 billion more than Bush did in his highest year of spending.

So between the tax cuts and the bad economy, that fully explains the budget deficits.

Remember:  The worse the economy is, the less revenue the government has coming in. And Bush may have funded the war through cheap accounting schemes, but he also added a huge new government agency (Homeland Security), plus the unnecessarily  expensive prescription drug benefit (it mandates paying FAR more than private insurance does) and the TOTALLY UNFUNDED cost of caring for the veterans of the wars was originally estimated to be $2 trillion over the next 40 or 50 years. 

HINT:  At 50 years, $2 trillion comes to $40 billion each year!

But lets say that the average Iraq war vet is going to live for another 100 years; that’s still an estimated $20 billion each year in healthcare costs…

Fact is, if we restored taxes to Clinton levels, and had a decent recovery (in terms of employment and wages, who gives a shit about “Growth”) there would be no deficits. None.