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shavixmir
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Here's me thinking that heard earned tax dollars of my American comrades gets wasted on weapons, government and supporting crack-pot regimes all over the globe, instead of being put to good use on such "unimportant" matters as health, education and diets.

Then suddenly I stumble across this little gem:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/2033791.stm

The NSA.
38.000 people work in secrecy there and the whole charade costs 40 billion dollars a year!!! A bloody year!!!

And what does this super secret agency do? Listen to you!
Besides the fact that anybody listening to my average telephone conversation is bound to either end up with an erection or a notion for suicide, even when they do record important things (like Osama Bin Laden's messages), they still can't do much with it....

Sounds like an excellent use of resources to me.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Here's me thinking that heard earned tax dollars of my American comrades gets wasted on weapons, government and supporting crack-pot regimes all over the globe, instead of being put to good use on such "unimportant" matters as health, education and diets.

Then suddenly I stumble across this little gem:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_ ...[text shortened]... ages), they still can't do much with it....

Sounds like an excellent use of resources to me.
right now i believe a lot of it is going towards rebuilding the destroyed city of New Orlean. or at least thats what i tell myself to make me feel better when i see my paycheck

CliffLandin
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http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

Go to that url and click on See the cost in your community link. That will tell you were a big chunk of your taxes are going.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Here's me thinking that heard earned tax dollars of my American comrades gets wasted on weapons, government and supporting crack-pot regimes all over the globe, instead of being put to good use on such "unimportant" matters as health, education and diets.

Then suddenly I stumble across this little gem:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_ ...[text shortened]... ages), they still can't do much with it....

Sounds like an excellent use of resources to me.
Now, Shav, if the BBC "knows" that 38,000 people work in secrecy at NSA and it costs $40 billion a year then how can these people be working in secrecy?

CliffLandin
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Knowing where someone works does not make the work that they are doing any less secret.

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Originally posted by CliffLandin
Knowing where someone works does not make the work that they are doing any less secret.
"38.000 people work in secrecy..."

shavixmir
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Originally posted by Delmer
"38.000 people work in secrecy..."
Well we obviously don't know what they're doing, because secr....

Oh wait. You were attempting humour!

Oh, well done Delmer.

I'll give you a standing ovulation.

😉

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Well we obviously don't know what they're doing, because secr....

Oh wait. You were attempting humour!

Oh, well done Delmer.

I'll give you a standing ovulation.

😉
I'm impressed, Shav. You can stand. You can ovulate.

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Originally posted by shavixmir

The NSA.
38.000 people work in secrecy there and the whole charade costs 40 billion dollars a year!!! A bloody year!!!
That's more than a million dollars a year for each person working there ... how do I get a job there?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Here's me thinking that heard earned tax dollars of my American comrades gets wasted on weapons, government and supporting crack-pot regimes all over the globe, instead of being put to good use on such "unimportant" matters as health, education and diets.

Then suddenly I stumble across this little gem:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_ ...[text shortened]... ages), they still can't do much with it....

Sounds like an excellent use of resources to me.
40 bil? Thats only what they ADMIT to. Spooks give me the creeps,
The part I hate the most about them, if someone fingers you,
bang your dead and they go home and fcuk their wives and think
nothing of it. Kind of like Idi Amin.

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Where do US tax dollars go... ???

*sound fx*
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Originally posted by shavixmir
Here's me thinking that heard earned tax dollars of my American comrades gets wasted on weapons, government and supporting crack-pot regimes all over the globe, instead of being put to good use on such "unimportant" matters as health, education and diets.

Then suddenly I stumble across this little gem:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_ ...[text shortened]... ages), they still can't do much with it....

Sounds like an excellent use of resources to me.
Don't Care. I am not working right know. 😉

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