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Before I get into my tirade on giving Israel $30 billion for the next 10 years (thanks Mr. Bush), I feel the need to explain somethings.  First of all, liberals who come to this website don’t understand that  I support their stance on our civil liberties.  I support abortion rights, gay marriage, decriminalizing drugs, decriminalizing prostitution and freedom of religion (which means the Republican party needs to dump there ideological bs involving Christianity and the people of this country).

But, I do support the free market, capitalist based system.   I support our economic freedoms which means we should not have a wealth envy based tax system.  High achieving people should not be FORCED by the government to pay for scumbags who want to “F” their life up and then have to support them by penalizing them through taxes.   I believe in “Fing” your life up all you want, if you want to be homeless,  a drug user, an alcoholic, a hooker or some other dead beat then so be it.  But don’t drag the hardworking people of America into your shit!  You can call me an asshole but I’m still going to blog and post articles.  You’re not going to stop me.  And you can call me a neocon all you want, but you better look up the definition of what one is before you call someone that.

Now let’s get to the main point of this post.  I was reading an article about how the United States and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2007 committing the U.S. to give Israel $30 billion in military aid over the next decade.  This is grant aid, given in cash at the start of each fiscal year.  The only stipulation imposed on Israel’s use of this cash gift is that it spend 74 per cent to purchase U.S. military goods and services.

The first grant under this agreement was made in October 2008, for FY2009, in the amount of $2.55 billion.  To bring the total 10-year amount to $30 billion, amounts in future years will gradually increase until an annual level of $3.1 billion is reached in FY2013.  This will continue through FY2018.

Israel is by far the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid.  Since 1949, the United States has provided Israel with $101 billion in total aid, of which $53 billion has been military aid.  For the last 20-plus years, Israel has received an average of $3 billion annually in grant aid;, until now the grant has been a mix of economic and military aid.

What in the hell are we giving them this money for?  I don’t care if they are an ally, they need to be paying for this shit with their own money.  It’s just like last week, Clinton pledged $900 million to aid Gaza for construction after they got bombed by, the irony of it, Israel.  WTF is wrong with this picture?

Even last summer, Bush signed a $50 billion spending bill so that Africa and other countries can fight AIDS! Who gives a shit what goes on over there!  This is where I consider myself an isolationist.  We shouldn’t be sending money to help foreign countries with their problems!  We have our own problems here.  So who should we take care of first…the citizens of the United States or the world?

What the hell is wrong with her?  Hillary Clinton has pledged $900 million to war torn Gaza. The last time I checked Israel bombed their ass.  I love how the fact we have $900 million  just to piss away on some bullshit terrorist country.  So where are we going to get this money?  Well how about this story

Northern Trust — the bank that got caught last week for throwing a series of lavish parties and concerts in L.A. — is giving back the $1.6 billion in federal bailout money!

But here is the true story about Northern Trust which is a bank based out of Chicago.

It received $1.6 billion under the government’s $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). According to the bank, it did not seek TARP assistance, but it agreed to participate in the program at the request of the Treasury Department. The TARP funds were essentially forced on Northern Trust. Northern Trust has made it clear in corporate statements that TARP “funds are not allocated to operating expenses, including marketing, advertising, corporate sponsorship or charitable activities.”

Back in the fall of 2007, the bank signed a five-year contract to sponsor the Northern Trust Open, which is a PGA tour event. We are talking about a year before TARP even existed, okay folks? On February 19th-22nd .. just last week .. the bank held its second annual golf tournament. Phil Mickelson won, for anyone that cares. The event included parties and concerts and goody bags from Tiffany’s. Does it look bad? Yeah. But is that the whole story? Of course not.

Then comes John Kerry, Barney Frank and the rest of the wealth-envy crowd. They are upset with the “extravagant spending practices of U.S. banks” that receive taxpayer money. John Kerry actually pulls out this line, “Americans who play by the rules are losing their jobs and struggling to pay their mortgages … It’s an embarrassment that this legislation is necessary, but some companies clearly need a reality check to get their priorities straight so taxpayer money is used to get their house in order and not to pay for lavish parties.”

But now, under pressure, Northern Trust CEO Frederick Waddell sent a letter to members of the House Financial Services Committee, saying his bank will repay the government funds “as quickly as prudently possible.”  I would send a check back in an envelope that says: You can stick this up your fat slobbering ass Barney.

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I am so glad that I live right here in America.  I live in the state of Florida and I don’t have to think about Georgia firing bombs and rockets into my backyard.

This whole thing over there in Arab World, between Israel, Gaza, Palestine and so on and so on, is just a bunch of freaking garbage.

First of all, these people are such religious freaks and they think that they are the center of the universe.  They believe that their land is “Holy”…right.  These people are not civilized, they are animals.  They have to walk out there door everyday thinking “Is my ass gonna get blown up today?”.  Just like an animal out in the wild.  Animals have to worry about another predator eatin’ their ass.  What the hell kind of life is that?

What I’m about to say may offend alot of you, but  I don’t care because I’m tired of this shit.  I hope these bastards over there all murder each other, I really do.

I’m gonna tell you something right now, if you are Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist or whatever your lame ass belief is, you can take that bible, koran, etc. and turn that son’ bitch sideways and stick it straight up your candy ass!