tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post5481684997381659934..comments2023-08-26T09:51:44.630-05:00Comments on What Happened to My Country?: Extravagant Embassy BoondoggleNancy Tyrrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950888037740015041noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-61145627230607748282007-07-06T16:31:00.000-05:002007-07-06T16:31:00.000-05:00Pumps, The word verification is purposely not lik...Pumps, The word verification is purposely not like regular letters, otherwise spamers would be able to automatically access and post all kinds of silly/awful stuff. Sorry it's difficult for you, but that's the state of the world we live in.<BR/><BR/>(P.S. Even though I am the blog "owner", I also have to go throught the process so know what you mean.)Nancy Tyrrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950888037740015041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-36253909206680597692007-07-06T14:50:00.000-05:002007-07-06T14:50:00.000-05:00Everybody makes money from MONEY...Some people mad...Everybody makes money from MONEY...<BR/>Some people made "loads" of money<BR/>on the Hoover Dam and the TVA...<BR/>The labor force also welcomed<BR/>their pittance unaware, and perhaps<BR/>unconcerned, about the other<BR/>distribution of financial gains to<BR/>landowners and GCs....BTW, If I <BR/>ever wrote the way this "word<BR/>verification" says I have to - my<BR/>teacher would have given me "what<BR/>for" over the knuckles...Why are<BR/>you and thoughts so fearful that<BR/>you need this addled layer of<BR/>internet protection?.....(Hope<BR/>this "enters" this time).....NOTE:<BR/>Here is the second try....Did you<BR/>set it up this way?.....Pumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328359083395593850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-21820532525059420392007-07-05T20:40:00.000-05:002007-07-05T20:40:00.000-05:00FDR's "throwing money around" on programs for the ...FDR's "throwing money around" on programs for the unemployed in our country doesn't really equate to throwing money around in the Middle East, benefiting no one except Bush's buddies.Nancy Tyrrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950888037740015041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-17054059623501763432007-07-05T16:25:00.000-05:002007-07-05T16:25:00.000-05:00Second try - Your security modedoes effect us olde...Second try - Your security mode<BR/>does effect us older people....<BR/>Americans, of either party, throw<BR/>money at any and everything.....<BR/>It seems to be their way of solving<BR/>a problem.....Iraq these days is<BR/>"awash" with US money, most of <BR/>which is going into Swiss bank<BR/>accounts....At the same time there<BR/>are US domestic policies which are<BR/>also "awash" with money which even<BR/>the GAO can not find....As a point<BR/>of a side note, the word boondoggle<BR/>came into fashion in 1935 when FDR<BR/>threw money around during the New<BR/>Deal.....(Like I said above - it's<BR/>an American thing).....Pumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328359083395593850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-40088060282895731522007-07-05T15:49:00.000-05:002007-07-05T15:49:00.000-05:00This boondoggle in Baghdad for Bush's presidential...This boondoggle in Baghdad for Bush's presidential library is certainly fitting...but his three comic books won't require that much space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-43205625707684521832007-07-05T12:55:00.000-05:002007-07-05T12:55:00.000-05:00Philip.... I don't equate an embassy in Moscow to ...Philip.... I don't equate an embassy in Moscow to one in Iraq, totally different national profiles.<BR/><BR/>And, if you're referring to the construction "bugging" problems with the embassy in Moscow, actually, this construction was undertaken during the Reagan and George H. W. administrations. <BR/><BR/>During Clinton's terms, a new "bug free" office building was constructed costing a third of the current boondoogle in Iraq.Nancy Tyrrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950888037740015041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-15060146559385755592007-07-05T11:47:00.000-05:002007-07-05T11:47:00.000-05:00How soon "we" seem to have forgotten the US embass...How soon "we" seem to have <BR/>forgotten the US embassy <BR/>boondoggle in Moscow....Pumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295311094046537636noreply@blogger.com