Congress has passed a 10.5 billion dollar aid package for LA.

[anysia]

Whooptie friggin' do

$191, 843,421, 937 (and climbing) has been spent on the war in Iraq. 

Anyone see something outta whack here, or is it just me?

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[kilgates.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but New Orleans does not have oil fields.

That reason doesn't hold...

[anysia.livejournal.com]

Where do you think over 75% of imported oil comes into the US? New Orleans.

[zombie-buddha.livejournal.com]

New Orleans is a city. Iraq is a country.

[anysia.livejournal.com]

That's my point. Why is the US spending hundreds of billions of dollars for an illegal war in another country instead of taking care of its' own?

[zombie-buddha.livejournal.com]

Well, if you start from the assumption that the removal of Saddam was a good thing, then it makes sense. Not everyone makes that assumption, of course.