Skeptic Project

$2.3 Trillion American Tax Dollars Missing from Pentagon | CBS News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ZOGzs9xSs

$2.3 Trillion = $2,300 Billion (that's a lot of money)

Approximately 9 years ago, on September 10th, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld announced that the Pentagon's budget committee had calculated $2.3 TRILLION in American Tax dollars were missing. That's roughly $8,000 for every man, woman, and child in America. The story was reported by CBS News. Unfortunately, the 9/11 attacks happened the next day, so the massive loss of our tax dollars was never thoroughly investigated and most certainly never resolved.

This massive loss of tax dollars to the military industrial complex is extremely bothersome to me, because we are now spending hundreds of billions more tax dollars on wars, when we should be figuring out where that $2.3 Trillion went.

For every multi-thousand dollar bomb that is dropped, tens of thousands of starving and malnourished children could be fed.

For every multi-thousand dollar vehicle that is destroyed, hundreds of villages could experience what it is like to drink clean water.

For every multi-thousand dollar building that is razed, millions of suffering people could receive the medicine they deserve.

I strongly encourage you to write to your congressmen, to the White House, to local media outlets, and protest, if you are concerned...

Thanks for your time,

-Abe

Abraham Hafiz Rodriguez
M2 Medical Student
B.S. Biology / Neurobiology

Are you saying I should not care about this issue?

Holy crap I should be in the military industry.

I don't really care that people in other countries are being blown up if I get low, low prices in my own country.

Speaking up to this won't change a fucking thing. Realize that you're talking to maybe a dozen guys. The government won't go "HOLY SHIT A DOZEN PEOPLE ARE MAD ABOUT OUR MILITARY BUDGET".

Either pay some chinese folks to design killer robots, hire some really, really good salespeople and join the party or just enjoy your life. I've heard drugs are really popular right now, have you tried them yet? If not, there's an idea for ya.

Kepp,

I do not think anything like that. I just see that this is a forum with more than 10 active users and that this information deserves the attention of each and everyone of us. I am not hoping to "wake up a sheeple", I simply am sharing information which someone may not know about, and may find to be important. Even if one single person sees this and learns something new, it is worth the time I spent posting it.

Sorry to hear you were once "tricked" by conspiracy theorists. If it makes you feel any better, I was once tricked into thinking that Thermite caused the destruction of the twin towers thanks to the corrupt Dr. Steven Jones, but that was before I viewed more of the available evidence and realized that explosives of any kind, including thermite and jetfuel, barely explain any of the evidence. I have avoided future incidences of being tricked, by becoming more skeptical (while maintaining an open-mind), so that I demand evidence in order to influence my opinion. For example, when Soviet Nuclear Intelligence Officer Dimitri Khalezov (retired) contacted me and tried to convince me that underground nukes are what turned the buildings mostly to dust, I didn't blindly reject him even though it seemed absurd, rather, I asked him for evidence. He encouraged me to watch this 4 hour presentation he had, claiming that it was FULL of evidence. I watched it because I have an open mind and wanted to make sure I was viewing all the evidence I could, but as I watched it with skepticism, I learned that most of presentation is unscientific and is him making claims and then asking the viewer to believe him based on his military credentials and nothing more. He does not provide physical evidence, he simply makes claims and then says things like "I swear on the Almighty God, with all of my Soviet military and nuclear experience, that this is how it happened. I know this because of my rank, i was one of the few people in the world who knew of the secret USA Government emergency plan to destroy the towers with underground nuclear devices, with the help of the Controlled Demolition Inc. corporation." Thankfully, I saw right through his bullshit, mainly because he did not offer any physical evidence to back up the claims he made. Evidence is all that matters really, as it helps us to see exactly what happened that day. Once we know exactly what happened, then we can began to figure out how it happened (i.e. what can explain all the evidence, including photos, observations, etc., from ground zero). Later, perhaps we can figure out who made it happen that way, but for now, we need to focus on the WHAT happened and HOW it happened.

Anyways, I must get back to studying, I am learning how to do physical exams and it is exciting. M1 year was all basic science, but M2 year is far more exciting because we actually learn about diseases, medications, clinical practice, and more. I have spent too much time here already tonight, so I really need to get back to studying.

Have a great night everyone, I hope you all have an awesome Thursday night.

Peace,

-Abe

He's like the typical guy on the bus who won't shut up, although everybody else has stopped listening five stations ago.

He's lying anyways, I sat and watched him edit that post. He ain't studying, he's lurking.

To confirm though, wasn't that 2.3 trillion dollar quote taken out of context? Meaning Donald Rumsfield was saying that since the computers on the network didn't talk to each other they didn't know where the money was, which is not to say it was missing? If they got a bunch of forensic accountants in their they could figure it out as 2.3 trillion doesn't go missing, it just sits unreconciled until somebody goes and reconciles it.

He did edit! It's a different post then I read a few minutes ago!

That's.... disturbing.

I'm reminded of stories I heard from someone who used to work in a bank about how people would just lose millions in the post, how the safe door was just left open and anyone could wander in and take what they wanted without security bothering to pay attention.

TeeZedem wrote:

To confirm though, wasn't that 2.3 trillion dollar quote taken out of context? Meaning Donald Rumsfield was saying that since the computers on the network didn't talk to each other they didn't know where the money was, which is not to say it was missing?

Yes, TeeZedem see above.

Truthers are a bunch of liars and that's why Peter Joseph and Zeitgeist are so obnoxious to me. I'm glad I got away from being associated with that stupidity.