Plus,China is still considered a developing country. That is why they get breaks on all that shit. We as a country need to stop giving those fucks any aid. There are a lot of evaluations that this might cause us as a county to make about how we fund the rest of the world.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Birds of a feather, Cawk.

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Deep thoughts right there. What third world countries is the CIA trying to actively impoverish as you suggest? And why do you defer to this evil organization as long as they are opposing Trump? Interesting thought process.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

WHO?

No, but the unhinged word salad you posted is. You must have the 'rona. Seek help.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Beni posts sensibly so you don't have to.

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I really want to know.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

That all ended, no?

There are times when you are reading a thread and you just want to continue seeing the thoughts of possibly biased, but generally rational people. Rarely does it survive without the always irrational shitting it up.

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GO BEARS!!!

World health benefits us. The World Health Organization does not. There are all kinds of organizations that promote world health without the corruption of WHO.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

You can seek help you complete piece of trash. You literally get off on calling for the deaths of fellow posters, while living a good life and blaming other races for any inconvenience.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

The USA pays for the WHO's bills and China bribes its leaders.

We should try the WHO officials as war criminals and hang them. The lies they spread at a crucial time were engineered to allow this shit to spiral out of control. We've got this big bad military, let's start unleashing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlCYFh8U2xM

This guy deserves Gitmo.

Couldn't agree more.

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Really for pandemics? Which ones? Why did the US choose to give here? When did you create this distrust of the WHO? Unfortunately, world health for something like this requires world input and participation. Other than funding what do we do at WHO? What is our world participation view right now?

Hawk wants this type of health security in the US. It's not a novel idea and a good one. Didn't we have this very research until three years ago at the CDC? Where is it now?

You can blame China all you want. You can say they orchestrated all this. I tend to agree. You are you also tellings me the US gave x amount of dollars to this corrupt organization that is designed to protect us from the very thing we now face...a pandemic, and we had nobody there to tell us the WHO was full of shit. And we had no backup plan to verify they were full of shit. And we have no internal organization that is either designed for or can communicate with other world powers regarding epidemics and or pandemics.

What are these other world health organizations doing now for this crisis that is clearly affecting our economy and the world's economy? Did we fund them? Did they have better Intel?

Sorry to Spaulding for cutting her quote...too many.

I think you've over complicated things. If the US has to be self reliant for ALL information in the entire world, then why do we have to prop up ANY world organization?

I think the idea is that the WHO would be the proprietor of information and action, not the purveyor of deceit and skullduggery. What other organizations that we contribute to should we force our way into and go over with a fine toothed comb? The UN? Count me in. Then the same people who blame Trump for not sticking his nose into WHO will be aghast at Literally Hitler dictating policy and demanding investigations. You know this to be true.

It's amusing. I don't initiate engagement with you, but you have a queer need to constantly follow myself and LTG around here say the most inane and sophomoric crap and then become unhinged when I tell you just how little I think of you and your usual drivel.

You are an odd, queer little bird.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

What actually has occurred puts lie to your contention that the WHO is necessary to protect us from pandemics. The WHO is just one of many corrupt UN subsidiaries.

There's a certain viewpoint among educated American "liberals". You know what it is. The people who post on social media about how "the rest of the world laughs at us." They may or may not be laughing, but they sure have their hands in our pockets.

Again, this isn't about U.S. leadership. It's about the U.S. footing the bills. That's what the rest of the world really wants. Give us your money and shut the fuck up.

As I said above, in the post WWII order, the United States had a responsibility, and more importantly the wherewithal, to do all of these things. And if it wasn't exactly appreciated, so what? We were going to be fine. That's no longer the case. We have unemployed drug addicts sitting around in small towns across the country while slaves in China do what used to be their jobs. But hey, an iPhone is only $600. Net gain! And that was before this pandemic hit.

You ever drive through one of those towns where the Maytag factory is long gone? The whole country may look like that soon enough. But by all means, let's make sure Tedros Adhanom can fly first class.

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I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Any point being made is lost when a comparison to Hitler is made.

If what has occurred is a lie, why even involve ourselves in WHO business in the first place? When did you formulate your opinions?
What other institutions does the US rely on for information regarding epidemics?
The social narrative is nice and accurate but that isn't changing how corporations will look for the least expensive way to build and sell products. If these companies choose to use China and China is viewed as a bad business partner then companies and their shareholders can take a bath. That whole line of thought is different than determining how best to address disease that can wreck a worldwide economy and its citizenry.

The issue remains the US and the world need an organization like the WHO. If it is not going to be the WHO, the what is it?
It may be we have differing views on what the US role should be in world politics. I don't agree with the idea that the US should not support the WHO or another United Nations that promote the betterment of the world or its citizenry. This is not a good long term strategy. So, economic, health and environmental US inclusion are paramount to our economy and continued relationships throughout the world. Our adversaries will take advantage of our absence and it will haunt this country in the future. That is my opinion.

In short: Shitting on the WHO at this time is misplaced aggression.

As I mentioned in the other thread, their overall budget is basically equivalent to a rounding error...or less.

They are being used as a scapegoat right now.

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I think that downplays how badly they handled this and how bad it looks on some of the things they did.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It is interesting in many of these discussions how the notion of it being just a rounding error is brought up. Or "that is such a small amount why bother". There are a lot of things like that all the time not just WHO, UN, Nato, military or any domestic support programs.

Shouldn't it be understood that all of the little bits all add up to our financial challenges? It isn't just the big ticket line items.

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Elections have consequences.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrze ... ince-2010/

Trump's beef with the WHO

https://bit.ly/WHOFactSheet

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Or maybe it's an indication of how little we have cared about these issues. We toss tiny amounts of money at programs that turn out to be more important than anyone thought.

The costs of these programs has not even been a blip when looking at the overall economy.

Spending a little more...and listening to the experts...just may have saved $Ts.

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And yet we still "care" more than the rest of the world.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Good

And we still dont care enough

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It can be both I guess? I was not trying to take one side over another. Same can be said when people say they can't make it financially as they spend 3-8 bucks a day on Starbucks, smokes or anything else. They can't be convinced that it all adds up to the bigger budget trouble.

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Elections have consequences.

All of the "little bits" still add up to a little. If you removed all of the ones that you hated, we still have a substantial budget deficit.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

If you look from the day it was founded,there has been a very vocal minority in the U.S.A. opposed to the U.N. and its umbrella of organisations. The liberal/globalists in govt and the media have constantly made it a point to marginalize and limit their viewpoint to where in this day and age they mostly are seen as being Alex Jones types. Yet when you look at what they are saying it makes a lot of sense. If you look at the communities and governing bodies at the U.N. the way they are set up is insane. China was the chair on the human rights commission? The fact that Israel is comdemed every other month because of the sheer number of Islamic nations admitted to the General assembly. It is crazy How much the Us gives in total to all the various UN entities.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"