Comments on: The Military Industrial “Daddy” Complex http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:27:33 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: sadlyyes http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1403017 sadlyyes Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:01:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1403017 <p>PLAY THIS OVER AND OVER ,AND OVER AGAIN……damn it….life expectancy for women has gone DOWN in 1000 counties in America,while ammo and missles are doing just fine,and the slugs that REAP OUR TREASURE</p> PLAY THIS OVER AND OVER ,AND OVER AGAIN……damn it….life expectancy for women has gone DOWN in 1000 counties in America,while ammo and missles are doing just fine,and the slugs that REAP OUR TREASURE

]]> By: Knut http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1403007 Knut Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:52:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1403007 <p>Morning pups. The rot is systemic. The administration used its leverage over military contractors to ensure its message got out over the air waves. In the private sector shills do the same thing. Enron’s auditors (may they restr in peace) were blackmailed in exactly the same way. The news is censored by advertisers who get blackmailed the same way. They tried to do the same thing to Universities by putting riders on research grants.</p> <p>The law is for little people.</p> Morning pups. The rot is systemic. The administration used its leverage over military contractors to ensure its message got out over the air waves. In the private sector shills do the same thing. Enron’s auditors (may they restr in peace) were blackmailed in exactly the same way. The news is censored by advertisers who get blackmailed the same way. They tried to do the same thing to Universities by putting riders on research grants.

The law is for little people.

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402937 perris Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:29:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402937 <p>nancy thinks we are going to do fine letting the republicans self destruct</p> <p>they have not self destructed we have and it looks like mccain is actually going to be the next president even though he mimics the most hated president in american history</p> <p>it is inconcievable (I am not sure you know the meaning of that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means) that we are not going to seat the next president but hillary and obama are self destructing our party</p> nancy thinks we are going to do fine letting the republicans self destruct

they have not self destructed we have and it looks like mccain is actually going to be the next president even though he mimics the most hated president in american history

it is inconcievable (I am not sure you know the meaning of that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means) that we are not going to seat the next president but hillary and obama are self destructing our party

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402934 perris Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:26:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402934 <blockquote><p>Adjust your dollars to, say, 1973 and you will see current gas prices are not excessive.</p> </blockquote> <p>that are excessive, you have to adjust your dollars to what you had then, which was a retirement fund, college for your kids, only one person had to work, health care</p> <p>these expenses far exceed what they wre then</p>

Adjust your dollars to, say, 1973 and you will see current gas prices are not excessive.

that are excessive, you have to adjust your dollars to what you had then, which was a retirement fund, college for your kids, only one person had to work, health care

these expenses far exceed what they wre then

]]> By: Novista http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402925 Novista Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:20:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402925 <p>Adjust your dollars to, say, 1973 and you will see current gas prices are not excessive.</p> <p>What is onerous, is the hidden devaluation of the US$. Since 1913, the rise of the Federal Reserve Act, the $ has lost 95% of its value. Heckuva job, Fed …</p> Adjust your dollars to, say, 1973 and you will see current gas prices are not excessive.

What is onerous, is the hidden devaluation of the US$. Since 1913, the rise of the Federal Reserve Act, the $ has lost 95% of its value. Heckuva job, Fed …

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402922 selise Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:18:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402922 <p>happy earth day! may we find a way to protect our island home, and therefore, ourselves.</p> <p>…. ah, ike. very nice post. a reminder of the time when pols - even Rs - were not batshit crazy.</p> happy earth day! may we find a way to protect our island home, and therefore, ourselves.

…. ah, ike. very nice post. a reminder of the time when pols – even Rs – were not batshit crazy.

]]> By: Novista http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402917 Novista Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:14:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402917 <p>Meanwhile, good old Ike had drafted, “military-congressional-industrial-complex” in his original farewell speech. If I had not had a pleasant evening of toasts with my son, I could give you the link but … google is your friend, and that original wording will turn up in a search. Even wikipedia, LOL. ~Someone~ suggested that the missing word should remain so, and … it was so. Tsk.</p> <p>As for now, as the US$ continues to tank, the next bailout could be for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae … about $1.3 trillion … and the reaction from that would devalue Treasury bonds below AAA. The Barbarians are at the gates; the wolf is at the door.</p> <p>I’m hopeful that here in Australia, the unintended consequences are not major.</p> Meanwhile, good old Ike had drafted, “military-congressional-industrial-complex” in his original farewell speech. If I had not had a pleasant evening of toasts with my son, I could give you the link but … google is your friend, and that original wording will turn up in a search. Even wikipedia, LOL. ~Someone~ suggested that the missing word should remain so, and … it was so. Tsk.

As for now, as the US$ continues to tank, the next bailout could be for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae … about $1.3 trillion … and the reaction from that would devalue Treasury bonds below AAA. The Barbarians are at the gates; the wolf is at the door.

I’m hopeful that here in Australia, the unintended consequences are not major.

]]> By: RevBev http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402915 RevBev Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:13:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402915 <p>Oh Gaggggg. Look for the picture of W dancing in NO. It is really hard to tell what he is doing with his mouth: botox, throwing up? Hard to tell.</p> Oh Gaggggg. Look for the picture of W dancing in NO. It is really hard to tell what he is doing with his mouth: botox, throwing up? Hard to tell.

]]> By: Bluetoe2 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402907 Bluetoe2 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:04:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402907 <p>Very nice reference to Condi. Historians are going to have a field day at some point in time.</p> Very nice reference to Condi. Historians are going to have a field day at some point in time.

]]> By: JLML http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402906 JLML Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:03:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/22/the-military-industrial-daddy-complex/#comment-1402906 <p>” Again and again, records show, the administration has enlisted analysts as a rapid reaction force to rebut what it viewed as critical news coverage,…”</p> <p>And by the next day two of their hires have an editorial in The Times.How does that happen?</p> <p>OT: (but not really)<br /> “On the eve of tomorrow’s hotly contested and relatively close Democratic presidential primary in Pennsylvania, a number of voting activists are sounding the alarm one last time about the state’s election systems. Over 85 percent of PA voters will vote on paperless touchscreen machines that are hackable, failure-prone, and fundamentally unauditable.”<br /> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080421-pa-primary-will-be-unauditable-gop-blocks-e-voting-reform.html" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/news.ar.....eform.html</a></p> ” Again and again, records show, the administration has enlisted analysts as a rapid reaction force to rebut what it viewed as critical news coverage,…”

And by the next day two of their hires have an editorial in The Times.How does that happen?

OT: (but not really)
“On the eve of tomorrow’s hotly contested and relatively close Democratic presidential primary in Pennsylvania, a number of voting activists are sounding the alarm one last time about the state’s election systems. Over 85 percent of PA voters will vote on paperless touchscreen machines that are hackable, failure-prone, and fundamentally unauditable.”
http://arstechnica.com/news.ar…..eform.html

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