Like most posts on these blogs, a majority was plagiarized from elsewhere (albeit coupled with a link). But the suggestion of “ghosting” really was aimed (I believe) at the authors of the TankerWhitePaper. And I, for two, would not be at all surprised if Boeing helped to write that “report.”

Even if the IFPTE wrote it all on its own, it’s still rather important to do a little fact-checking before passing it on. (You know, that kind of sloppy work can get you involved in a land war in Asia if you’re not careful.) That it takes only minutes to Google up plenty of contradictions does not speak well for either the IFPTE (or their ghosters) or anyone who passes it on as something worth taking seriously.

The question was put to me; Would you want the U.S. military to mutiny and create a coup?

Upon reflection: No, I would not – but – I would, also, not want the U.S. military to participate, willingly, in a coup d’etat, either.

If you were screwed by a car dealer on the new car you bought wouldnt you go to a different car dealer on your next purchase?

“re The Wayne Madson Report — Recent developements about these [Air Force] firing suggest that both these people in the Airforce were establishing another nuclear link to the White House via the VICE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE. That Cheney was responsible for these two being in their positions.

More over – Gates got wind of this back door powerplay and shut it down before some event brought weapons flying at Iran.”

The U.S. military is a sacred cow, just like God or Capitalism, and, therefore, it is above comment, question or critical discussion.

The Founding Fathers had quaint concerns (although ‘they’ thought those ‘concerns’, serious) about the dangers of a ’standing’ army (huge, permanent, military apparat).

Somewhat later, President Eisenhower, who knew a little bit about the military, warned us about the Military-Industrial-Congressional ‘complex’.

What is the future of the U.S. military?

A war in Iran?

Using nuclear weaponry?

Do we really want to go there or there?

Maybe the notion of the military as, essentially, the only means of ‘National Service’ for most citizens, should be re-examined?

The U.S. military is different from any other military establishment.

Organized Mayhem, American-style, is ‘different’ from other organized mayhem …

However, when you are deaded you are still dead.

When you are wounded you are still wounded.

But what about profit?

Who gets war profit?

How much should they get?

Now that there are no longer any $200.00 toilet seats or $600.00 hammers, we may presume that the troops, the ‘grunts’, are getting everything they need. Both while serving and afterwards …

If we have to have a military, then it must be the biggest.

Big matters, but biggest is best …

Think how embarrassing it would be for an American President to discover, while visiting over ‘there’, that our’s ain’t the biggest.

Talk about shame.

So, then …

Will the U.S. military have a hand in rendering the planet unfit for human existence?

If we have to experience the Rapture, it’s probably best if America, with the biggest military, starts or finishes it.

At the very least we can go out proud.

Is the U.S. military about jobs?

Or, is it about something else?

Sorry, we can’t have this discussion … it is off limits.

This, irrespective your OPINION, is about jobs and the willful, calculated destructioin of the middle class in this country.