tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post802792576430020942..comments2024-03-06T04:35:38.806-06:00Comments on Disaffected and it Feels So Good: Paul Ryan, Joe Walsh and the Republicans love the Military but Hate the TroopsGrung_e_Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-38894156058468187512012-04-03T14:29:39.097-05:002012-04-03T14:29:39.097-05:00Sarge,
Right-Wingers learned that with Vietnam if...Sarge,<br /><br />Right-Wingers learned that with Vietnam if they pounded their breasts and talked rela loud they wouldn't have to crap their pants in actual combat. <br /><br />I think most Republicans hide from military service because they know with the liberals out of the picture in Iraq, Afghanistan young conservatives would finally have a chance to have consensual sex with women, instead of having to rely on the James O'Keefe method of seduction...Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-85002457739719073452012-04-03T13:59:19.397-05:002012-04-03T13:59:19.397-05:00You do realize that two out of the three biggest c...You do realize that two out of the three biggest chicken-hawks in the US Senate are either retired military or in the reserve - John McCain retired as a Navy Captain (O-6) and Lindsey Graham is a full<br />colonel (O-6) in the reserve as a <br />JAG Judge (that one is scary). Joe Lieberman never served.<br />Yes, I see the shit you wrote about happening every day -Cuts to the VA and raises to charges for Tricare - the militry health program for dependents and retirees. That is getting some serious opposition.<br />Now, as to Vietnam - I joined the Air Force to keep my ass out of Vietnam - I won't lie about that.<br />Ended up at a bomber base in Thailand went Saigon went under anyway.<br /><br /><br />Good post; thank you.<br /><br />SargeSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892211119418623595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-63644770215648093372012-04-03T12:59:25.654-05:002012-04-03T12:59:25.654-05:00Suzan,
The classic case was the Roman Empire, whe...Suzan,<br /><br />The classic case was the Roman Empire, wherein the military expansion and every economic fix could not stem the tide of monetary inflation and the need to pay more and more for a larger and larger standing army.<br /><br />The British abandoned their Empire after the Second World War, when Churchill realized they could no longer pay for it, which we happily inherited.<br /><br />The problem is, under Truman and Eisenhower we decided to pay for our Empire, with a 52-54% <i>effective</i> Corporate Tax Rate, a tax on financial transactions, and a 91% Tax rate on the 1%. <br /><br />Now, thanks to the Reagan and W(orst President Ever) tax cuts the Wealthy reap economic rewards and pass the economic costs and blood costs increasingly onto the Middle Class.<br /><br />Because what they want to do is destroy the economic and political power of the Middle Class and reinstitute Wage Slavery.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-69195232715443995472012-04-03T12:17:10.492-05:002012-04-03T12:17:10.492-05:00They say that every civilization ended similarly t...They say that every civilization ended similarly to this one.<br /><br />The propagandized people on the bottom voted against their economic interests every time in favor of those in the nice clothes with the hyped, fancy patter (in the pay of the military).<br /><br />You'd think that progress would have brought our civilization some relief from this nonsense, wouldn't you?<br /><br />Greed reigns supreme.<br /><br />Still.<br /><br />It seems.Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.com