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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 513996" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Convienance or is it just such an accepted fact that mentioning it is not needed? Someone jumps off a 20 story building and plunges to their death and no where in news accounts do they say, "the victim jumped and gravity pulled them to their death!" We just accept gravity as being there. But then everyone has a motive right?</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p></p><p>As for defense spending, this past wekend, Robert Higgs was on C-Span's In Depth for 3 hours taking calls, most not real nice either because of his Anarcho/Laissez Faire/Libertariann POV, but during the discussion he talked about the enormous defense spending in the country. He pointed out the way gov't hides defense spending in other agencies budgets that would make the total even greater than it is. For example, much of our nuclear weapons cost as it relates to the military and defense purposes are actually in the Dept. of Energy budget and not in the actual Dept. of Defense budget. There is also monies in the State Dept. budget that get used for military purposes and just this morning I watched some of the Coast Guard Commandant's appearance at the National Press Club on 3/3/09 (thank you C-Span) in which he told about the money they get from the National Science Foundation for their own mission protecting our nations coastline. Coast Guard funded by monies from the National Science Foundation! Even that one took me by surprise and I'd never guess that in a million years even as smart and superior in intellect from Tieguy that I am!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="Rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> I figure even if not true, if I got Tieguy conned then I'll at least get some comedic mileage out of it!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /> Love and Kisses Tie!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, in Feb. 2006' Military.com ran an article entitled <a href="http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,86831,00.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">"How Big is the Defense Budget?" </span></a>and it just shows that Congressional Budget creativity goes a long way to hide the truth.</p><p></p><p>Obama may be the Luke Skywalker you think he is but he's surrounded by the Sith and therefore the Darkside still rule the day. And even Olberman and Maddow are starting to recognize and speak out even though I'm sure it took a lot for them to muster the courage to do so. I relate having experienced similar myself in Reagan's first term.</p><p></p><p>All you Yoda's can be loyal but you also need to speak up or the Sith will win again! You can take that one to the bank!</p><p></p><p>D,</p><p></p><p>You should have done like me and voted for Ralph Nader in Nov. but then I'm an anarchist and understand the principle of the sine wave and to get to a postive you have to go through the negative!</p><p></p><p>Besides, could you imagine Ralph and his ideas forcing the democrats to be real liberals instead of these make believe neo-libs who are really neo-cons themselves and out to grab personal power and wealth for themselves! Now you know why I voted Ralph because I know they really don't want that briar patch as much as they pretend they do! Give them exactly what they don't want and then letting this show them for the hypocrites they really are! That would have been such fun! And at least Ralph would have told Wall Street to got take a jump and I'd bet auditing the Federal Reserve would have a huge advocate too! Another big reason I voted Ralph.</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 513996, member: 2189"] Convienance or is it just such an accepted fact that mentioning it is not needed? Someone jumps off a 20 story building and plunges to their death and no where in news accounts do they say, "the victim jumped and gravity pulled them to their death!" We just accept gravity as being there. But then everyone has a motive right? :happy-very: As for defense spending, this past wekend, Robert Higgs was on C-Span's In Depth for 3 hours taking calls, most not real nice either because of his Anarcho/Laissez Faire/Libertariann POV, but during the discussion he talked about the enormous defense spending in the country. He pointed out the way gov't hides defense spending in other agencies budgets that would make the total even greater than it is. For example, much of our nuclear weapons cost as it relates to the military and defense purposes are actually in the Dept. of Energy budget and not in the actual Dept. of Defense budget. There is also monies in the State Dept. budget that get used for military purposes and just this morning I watched some of the Coast Guard Commandant's appearance at the National Press Club on 3/3/09 (thank you C-Span) in which he told about the money they get from the National Science Foundation for their own mission protecting our nations coastline. Coast Guard funded by monies from the National Science Foundation! Even that one took me by surprise and I'd never guess that in a million years even as smart and superior in intellect from Tieguy that I am! :rofl: I figure even if not true, if I got Tieguy conned then I'll at least get some comedic mileage out of it! :wink2: Love and Kisses Tie! Anyway, in Feb. 2006' Military.com ran an article entitled [URL='http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,86831,00.html'][COLOR=red]"How Big is the Defense Budget?" [/COLOR][/URL]and it just shows that Congressional Budget creativity goes a long way to hide the truth. Obama may be the Luke Skywalker you think he is but he's surrounded by the Sith and therefore the Darkside still rule the day. And even Olberman and Maddow are starting to recognize and speak out even though I'm sure it took a lot for them to muster the courage to do so. I relate having experienced similar myself in Reagan's first term. All you Yoda's can be loyal but you also need to speak up or the Sith will win again! You can take that one to the bank! D, You should have done like me and voted for Ralph Nader in Nov. but then I'm an anarchist and understand the principle of the sine wave and to get to a postive you have to go through the negative! Besides, could you imagine Ralph and his ideas forcing the democrats to be real liberals instead of these make believe neo-libs who are really neo-cons themselves and out to grab personal power and wealth for themselves! Now you know why I voted Ralph because I know they really don't want that briar patch as much as they pretend they do! Give them exactly what they don't want and then letting this show them for the hypocrites they really are! That would have been such fun! And at least Ralph would have told Wall Street to got take a jump and I'd bet auditing the Federal Reserve would have a huge advocate too! Another big reason I voted Ralph. :happy-very: :peaceful: [/QUOTE]
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