12 May 2005

They are stupid

It's what Republican president Dwight David Eisenhower said about President George W. Bush and his desire to destroy social security. Well, not Bush specifically, but well, here is a quote from one of his presidential papers…
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.

But Bush and Cheney are Texas oil millionaires, arn't they…

posted by Naum at 21:39 | History

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Naum, have you heard about Eisenhower's "Military Industrial Complex" speech, which was inspired by Opihimer (SP?), a man who helped build THE bomb, and later wanted world peace, was branded a communist by the witch hunts in the 50's, and ostracized?

If you want more info on this, let me know, I wont dig up the links and audio file on Opihimer on NPR is you are not interested.
#1 posted by trav1bailey on 13 May 2005 at 18:29
“STILL YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION, IF YOU HATE THIS COUNTRY THEN WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING TO GET A JOB HERE. WHY IS ZINN STILL IN THIS COUNTRY. WHY DOES HE BOTHER? WHY NOT LEAVE AND LIVE AMONG THE POOR BROWN BOOGY MEN AND USE HIS MONEY TO HELP THEM. HE IS STILL HERE, YOU ARE STILL HERE, CHOMSKY IS STILL HERE! HYPOCRITES!”

Persistence pays off Kerry.

Although I fear I will not give you an answer to your satisfaction, I WILL answer, for myself only, your persistence question if you ask again.

If you want, I will answer this question out of respect for you, because you were kind enough to answer my question.

But a warning: The answer will actually be several posts long.

If you still want an answer, web blog me here.
#2 posted by trav1bailey on 13 May 2005 at 18:39

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