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Dear Terrorists,

From this point on you can just sit back and watch. We''ll take it the rest of the way ourselves.

Pentagon Paid $999,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers to Texas.

Yours truly,
An uninsured American whose house is on the verge of a sheriffs sale to satisfy emergency medical bills
Posted 3:49 PM by whatley (3) comments

       Comments:

P.S. What is happening today was forecast a long time ago by Dwight Eisenhower. I've read a bit about his presidency (and think he made a mistake or two here and there, especially about civil rights) but he really stood up in his final address to the nation. He warned us about the "military industrial complex", a term he coined. Who besides him would know better? Here's what he said:

""We must never let the weight of this combination endanger
our liberties or democratic processes."

My letter to Dwight:

Dear Dwight,
Oops, we forgot.

No, no, this is better:

Dear Dwight,
You didn't live in TV time. We're too busy watching "Survivor" to think about much at all.

Sorry.

# posted by  whatley : August 16, 2007 4:29 PM
 
NO! NO! TOO MUCH! I would almost prefer the system used in the rest of the world in which the regime in power steals fiercely to their own pockets and retire to a life of ease and hired militia security in Argentina. At least that gives us specific targets for hatred, unlike the miasmic "Military-Industrial Complex" which includes the guy next door who puts 19-cent washers in teeny bags for shipping, and the guy who drives the UPS truck.

# posted by  Andy : August 17, 2007 1:23 AM
 
And speaking of terror, I found a transcript of the PBS TV series American Experience titled Vietnam Online. Of special interest is the 1945 segment that shows how Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh were providing intelligence about the Japanese in Indochina. The US OSS provided aid and began training just as the War in the Pacific ended. Then the US, France, Britain and China agreed to disarm the Japanese by dividing Indochina - China above the 16th parallel and the British in the South. Ho Chi Minh appealed to Truman for help in assuring an independent and united country, but was ignored. It was blindly downhill from there.

# posted by  Andy : August 17, 2007 2:08 AM
 
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