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X ` Man[_3_]

On 10/30/11 2:57 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:08:36 -0400, wrote:

In ,
says...

Our large-scale military adventurism the last six decades as provided us
with nothing but budget deficits.

I suppose we could say the arms race got us the micro chip, the
internet, the GPS system., better RADAR systems, better jet planes and
most of the space program with all of the stuff that came out of that.
(communication satellites, the Hubble telescope and Tang).
Just the things that came out of DARPA is impressive.

It is also the biggest jobs program in history. It is a shame the
public would not have been willing to pay that much for something less
destructive but fear is a powerful force.

As Zig Zigler says,. there are only two things that make people spend
their money, fear and love and they always spend more in response to
fear.

Amazing, one of the Constitutional duties of the federal government is
looked upon as a jobs program.

What our DoD is doing goes far beyond defending our borders.

Nobody we have been at war with since 1945 has attacked or even
threatened to attack the US.

Before you start throwing 9-11 at me, remember virtually everyone
involved in 9-11 was Saudi and most of the planning was done in
Europe. The critical training was done in the US.

I was planning on enlisting once the Viet Cong invaded Topeka but then I
thought about it some more and concluded that Topeka might be a better
place if it were run by the Viet Cong. Certainly the pho would be a lot
better. I got some alleged Chinese food in Topeka in the mid-1960's, and
the Chinese noodles were actual strands of spaghetti.

Drifter[_2_]

On 10/30/2011 3:04 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 10/30/11 2:57 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:08:36 -0400, wrote:

In ,
says...

Our large-scale military adventurism the last six decades as
provided us
with nothing but budget deficits.

I suppose we could say the arms race got us the micro chip, the
internet, the GPS system., better RADAR systems, better jet planes and
most of the space program with all of the stuff that came out of that.
(communication satellites, the Hubble telescope and Tang).
Just the things that came out of DARPA is impressive.

It is also the biggest jobs program in history. It is a shame the
public would not have been willing to pay that much for something less
destructive but fear is a powerful force.

As Zig Zigler says,. there are only two things that make people spend
their money, fear and love and they always spend more in response to
fear.

Amazing, one of the Constitutional duties of the federal government is
looked upon as a jobs program.

What our DoD is doing goes far beyond defending our borders.

Nobody we have been at war with since 1945 has attacked or even
threatened to attack the US.

Before you start throwing 9-11 at me, remember virtually everyone
involved in 9-11 was Saudi and most of the planning was done in
Europe. The critical training was done in the US.

I was planning on enlisting once the Viet Cong invaded Topeka but then I
thought about it some more and concluded that Topeka might be a better
place if it were run by the Viet Cong. Certainly the pho would be a lot
better. I got some alleged Chinese food in Topeka in the mid-1960's, and
the Chinese noodles were actual strands of spaghetti.

Fo noolin?

X ` Man[_3_]

On 10/30/11 6:52 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:04:23 -0400, X ` Man
wrote:

Amazing, one of the Constitutional duties of the federal government is
looked upon as a jobs program.

What our DoD is doing goes far beyond defending our borders.

Nobody we have been at war with since 1945 has attacked or even
threatened to attack the US.

Before you start throwing 9-11 at me, remember virtually everyone
involved in 9-11 was Saudi and most of the planning was done in
Europe. The critical training was done in the US.

I was planning on enlisting once the Viet Cong invaded Topeka but then I
thought about it some more and concluded that Topeka might be a better
place if it were run by the Viet Cong.

I had actually enlisted before most people thought the Viet Cong were
ever going to be a problem. After all, hadn't we just elected LBJ who
was the peace candidate? I enlisted so I could call my shot and not be
drafted into the Sargent Bilko army, painting rocks white in front of
an officer's club in Fumbuck Arkansas.

I got some alleged Chinese food in Topeka in the mid-1960's, and
the Chinese noodles were actual strands of spaghetti.

Asian food in Kansas? Isn't that like trying to get decent Italian
food south of exit 12 on the Jersey Turnpike?

Actually there are enough snowbirds to find decent gravy in Florida
but you have to look for it. I stumbled into a great place right
before you go over the bridge in Clearwater Beach at the end of a
little strip mall.

We actually have a really good Italian restaurant nearby, run by an
actual Italian family from Italy. Best pizza outside of Pepe's in New
Haven, and really terrific Italian seafood and pasta dishes.

I was in Topeka with my girlfriend back then, a nice red-headed lass
whose family lived in Topeka. Her parents weren't too upset by the fact
that their daughter was hooked up with me, a strange guy from "the
East." Because of her, I got into journalism, which was her major. I
took a few courses in the j-school, alongside my English/Soc double major.

Anyway, she took me to a Chinese restaurant. What did I know? Most of it
tasted like Chinese fast food, but I wasn't about to tell her that.

i also joined for 25 cents a bottle club. Life member for a quarter.
Probably long gone, since Kansas now serves hard liquor by the drink.

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