Actually, it was "the military-industrial-congressional complex" that Eisenhower warned us about-until his speech writers talked him out of that last word as being too politically dangerous. He was right, though. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Andersen Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 11:38 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Federal spending (OT!) Grow up, Jim. I wasn't making you wrong, or saying one side or the other was wrong. These are the facts---at least 65% of our total federal discretionary spending---a huge majority of the total budget itself---is spent on weapons and their support. Whether you are speculating that I'm a peacenik or one a' them hated progressives that's takin' this great country right down the got dam commie tubes---<g>---you're missing the mark. For twelve years I have been in leadership of a non-profit group that honors vets with a huge holiday celebration and feast (3500 vets served last year in L.A.; 4500 going to be served this year.) I love, honor, and the warriors that have laid everything on the line for me; I HATE the military-industrial complex that Eisenhower so presciently warned us about over 50 years ago. Wake up. Sending us to the defense budget as reported by the Pentagon is like listening to the fox ramble on about the security measures he's instituting in the chicken house. This is not a partisan issue, dude. This is literally a life-or-death issue for the health and wealth of our fragile democracy. Pull together, Jim, or jump out of the f***in' boat. Wake up. End of rant. End of my OT adventure. DA On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:06 PM, jimrpt wrote: On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:35:38 PM, "David Andersen" <david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote: Do some research, kids. The internet is amazing. DA Yeah by all means "do some research" ....for instance try: http://comptroller.defense.gov/defbudget/fy2011/FY2011_Budget_Request_Overvi ew_Book.pdf It is amazing what a little "research" will show you...of co urse there is the little matter that you are 'wrong' as are the other posters on this subject...at least in the main....................... but this topic has no place on Ptech...does it? Jim Bryant (FL) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101103/be5262aa/attachment.htm>
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