tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post5551975570441973813..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: The avalancheScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-25355685986039550532013-01-10T08:03:09.181-08:002013-01-10T08:03:09.181-08:00Benji,
"I have regretted that vote many time...Benji,<br /><br />"I have regretted that vote many times, and today I fresh occasion to do so."<br /><br />Oh, puke. You also voted for Obama, a socialist community organizer who makes George Bush look like George Washington.<br /><br />Express some contrition for that just once.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843411100678811292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-82502244832889821102013-01-09T20:36:06.837-08:002013-01-09T20:36:06.837-08:00Joseph:
One last comment.
I am, albeit minutely,...Joseph:<br /><br />One last comment.<br /><br />I am, albeit minutely, responsible for your injuries.<br /><br />I voted for George Bush jr. in 2000.<br /><br />I thought him to be a moderate, MBA-sort of guy, who would be pro-business, lower taxes, and in general do nothing. A great president by my standards. <br /><br />After 24 Saudi Arabians perpetrated a terrorist attack on 9/11, Bush jr, Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-42617927590711098122013-01-09T19:29:10.653-08:002013-01-09T19:29:10.653-08:00Joseph:
My comments about the Pentagon, and the $...Joseph:<br /><br />My comments about the Pentagon, and the $1 trillion in outlays for Defense, VA and the Homeland Security are accurate---economically, such outlays are parasitic. Productive citizens are taxed to funnel money to economically unproductive public agencies.<br /><br />Throughout history, organized religion and standing militaries have feasted at the expense of productive people, Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-33709318128806597312013-01-09T09:55:45.981-08:002013-01-09T09:55:45.981-08:00Neither the big government Democrats or the milita...Neither the big government Democrats or the military-industrial Republicans will cut government spending -- their goals are to divert guns into butter, or butter into guns -- but neither the big government Democrats or the military-industrial Republicans are committed to balancing the US budget -- far from it.<br /><br />Those committed to balancing the Federal budget will need to turn to the McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-78309831700136786262013-01-09T09:05:36.849-08:002013-01-09T09:05:36.849-08:00The cartoon refers to the fiscal cliff, which sequ...The cartoon refers to the fiscal cliff, which sequester cuts to military spending are still scheduled in the next couple of months.<br /><br />Earlier in a comment Benjamin referred to military spending as parasitic. I guess that is a new economic term. I think it says more about Benjamin than about the military industrial complex.<br /><br />I certainly didn’t feel parasitic when I nearly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-55158630557153007982013-01-08T19:34:55.770-08:002013-01-08T19:34:55.770-08:00You know, I would vote for the GOP'ers, if the...You know, I would vote for the GOP'ers, if they would also acknowledge $1 trillion a year in outlays for Defense, VA and Homeland Security.<br /><br />In real terms, about double since 2001.<br /><br />This is from the Cato Institte, a bona-fide right-wing (libertarian) outfit.<br /><br />"The dirty little secret of U.S. defense politics is that the United States is safe—probably the Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-34244101167269519422013-01-08T19:25:46.994-08:002013-01-08T19:25:46.994-08:00Defense spending is missing from the avalanche car...Defense spending is missing from the avalanche cartoon -- the US currently spends more each year on defense than the rest of the world combined (including China) -- more at:<br /><br />http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=defense+spending<br /><br />The US is spending far too much on guns and butter at this point...McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com