Comments on: Tight budget threatens defense programs

By: Carl Nemo

Carl Nemo — Fri, 20 May 2011 04:00:24 +0000

I sent an email, snail mail and have called Congresswoman Herrera’a office. I’m hoping readers that might run across my link will use it’s simple ACLU supplied format to contact their respective Congressperson too, unless they believe this what America, now seemingly AmeriKa an emergent ‘banana republic’ is all about.

Good thoughts Woody about sending correspondence under a corporate letterhead, especially if the name can be linked to some fat contributions.

My last Congressional Rep was Brian Baird (Dem 3rd District) Washington State, now we have a Republican, Jaime Herrera who went graduated from one of our local area high schools.

http://herrerabeutler.house.gov/Biography/

My wife and I registered as Independents. We were never enthused with Baird’s votes so with Herrera the new rep on the block, hopefully some common sense will prevail, but generally speaking Republicans are acting in seemingly a ‘brain-dead’ lockstep fashion.

The only thing that’s going to stop this endless dog and pony show of ‘empire run amok’ is fiscal insolvency. We have to borrow money to wage war. So if we want to continue doing so, then both short and long term rates are headed upward and when the ‘cheap rate’ bubble bursts, rates are going to become a moonshot. It’s going to become very expensive to keep the MIC and their running dog’s in Congress afloat.

Carl Nemo **==

By: woody188

woody188 — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:39:23 +0000

I hope you sent a check from your tax shelter corporation with your letter. That’s the only way to get their attention. Unlimited free speech via corporate representation. We used to call that graft.

By: Carl Nemo

Carl Nemo — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:24:37 +0000

Right now there’s a plan to sneak through a provision in the upcoming “Defense Authorization Bill” to give the President unchallenged authority to use our military forces anywhere and everywhere worldwide in order to fight ‘terrorism’. Of course this is the MIC and their ‘running dog’ politicians’ wet dream come true in terms of shaking down the American people until the 12th of forever; ie, ‘make work’ for our military forces that have evidently become a bastion of our now dead economy which has one of the lowest growth rates on the planet at about 1.8% per annum. We’ve got guns along with supplied aggression, but no real jobs for anyone.

It was added to the bill by Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), and it could become the single biggest ceding of unchecked war authority to the executive branch in modern American history.

Outrageously so, there have been no hearings on this worldwide war legislation, nor has its necessity been explained by Rep. Buck McKeon or anyone else in Congress. it’s simply another ‘sneak through’ add-on that will bypass the Constitution and give not only this President, but those in the future unchallenged authority to wage war whenever and whereever on planet earth.

I’ve contacted my Congressional District rep on the matter, but knowing that the House is controlled by the ‘rethugs’ it won’t surprise me in the least if this add-on makes it through with the overall passage of the bill.

These tactics are now typical when it comes to our Congress, now having simply degenerated into a hand-clapping, regime friendly ‘politburo’.

I urge readers to get motivated and to contact their Congressional reps and demand this ‘stealth’ add-on be stripped from the bill. We’re now in Libya. What’s next on their agenda? This nation is being gutted by out of control defense spending along with our involvement with endless engineered ‘zero sum’ wars for profit.

https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3195&s_sub110511_AUMF

Note: I’m an ACLU member. The link provides a handy ‘one-stop’ shopping way to protest this unconstitutional add-on provision. Contact your reps now.

Carl Nemo **==

By: woody188

woody188 — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:42:01 +0000

I had the same double take on the global security role. If one nation is to provide global security, then the globe can start picking up the tab.

By: b mcclellan

b mcclellan — Fri, 20 May 2011 00:25:15 +0000

Global security role ?
Political leaders fall back by X percent ?
What happened to run what ya brung, chrome won’t take ya home ?

Fire the military contractors, conscript all before it’s too late, top to bottom.
People of a like-mind make pretty good armies..

But then originates hunger , perchance, continuance of the dream boldly.