I said to myself, "Did he just say that?"

I found the transcript, and yes he did!

Ladies and Gentlemen, your Commander in thief! I mean Chief!

Gawd! And he has a business degree from Yale!?! He mastered in cooking the books.

I keep reminding myself that we have less than a year left...then he says stuff like THIS and I have to wonder...can we survive that long?!

Good god... yes, too many houses. Nothing at all to do with the fact America doesn't MAKE anything anymore. Let's see, China is booming--oh, and where do we borrow money from? China--and where have tons of manufacturing contracts/jobs gone to? Oh, right...CHINA!

But it's the houses people...it's just too many houses. Good grief

It's all just a numbers game to him. No problem.

War always creates jobs, but are they the kinds of jobs we want? Remember the defense industry flourished during Vietnam too.

He would do well to remember the words of the only good Republican President we ever had.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, From a speech before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 16, 1953


ironic that this was the man who guided us through WWII.

It would be "educational" to spend a few minutes reading and or listen to Dwight D. Eisenhower's full speech. I highly recommend it. (Hint-Hint, Prince Georgie boy)

It's no wonder Ike isn't brought up much in Republican circles. He was a better Democrat. People don't realize he was responsible for our interstate highway system.

Memebers of the media would do good to listen also...thanks scooterpi that was great!

Eisenhower isn't talked about much, his wisdom came from WWII. He's a totally amazing man, a man who knew war and came to hate it. A man who fought for peace and left office disappointed with the way things were.
He did have faith in the people of the future...I know we have let him down. It would serve any leader of this country to follow his lead.

QUOTE

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

~Dwight D. Eisenhower

Bush never made it to the war of his generation, thats why he has such a cavalier attitude about waging war now...

Part of his problem, but Bill Clinton wasn't in war...he listened to his advisors. Bush is about oil and money. Collateral damage means nothing to him. There are a few quotes from Eisenhower regarding things this administration has done.



And one of my favorite quotes:

Only those who've gone to war know the real horrors of it.