Our national dependence on oil... makes us intervene in oil-rich regions... which means we need a really big military. A military so big it's the biggest oil consumer in the nation. Which just furthers...
What’s really interesting is that the military some time ago started looking for “alternate fuels”, AND they also have projected the true cost of “AGW” as it affects the cost and impacts for our military in the not so distant future. Like big organizations everywhere, some of their leaders can see the obvious, and others are merely “politicos” raised far above their Peter level, who fly with the “We are US” crowd that can’t read the facts, only TEA leaves.
Zit, also have a friend that was Navy off ’Nam- he though a round landing a quarter mile away was “close”, same-o for you? Knew some swift boat guys, and some medics, though I was Army, your posts, and constant insults, indicate you were “blue water” however.
No offense to Navy! My son just got out on disability after 13 years, but he was never on a ship, having spent his time with folks who wear those “different” fatigues, or well, when they’re in uniform at all.
Baslim, I agree that DARPA has come up with some cool stuff, but unfortunately, they’ve also come up with some VERY expensive crappolinno over the last few years, and have gone downhill in favor of that “industrial” in the “military-industrial complex”.
You should refer to Boy King “W”: Bush v Gore, Cheney’s “Energy Task Force,” (when will the public get a look at those documents) “Kenny Boy Lay,” (remember ENRON, anyone?) “Bin Laden Determined to Strike”, 9-11, “Dead or Alive”, “Axis of Evil”, Freedom Fries, Patriot Act, indefinite detention, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo, yellow-cake uranium, (nuclear program in Iraq, indeed) “shock and awe”, “mission accomplished,” (what an embarrassment), Halliburton (still collecting tax dollars), Blackwater Security (the only thing secure are the tax dollars owed the US Treasury), Jessica Lynch, Pat Tillman, Bagram, Abu Ghraib, water boarding, Swift boating, tax cuts (only for the rich pals), soaring deficits,("DEFICITS DON’T MATTER—CHENEY) Terry Schiavo, stem cell research, (or lack thereof) domestic surveillance, telecom immunity, Hurricane Katrina, (really? a flyover in Air Force One? really), the "shoulder massage for German Chancellor Angela Merkel (how creepy was that), the collapse of Wall Street—(a sweet mess W left for BHO).
OBAMA 2012: Give him the same term you gave the clown who got us into this mess.
doc white over 12 years ago
Starting to sound like viet nam days. Blame the soldiers. Take YOUR turkey and shove it whare the sun don"t shine.
cjr53 over 12 years ago
Could be a lack of understanding or great understanding and being able to twist words so that it became funny, and bitterly ironic.
jimwill0803 over 12 years ago
If the average person could see the daily usage of military related vehicles, it would astound them. It’s mind numbing!
Where does all of that gas money come from? Your pocket and mine. Get us out of the Middle East. We don’t belong there and are not welcome!
kjcain over 12 years ago
Drill baby Drill!
agate1 over 12 years ago
Doc just forgot President Eisenhower’s January 17th 1961 speech to keep the U.S. military-industrial complex limited.
Dtroutma over 12 years ago
What’s really interesting is that the military some time ago started looking for “alternate fuels”, AND they also have projected the true cost of “AGW” as it affects the cost and impacts for our military in the not so distant future. Like big organizations everywhere, some of their leaders can see the obvious, and others are merely “politicos” raised far above their Peter level, who fly with the “We are US” crowd that can’t read the facts, only TEA leaves.
lonecat over 12 years ago
Yeah, let’s just keep burning oil — it’s never going to run out, is it?
Rymlianin over 12 years ago
Show me your service ribbon, Arschwisch. I can show you mine from Vietnam.
kissmyrebelass83 over 12 years ago
it is cool glad i seen it
Dtroutma over 12 years ago
Zit, also have a friend that was Navy off ’Nam- he though a round landing a quarter mile away was “close”, same-o for you? Knew some swift boat guys, and some medics, though I was Army, your posts, and constant insults, indicate you were “blue water” however.
No offense to Navy! My son just got out on disability after 13 years, but he was never on a ship, having spent his time with folks who wear those “different” fatigues, or well, when they’re in uniform at all.
Baslim, I agree that DARPA has come up with some cool stuff, but unfortunately, they’ve also come up with some VERY expensive crappolinno over the last few years, and have gone downhill in favor of that “industrial” in the “military-industrial complex”.
Crabbyrino Premium Member over 12 years ago
You should refer to Boy King “W”: Bush v Gore, Cheney’s “Energy Task Force,” (when will the public get a look at those documents) “Kenny Boy Lay,” (remember ENRON, anyone?) “Bin Laden Determined to Strike”, 9-11, “Dead or Alive”, “Axis of Evil”, Freedom Fries, Patriot Act, indefinite detention, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo, yellow-cake uranium, (nuclear program in Iraq, indeed) “shock and awe”, “mission accomplished,” (what an embarrassment), Halliburton (still collecting tax dollars), Blackwater Security (the only thing secure are the tax dollars owed the US Treasury), Jessica Lynch, Pat Tillman, Bagram, Abu Ghraib, water boarding, Swift boating, tax cuts (only for the rich pals), soaring deficits,("DEFICITS DON’T MATTER—CHENEY) Terry Schiavo, stem cell research, (or lack thereof) domestic surveillance, telecom immunity, Hurricane Katrina, (really? a flyover in Air Force One? really), the "shoulder massage for German Chancellor Angela Merkel (how creepy was that), the collapse of Wall Street—(a sweet mess W left for BHO).
OBAMA 2012: Give him the same term you gave the clown who got us into this mess.
(A HUGE THANK YOU TO TOM TOMORROW