Comments on: Get Rich Or Die Tryin

By: sparafucilli

sparafucilli — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:47:19 +0000

Wasn’t the expression “Quantity has a quality all its own” attributed to Joseph Stalin. Welcome to the USSR Western Chapter. I would also extend the Complex expression to ‘Military, Industrial, Media and University” complex.

By: Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:05:22 +0000

Allow me to welcome you to your new dystopian future by banning you from FDL for this repugnant and racially-charged comment.

By: albertchampion

albertchampion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:58:43 +0000

your only option now is to kill all the fascist bastids.

it is the same option that was presented to the german population in 1933.

with rare exception, white rose society, the german population kowtowed.

there is no eliminating fascism[totalitarianism] via the ballot box. and if you think that barack blackbush is going to be a change for the better, you have been deluded.

mark my words.

joe stalin, from his grave, will be envying the power to enslave that barack blackbush will deploy.

be seeing you in the camps.

By: nonplussed

nonplussed — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:54:29 +0000

It’s not just the Special Forces, either. All of the major Military Contractors hire many, many people out of the Armed Forces. By regulation, no contractor could tender a job offer to a serving member of the Armed Forces, but everyone that they wanted knew they were interested. It’s hard to say no when someone offers three or four times your salary and none of the Military’s crap (especially when you have just returned from a six Month deployment).

Lockheed Martin and the other Military Contractors hire a lot of people for Product Support and you pay to train nearly all of them.

By: SanderO

SanderO — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:23:14 +0000

Terrific comment. Right on the mark!

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:21:27 +0000

You mean there’s other history besides military history? Other culture outside of war? Economies that aren’t dependent on the MIC? Religions that don’t wage war on each other (this Q is rhetorical)?

Everything’s militarized in the U.S. including civilian life. Hire more cops (not teachers), build more jails.

And on top of all that, it’s honorable!!!! Everyone will thank you for your service.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:16:07 +0000

I had been thinking of writing an oxdown diary on Jones and Obama’s decision to keep or name mostly military people to intelligence posts but I couldn’t really find a way to address it. It’s this.

Military people generally see intelligence in military terms, both with regard to how it is gathered and how it is used. But there is really a lot more to intelligence than this. Politics, history, economics, culture, religion, technology are all as important as the military side of things. And the cultivation of a few good human resources on the ground is worth more than all of the NSA’s computers. I think the military should be a contributor to national intelligence not the dominating force as it is now. As the saying goes when all you have is a hammer every problem begins to look like a nail.

By: selise

selise — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:15:39 +0000

thanks hugh and ecahn for setting me straight. *g*

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:10:08 +0000

The job of the military is to kill people and destroy property. That’s why people who work there should be regarded as more honorable. /s

By: Hugh

Hugh — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:06:19 +0000

As I pointed out above James Jones is on the boards of Chevron and Boeing so at least these are good civilian companies which will cause no defense or foreign policy conflicts of interest for him.