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In reply to the discussion: Barack Obama signs sweeping US defense spending bill [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)20. Damn...that video makes me all weepy.
Actually, I have been in deep mourning for a few years now, I realize.
I miss the energy and optimism had had during the anti-war period, during that massive wave of change.
Yet..the irony of our last gasps of imperialism does not escape me, as we gobble resources in a bid to take over the globe so we can grab more resources which we will gobble up in an effort to hang onto the resources we just grabbed.
rinse
Repeat
and ignore the dying planet.
sigh.
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Too bad the "highest priorities" don't include rebuilding our cities, our schools, & our industrial
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#3
Well we should all feel safer now that the military is well funded to defend our freedom.
gtar100
Jan 2013
#4
It is not out of the realm of possibilities they are being supported by us in the first place.
RC
Jan 2013
#31
Just to point out but Obama never ever promised that any change he made or proposed would include
cstanleytech
Jan 2013
#43
WITH the provision allowing indefinite detention for US citizens without trial or representation.
Fire Walk With Me
Jan 2013
#50