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MADem

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5. I won't disagree. We certainly outspent them.

Reply to bulloney (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:04 PM

Dec 2012

And we played a few High Tech game cards--stealth tech, SDI, e.g.

I was offered an opportunity to be involved with that Star Wars bullshit. I eschewed it for operational activities, and boy am I glad I did. That was a huge smoke-and-mirrors game, part of the "I can spend more money on Defense Bullshit than YOU can!" adventure that helped push the end along.

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President says "Social Security Has Nothing to Do With The Deficit" [View all] MADem Dec 2012 OP

I can't understand why President Obama does not explicitly say the same thing? xtraxritical Dec 2012 #1

Another example of Reagan mythology. bulloney Dec 2012 #2

Shrank the size of government? I labored valiantly trying to provide that MADem Dec 2012 #3

I'll argue that the end of the Cold War had more to do with people like Gorbachev, bulloney Dec 2012 #4

I won't disagree. We certainly outspent them. MADem Dec 2012 #5