All for one and one for all (Reply #23)

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Sun Dec 30, 2012, 09:16 PM

23. All for one and one for all

The military, corporations, and politicians tied the most perfect not over the decades. Military contracts are spread very strategically across the country providing great jobs and tax revenues while the corporations continue to back the sympathetic politicians. Why is it, that the majority of Americans want us out of Afghanistan, but our representatives, once again, aren't listening? We the people have given up control.

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85 replies	Author	Time	Post
What about the giant elephant in the room? [View all]	Jack Sprat	Dec 2012	OP
How else are we going to destroy the rest of the world if we don't have	Angry Dragon	Dec 2012	#1
And Whats the Deal Anyway?	moman	Dec 2012	#2
It is senseless how these factors can be ignored by the RW and the focus and demon becomes the poor	The Wielding Truth	Dec 2012	#64
No, no, no, "Look at the shiny object over there!" Just like a "lot" of "people" on the internet	patrice	Dec 2012	#3
Thank you. It's simple, not rocket science.	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#4
yea, i thought we all had to suffer.....not the military.	spanone	Dec 2012	#5
Can't talk about that!	Cleita	Dec 2012	#6
I thought the space aliens were already here. Now I'm disappointed. No, wait, they run the MIC.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#8
I for one welcome our space overlords when they arrive. They can't fuck things	Cleita	Dec 2012	#10
Maybe you need to remember that Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man"	dballance	Dec 2012	#15
Oh, that's kind of like that old Rod Taylor Time Machine movie,	Blue_In_AK	Dec 2012	#17
One of their scariest episodes. Right up there with 'It's on the wing!' by the Shat.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#18
The Twilight Zone is STILL Classic	dballance	Dec 2012	#37
I agree. The Twilight Zone also covered a lot of moral issues. I recently found a newer episode.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#49
Have you watched AMC in the last few years?	lunatica	Dec 2012	#72
AGREE.	maddiemom	Dec 2012	#73
The Talking Tina doll was scary too.	SummerSnow	Dec 2012	#75
They wouldn't dare eat me.	Jackpine Radical	Dec 2012	#32
The Aliens still treated us better than republicans	Heather MC	Dec 2012	#41
I DO Generally have the desire to tell the GOP to BITE ME /eom	dballance	Dec 2012	#43
Here's the photo for that episode	lunatica	Dec 2012	#70
I'm looking forward to their intervention as well, Cleita.	Blue_In_AK	Dec 2012	#16
Ob, no, you missed the whole thing. They are here and fucked it because they're just visiting.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#19
They could fuck it up much more	lunatica	Dec 2012	#71
DU rec	CrazyOrangeCat	Dec 2012	#7
I think that's how you know it's all a sham	Demo_Chris	Dec 2012	#9
That would be taken care of by not reaching a deal, which is exactly why republicans want a deal.	DrewFlorida	Dec 2012	#11
I think you have been watching too much GOP propaganda	Ian62	Dec 2012	#77
Your information is appreciated, your rudeness is uncalled for, typical of what's wrong with DU.	DrewFlorida	Dec 2012	#82
Sorry I didn't mean to be rude	Ian62	Jan 2013	#83
Yes, I know how much the U.S. spends on military and I think it's rediculous, what I didn't	DrewFlorida	Jan 2013	#84
That's like the biggest money maker and employer in this country	pediatricmedic	Dec 2012	#12
Good point...	bobclark86	Dec 2012	#22
Not millions	Ian62	Dec 2012	#78
Food for bombs.	L0oniX	Dec 2012	#13
Now that's food for thought......nt/	think	Dec 2012	#21
Precisely!	Blue_In_AK	Dec 2012	#14
Social Security recipients	The Wizard	Dec 2012	#20
All for one and one for all	Left Turn Only	Dec 2012	#23
Exactly! KILL THE EMPIRE!!!!	Taverner	Dec 2012	#24
And they all end the same way!	BobbyBoring	Dec 2012	#67
Defense spending	Abbraxus	Dec 2012	#25
Yes, but who is likely to be screwed?	Jack Sprat	Dec 2012	#30
Yep Abbraxus is on target	polynomial	Dec 2012	#34
Good point. I would like to see some overseas bases closed.	JDPriestly	Dec 2012	#46
How else can we ensure a new generation of "terrorists" to keep the arms industry healthy?	BlueStreak	Dec 2012	#26
"Is that who writes the largest political campaign checks?"	UnrepentantLiberal	Dec 2012	#27
America's military spends $500,000,000 each year just on it's marching bands	think	Dec 2012	#28
Think what that would do for The Arts in this country.	Stinky The Clown	Dec 2012	#50
Over $1 TRILLION spent on defense, not one member of Congress willing to address this.	Initech	Dec 2012	#29
I thought it was just under $700 billion last year	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#35
Most of the funding of Iraq and Afghanistan wars	Jack Sprat	Dec 2012	#38
That was true under Bush the lesser	BobbyBoring	Dec 2012	#68
I wish there was more of a movement	creeksneakers2	Dec 2012	#31
Check those Congressional portfolios...bet you'll see a LOT of military industrial stocks in 'em.	MADem	Dec 2012	#33
The irony is that this military has managed to lose 2 wars in little over 10 years. That's got to be	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#36
HEY! We didn't lose!	BobbyBoring	Dec 2012	#66
Are increasing drone strikes in Pakistan OK though?	SF Dockworker	Dec 2012	#39
yep. just like the cost of the wars, no discussion is serious unless this is mentioned	pasto76	Dec 2012	#40
All that military might and couldn't stop 9/11 form happening .. huh?	YOHABLO	Dec 2012	#42
do not forget the gorilla	daybranch	Dec 2012	#44
I think that the gorilla	Jack Sprat	Dec 2012	#45
How about a large bull?	latebloomer	Dec 2012	#47
Maybe we should keep some of it though just in case	SF Dockworker	Dec 2012	#48
We don't cut it all, that would be suicide, but trimming half a trillion would be doable	pediatricmedic	Dec 2012	#53
Any cut would come out of GDP, is the worry	Recursion	Dec 2012	#60
let me guess	Skittles	Dec 2012	#54
Let me tell you	SF Dockworker	Dec 2012	#65
Welcome to DU	Recursion	Dec 2012	#58
The missiles weren't put in Cuba without provocation.	Ken Burch	Mar 2013	#85
Exactly	judesedit	Dec 2012	#51
True - it was even more ridiculous last time around	bhikkhu	Dec 2012	#52
The US military is killing the very thing they say they are trying to protect.	gtar100	Dec 2012	#55
Lobbyists for the defense contracts make the NRA lobbyists	AllyCat	Dec 2012	#56
FEDERAL BUDGET 101	SHRED	Dec 2012	#57
Yep. Let's try some laser-jet-robot austerity first.	DirkGently	Dec 2012	#59
i've noticed that too	barbtries	Dec 2012	#61
Offense Dept.	obxhead	Dec 2012	#62
I thought we were done with Chris Christie threads until the primaries	Doctor_J	Dec 2012	#63
It's always four more years of Cheney.	Octafish	Dec 2012	#69
Informative and apt article	Jack Sprat	Dec 2012	#74
K&R nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Dec 2012	#76
K&R except there's a whole herd of the proto-pachyderms ruining the carpet. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#79
Blowback, Sorrow and Consequences	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2012	#80
What if instead of ignoring the information,	Peaceful Protester	Dec 2012	#81

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