We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
We may be slightly diminished in all those qualities since Ike's time.
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2017-07-25 15:24
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So what?
The only Ike quote the left loves is the one about the military-industrial complex. You know, the great American machine that defeated Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
The Military-Industrial Complex was a bigger, and growing part of the federal budget in his time. Entitlements and debt service are a bigger piece now, and were he advising us, Ike might point to a different set of problems.
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2017-07-26 14:35
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