tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post7926469841648976239..comments2023-12-19T16:44:05.378-06:00Comments on The Eleventh Hour: Bridging the Priority GapDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368635217133898734noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-3015113133567684012007-10-26T00:23:00.000-05:002007-10-26T00:23:00.000-05:00This is a fine example of when hometown politics g...This is a fine example of when hometown politics greets international intrigue, and adventurism, and kicks its butt!<BR/> <BR/>Or at least it should.<BR/> <BR/>Back in the Cold War we were spending money like crazy, which we didn't have, but at least we taxed the rich enough to keep us from plunging into this level of debt.<BR/> <BR/>And we fought the Cold War, and managed to build the interstate highway system, thousands of public schools, universities, water works projects, etc.<BR/> <BR/>The Iraq, and soon to be Iran, fiasco is being used as a means of keeping the public's eyes off the ball.<BR/> <BR/>It's a great fraud, and diversion of tax dollars.<BR/> <BR/>It's the Republican way of keeping everyone scared of their own shadows while they flush pork into the coffers of their oldest, and best constituencies - the defense sector, and the ultra rich.<BR/> <BR/>Meanwhile the bridges and roads are crumbling. A physical manifestation of a failed state. <BR/> <BR/>I think of how Rome slowly declined, until one day it could no longer stop the attacks upon it - and then was no more.JeromeProphethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01408226707299885597noreply@blogger.com