Mike Rosen and the cost of war
Re: “The dollars and sense of war” Mike Rosen column Oct. 5, 2007 Wow! No need to sacrifice to pay for this war, according to Mike Rosen. No need to increase taxes. You see, it’s all about the cost of the war as a percentage of GDP. Golly, there isn’t even a need to send our sons and daughters to Iraq because, after all, we have a professional military. Apparently, our military is made up of sons and daughters who belong to someone else.
Today I’m going to see my banker to tell him it’s not necessary to pay on my home mortgage any longer. Since my mortgage is such a microscopically small percentage of GDP, an increase in GDP will more than pay for it. I guess all we have to do is keep wearing our flag lapel pins and display “Support the Troops” bumper stickers on our cars Wheat at $9.72 a bushel, oil at $80 a barrel and going much higher, the dollar at new lows every day; of course none of this is related to the war. It’s just market forces. Rosen and his republofascists say, “Let them eat cake.”
Cake, anyone? Too dry and too stale, you say? Just ask Rosen for some neo-conservative, republofascist, Bush/Cheney Kool Aid to wash it down with. He’ll say, “It’s good for you. Drink up.”
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Rosen has cut and ran from telling the truth and I'm taking his "Truth Police" badge. For weeks I've asked Rosen and his posse; Andrews, Caplis, O'Riles, Newman, Lim(P)baugh, etc., to investigate PHONY AIRMAN Bush. No backbone to be found in this band of brothers. Bush is a 40+ years UCMJ-felon; AWOL, deserter, and guilty of illegal separation and discharge. Bush committed other felonies when he falsified and perjured his state and federal election applications. He lied on the question, "have you ever been convicted or committed a felony offense"?
PHONY SOLDIER. USSC Affirmative Action (AA) Judge Alito, is also a UCMJ-felon; AWOL, deserter, and guilty of illegal separation and discharge. Alito pimped and exploited taxpayers when he was in the US Army's ROTC program, where he got 7 years of "free" college education (JD and udergrad degrees). Alito incurred an 11 year active duty military obligation as a result of these gifts. Alito blew it off under the "ruse" of him being a federal law clerk. Federal law clerk isn't mentioned in my copies of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and Manual of Court Martial.
GOP SULFUR: Chavez is on to something. Mitt Romney. NAM broke-out, Mitt broke for his Mormon mission (France-racially segregated). Violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Black Muslim Elijah Muhammad sought a religious draft deferment, and he was rewarded with a 3 year prison sentence for draft evasion. Elijah's son, Wallace D. Muhammad, sought a religious draft deferment, YEPPER, Wallace also served a 3 year prison. Mitt's daddy was a cabinet member in the Nixon administration and he orchestrated these "high crimes and misdeameanors".
55% of the "soldier-draftees" killed in Vietnam (in-country) were black, while we only comprised 12% of the nation's entire population. The Mittster, AA Alito, and Bush, should be deployed to SuperMax or Ft. Leavenworth, for prison weddings. Heck, if they were black they would already be there. I'm sure the brothers would welcome them with open arms.
Posted by draftdodgingisntafamilyvalue on October 18, 2007 03:01 PM$500,000 per minute and counting
Posted by jay on October 18, 2007 03:32 PMJust clap louder!
Posted by on October 18, 2007 05:59 PMdraftdodgingisntafamilyvalue, you continue to spout that 55% of the soldiers killed in nam were black. Go read the stats put out by the gvt on war dead, based on racial stats. Blacks only died at 12% same as population. Google it you LDO. I am sure you can figure that out. Or were you on LDO that was the right skin color thanks to A.A. and got selected just by putting in a package. I served in plenty wardrooms with those types. You are a racist sack of ..... Good thing you are no longer in our Navy. BTW brother, my designator was a 7230. I guess by previous posts of yours you were a submariner, a ganger.
Posted by on October 18, 2007 07:33 PMYou've got Rosen pegged to a T.
Posted by on October 19, 2007 12:27 AMWes:
I take issue with your analogy. If you have a credit card you can carry a balance almost indefinitely. The credit limit on your account is based on your yearly income and is a percentage as is the GDP. If you have a small balance, there is no particular need to pay it off if you wish not to do so.
GG
Posted by GG on October 19, 2007 09:55 AMI take issue with it too. Though I agree with the sentiment of the letter, the analogy was poorly thought out.
By the way, Rosen wrote a column two years back defending the nation's tremendous national debt. Apparently fiscal responsibility is no longer a conservative ideal.
Posted by Dan on October 19, 2007 11:42 AM