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« on: March 23, 2005, 06:21:05 PM »
"This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence – economic, political, even spiritual – is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."

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http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm

I think he'd turn in his grave!

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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2005, 06:25:24 PM »
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I think he'd turn in his grave!


He would stand and applaud. I suspect you know very little about Ike.
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2005, 06:59:59 PM »
Jackal1 I do know a bit. Enough to kniow what these words mean!


FUNKED1 you are lame why not GTFO too?

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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2005, 07:09:03 PM »
lol awesome jpg.

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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2005, 07:10:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Skydancer
Jackal1 I do know a bit.
:rofl


 That`s fair. I`d say about two bits worth. :D
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER, 1890-1969), American general and 34th president of the United States. He was the principal architect of the successful Allied invasion of Europe during WORLD WAR II and of the subsequent defeat of Nazi Germany. As president, Eisenhower ended the Korean War, but his two terms (1953-1961) produced few legislative landmarks or dramatic initiatives in foreign policy. His presidency is remembered as a period of relative calm in the United States.

Eisenhower spent his first 50 years in almost total obscurity. A professional soldier, he was not even particularly well known within the U.S. Army. His rise to fame during World War II was meteoric: a lieutenant colonel in 1941, he was a five-star general in 1945. As supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, he commanded the most powerful force ever assembled under one man. He is one of the few generals ever to command major naval forces; he directed the world's greatest air force; he is the only man ever to command successfully an integrated, multinational alliance of ground, sea, and air forces. He led the assault on the French coast at Normandy, on June 6, 1944, and held together the Allied units through the European campaign that followed, concentrating everyone's attention on a single objective: the defeat of Nazi Germany, completed on May 8, 1945.

In 1950, President Harry TRUMAN appointed Eisenhower the supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, thus making Eisenhower the first man to command a large, peacetime multinational force. His genius lay in getting people of diverse background to work together toward a common objective, but he was equally skillful as a strategist and administrator
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2005, 07:39:24 PM »
this thread is doomed.
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To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. -Ulysses.

word.

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« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2005, 07:48:55 PM »
Bah. Ike was the best general the British had
Death is no easy answer
For those who wish to know
Ask those who have been before you
What fate the future holds
It ain't pretty

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« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2005, 07:51:55 PM »
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Originally posted by JB88
previously


Yep, and I agree with drunky. Lincoln did wear the tophat way before Slash. :D
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« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2005, 02:53:05 AM »
JB88 fair enough. By the way. It seems you are a rare animal in here, respect is due.

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« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2005, 04:02:59 AM »
i appreciate that sky, but it's not really due to me any more than most of the people in here.  

believe me, i have been through the ringer with a good number of these folks, but when push comes to shove i respect thier opinions and cherish them as much as i do my own.  (even if they happen to be gloriously wrong on all levels) : )

oh, and i read all BB posts out loud using sock puppets.  i find that it helps.

:)

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« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2005, 06:09:51 AM »
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oh, and i read all BB posts out loud using sock puppets.  i find that it helps.

88


Ya using tube socks aint ya 88?  :D
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« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2005, 06:16:17 AM »
JB88 I'll have to try that  :lol

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« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2005, 10:09:19 AM »
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Ya using tube socks aint ya 88?  :D


most days, but some days and for some posts...only contol top panty hose will do.

;)

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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2005, 10:17:10 AM »
You work them panty-hose puppets with yore hands or yore feet?