Comments on: The Menace of Big Government http://the-classic-liberal.com/big-government-menace/ Libertarian & Old Right Conservative News, Politics, Economics, Opinion, Analysis. Tue, 22 May 2012 10:50:23 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: republicanmother http://the-classic-liberal.com/big-government-menace/comment-page-1/#comment-19797 republicanmother Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:54:35 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=49546#comment-19797 Hey in addition to War is a Racket, I found this book by Charles A Lindburgh, Sr. entitled "Why is Your Country at War" skimming it through, it looks to be pretty relevent. http://tiny.cc/e0ci3 Maybe someone with more time and fewer kids can read it through. Hey in addition to War is a Racket, I found this book by Charles A Lindburgh, Sr. entitled "Why is Your Country at War" skimming it through, it looks to be pretty relevent. http://tiny.cc/e0ci3
Maybe someone with more time and fewer kids can read it through.

]]> By: David W. Walters http://the-classic-liberal.com/big-government-menace/comment-page-1/#comment-19742 David W. Walters Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:46:20 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=49546#comment-19742 http://www.lookingglassnews.org/viewcommentary.php?storyid=29 "-- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC. War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses." http://www.lookingglassnews.org/viewcommentary.php?storyid=29
"-- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses."

]]> By: theCL http://the-classic-liberal.com/big-government-menace/comment-page-1/#comment-19735 theCL Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:55:08 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=49546#comment-19735 <blockquote>Was Gen. Butler right, War is a Racket?</blockquote> More so than anyone wishes to admit.

Was Gen. Butler right, War is a Racket?

More so than anyone wishes to admit.

]]> By: David W. Walters http://the-classic-liberal.com/big-government-menace/comment-page-1/#comment-19721 David W. Walters Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:16:19 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=49546#comment-19721 Top officers in our military take positions with defense contractors after they retire. They often work as lobbyists in Washington. Sometimes they work for companies that made the equipment they may have tested while on active duty. It is not a healthy relationship for the service members or the tax paying public. republicanmother, nice work on the map. I like the shout out to Gen. S. Butler as well. War is a racket, that pays some very handsomely, but costs our nation dearly! Top officers in our military take positions with defense contractors after they retire. They often work as lobbyists in Washington. Sometimes they work for companies that made the equipment they may have tested while on active duty. It is not a healthy relationship for the service members or the tax paying public.
republicanmother, nice work on the map. I like the shout out to Gen. S. Butler as well. War is a racket, that pays some very handsomely, but costs our nation dearly!

]]> By: republicanmother http://the-classic-liberal.com/big-government-menace/comment-page-1/#comment-19708 republicanmother Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:11:54 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=49546#comment-19708 I've been peaking into who's who on the board of these defense companies. Check out this link: http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/264/000010234/ to see the map I did for Raytheon. You may see a connection I don't. I expanded the board members and VIPs of Raytheon then expanded each individual to see what corporations and government positions they held. It's more incestuous than the Darwin family! I've noticed that in a lot of these defense companies they have people on the board who used to be in government policy-making positions. Was Gen. Butler right, War is a Racket? I've been peaking into who's who on the board of these defense companies. Check out this link:
http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/264/000010234/
to see the map I did for Raytheon. You may see a connection I don't. I expanded the board members and VIPs of Raytheon then expanded each individual to see what corporations and government positions they held. It's more incestuous than the Darwin family! I've noticed that in a lot of these defense companies they have people on the board who used to be in government policy-making positions. Was Gen. Butler right, War is a Racket?

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