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10-30-2012 #11
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Re: Let the Hysteria Begin
One minor hole in the story, Ike was a republican. True enough he had to grapple with a republican congress that didn't share his vision, but they went along with him because he was a republican too; and he was the general who saw us through WWII. The interstate hi-way system was a brilliant vision and we owe much of our economic power to it. It is also an example of a huge government project and even today it's an ongoing government project to maintain and extend it. Who said government doesn't create jobs?
Ike also warned of the military-industrial complex, an idea is integral to the ultra-conservative vision that sees government as evil (though somehow they never seem to see corporations that way).
When Ike was asked to endorse a space program Ike called it, "ping-pong in the sky."
My favorite Ikism is, "Things are more like they are today, than they have ever been before."
So as you can see Ike often let his GOP side shine through. Thankfully, he was possessed with at least one progressive vision: the interstate hi-way system.
Last edited by trish; 10-30-2012 at 04:38 PM.
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10-30-2012 #12
Re: Let the Hysteria Begin
My favorite Ikism is, "Things are more like they are today, than they have ever been before."
Did he REALLY say that? Remarkable. I've heard it before but not the attribution.
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10-31-2012 #13
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10-31-2012 #14
Re: Let the Hysteria Begin
Sounds like "Stengalese" or a "Yogiism".
I don't remember it being Republicans that denied the moon landing. It's always been the same conspiracy nuts who still deny it today. Back then, most of the lunacy was pushed by the Birchers. There was no love loss between them & the Republicans. Nowadays it's the "birthers", the "truthers", the "Rothchilds own the Fed" nuts, ad nauseum. Of course they've been invited into the new crazier tea bag totin' Republican party, along with the egoist cult & "America should be part of the 3rd world" austerity fanatics, in order to swell the numbers & make them seem more legit so the media will be polite. & we thought politics was silly before the "information age".
BTW: The interstate highway system was built as a national defense project.
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