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Gen. Michael Yayden (Ret.), former director of the CIA on the US raid on Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan
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NeilMacCallister 05/15/2011 02:43 AM Report
Trust me John, ..you are a 'rake-it-all-in' democrat, to the core.
You WILL vote for candidate Obama in 2012, ..again.
(..I'll bet you 10 dollars on it!)
JohnGelles 05/04/2011 07:08 AM Report
Tonight's show, with Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani and Admiral Dennie Blair (former United States Director of National Intelligence,) continued the discussion of Bin Laden's end. It was an event that may well and fairly re-elect President Barack Obama.
And I will likely vote for him again -- if I'm alive. I have not yet broken the dish with his picture presently over my fireplace.
But let me repeat:
Every contract Uncle Sam signs picks a winner or loser. A government contract is more powerful than a government investment.
We are acting the fool in the greatest game we are in -- by fearing to contract our way out of burning carbon and seeding the hydrogen economy we must have.
We have heros where bullets send our messages. But where paper money motivates the heart of our system, we have fallen down -- almost as never before. New housing is not being built, old mortgages are not being rationalized, jobs are not plentiful.
Considering all the risks and outcomes possible, our commander-in-chief shoots straight at pirates and terrorists in view. But his aim is as off as it can be when it comes to defening our civilian system to run on logistical science -- and NOT fail from financial anachronism and corruption.
What anachronism? The defunct habit of allowing unemployment at the bottom -- where a pay check is vital for individual and national economic health. A full employment budget supported by low or no taxes and high liquidity -- using debt-free greenbacks.
What corruption? The corruption of the Democrats who used to protect workers from slave-labor laws in regions of America under the corporate giant thumb.
NeilMacCallister 05/04/2011 06:35 AM Report
Our government's first job is to defend our borders, ..I'm sure you'll agree, John.
Our people's first job is then to create our nation's economy.
Our money supply is finite. Every bit taken from the money supply to become the spending privilege of the government (..which DOES spend the majority of that money upon itself!) is an equal bit taken from the supply capability and the demand opportunity of the people.
Who is best to direct our money supply? ..the people who earned that money? ..or the government which didn't?
Which would the Taliban choose???
Aren't Egypt, Libya, Syria, and others fighting over that very same question???
In the mean time, ..I'm glad we stopped Osama.
JohnGelles 05/04/2011 05:17 AM Report
A good day for the CIA, DOD, USN, USA and Barack Hussein Obama -- when great risks were taken and the outcome was as planned.
Gen. Michael Hayden (Ret.), former director of the CIA, explained that exquisite intelligence reduced the risk involved -- just as experienced fighting skills of the Seals made the enterprise possible. He praised our President, and all the government under his command, who did their duty to protect our nation and our people as much as serious force can do.
Would that President BHO could and would protect our industries, towns, cities and states from the ravage of inadequate demand and supply of economic goods we have expeienced over the recent past. We had the same people and resources that could have maintained the jobs and spirit that built this democracy over decades and centuries. But we allowed demand and supply to slow down -- to our disgrsce and demoralization -- in the civilian areas of government's responsibilities.
We say we will not allow government to pick winners and losers -- we want crowds of consumers out shopping to do that -- as they see what colors and snake oil claims catch their fancy.
But every contract Uncle Sam signs picks a winner or loser. We are acting the fool in the greatest game we are in. We hay have heros where bullets send our messages. But where paper money motivates the heart of our system, we have fallen down almost as never before.
Considering all the risks and outcomes possible, our commander in chief shoots straight at pirates and terrorists in view.
But his aim is as crooked as it can be when it comes to defening our civilian system that runs on logistical science and can fail from financial anachroniism and corruption if the commander in chief is chicken.
NeilMacCallister 05/04/2011 04:46 AM Report
Mr. Hayden is here very clear, concise, and comprehensive. He sounds like he really desires for people understand his statements.
I like that President Obama was also able to "feel confident in the intel he recieved".
That really does make it "a good day for our agencies",
..and for our country.
Thank you.