"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are...a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 11/8/54
They also happen to be in charge of the whole damn country in 2005.
Blue Gal sends a smooch to David Sirota.
Beware the military-industrial complex, say I.
ReplyDeleteEisenhower was a good guy with a good heart...who realized too late that he had been set up by his so-called friends and advisors.