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To: bentway who wrote (545397)	1/21/2010 5:22:08 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576881

Because China will just attack in waves getting their people slaughtered, they don't give a shit about their SUBJECTS. We have to come up will military stuff that causes the least injuries to our CIVILIANS.

To: bentway who wrote (545397)	1/21/2010 5:25:19 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576881

Air America Shuts Down Air America, the progressive radio network that had only this year debuted in Washington and moved into facilities on Idaho Ave., announced today that it will cease all broadcast operations as of this afternoon, in anticipation of a forthcoming Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing. In a memorandum to Air America staff this afternoon, Chairman Charlie Kireker blamed the "very difficult economic environment" for the demise of Air America, noting that a "painstaking search for new investors has come close several times right up into this week, but ultimately fell short of success." Starting at 6 p.m. EST today, Air America will provide its affiliates a selection of encore programming until 9 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 25, at which time "Air America programming will end." dcist.com h/t sully and glen beck

To: bentway who wrote (545397)	1/21/2010 6:08:41 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576881

I will pose the question at dinner in about an hour..... In a similar vein I attended a seminar a few years ago in which the instructor asked the class how much of our national budget went for foreign aid..... Answers from 5-15% were given..... Perception, perception....

To: bentway who wrote (545397)	1/22/2010 5:46:12 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576881

Its really less than 7x. Message 26265704 And China's spending is growing faster. But its true we spend A LOT more. Which is a good thing since China is not our only military contingency, since the strength helps deter war, and since if we did have a war against them, it would be close to them so we would need more total power than they would, and since if it ever comes to war (which hopefully and I think probably it won't, both factors increased a lot because the chance it would become a nuclear war, but both would still hold even without nukes), we would want to be able win decisively and with fewer casualties. We do spend a lot on our military, and I don't think its at all unreasonable to be concerned about that. OTOH military spending has been on a long term generations long decline in terms of percentage of government spending, and as a portion of our economy, so I'm much less concerned about it than the parts of government spending that are both large and growing by that measure.