Comments on: Scariest Movie Ever: Why We Fight http://www.smugbaldy.com/2007/07/23/scariest-movie-ever-why-we-fight/ It's hard to think when you're not used to it. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Smug Baldy http://www.smugbaldy.com/2007/07/23/scariest-movie-ever-why-we-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Smug Baldy Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:35:05 +0000 http://www.smugbaldy.com/?p=89#comment-1180 Thanks for the info Ken - and thanks for your service! Sorry for the posting delay, but I had to moderate your comment because it had more than one link in it. Thanks for the info Ken – and thanks for your service! Sorry for the posting delay, but I had to moderate your comment because it had more than one link in it.

]]> By: Ken Larson http://www.smugbaldy.com/2007/07/23/scariest-movie-ever-why-we-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 Ken Larson Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:46:20 +0000 http://www.smugbaldy.com/?p=89#comment-1179 I am a 2 tour Vietnam Veteran who recently retired after 36 years of working in the Defense Industrial Complex on many of the weapons systems being used by our forces as we speak. I believed another Vietnam could be avoided with defined missions and the best armaments in the world. It made no difference. We have bought into the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). If you would like to read how this happens please see: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/spyagency200703 Through a combination of public apathy and threats by the MIC we have let the SYSTEM get too large. It is now a SYSTEMIC problem and the SYSTEM is out of control. Government and industry are merging and that is very dangerous. There is no conspiracy. The SYSTEM has gotten so big that those who make it up and run it day to day in industry and government simply are perpetuating their existance. The politicians rely on them for details and recommendations because they cannot possibly grasp the nuances of the environment and the BIG SYSTEM. So, the system has to go bust and then be re-scaled, fixed and re-designed to run efficiently and prudently, just like any other big machine that runs poorly or becomes obsolete or dangerous. This situation will right itself through trauma. I see a government ENRON on the horizon, with an associated house cleaning. The next president will come and go along with his appointees and politicos. The event to watch is the collapse of the MIC. For more details see: http://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/2006/11/inside-pentagon-procurement-from.html I am a 2 tour Vietnam Veteran who recently retired after 36 years of working in the Defense Industrial Complex on many of the weapons systems being used by our forces as we speak. I believed another Vietnam could be avoided with defined missions and the best armaments in the world.

It made no difference.

We have bought into the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). If you would like to read how this happens please see:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/spyagency200703

Through a combination of public apathy and threats by the MIC we have let the SYSTEM get too large. It is now a SYSTEMIC problem and the SYSTEM is out of control. Government and industry are merging and that is very dangerous.

There is no conspiracy. The SYSTEM has gotten so big that those who make it up and run it day to day in industry and government simply are perpetuating their existance.

The politicians rely on them for details and recommendations because they cannot possibly grasp the nuances of the environment and the BIG SYSTEM.

So, the system has to go bust and then be re-scaled, fixed and re-designed to run efficiently and prudently, just like any other big machine that runs poorly or becomes obsolete or dangerous.

This situation will right itself through trauma. I see a government ENRON on the horizon, with an associated house cleaning.

The next president will come and go along with his appointees and politicos. The event to watch is the collapse of the MIC.

For more details see:

http://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/2006/11/inside-pentagon-procurement-from.html

]]> By: Stupid Evil Bastard http://www.smugbaldy.com/2007/07/23/scariest-movie-ever-why-we-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Stupid Evil Bastard Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:19:57 +0000 http://www.smugbaldy.com/?p=89#comment-1178 <strong>Scariest Movie Ever: Why We Fight</strong> [Reposted from SmugBaldy.com - because I'd rather have you read my writing.] There are plenty of horror flicks out there, but way deep down we know they're fictional and so we're not really scared by them. Startled, maybe. Disgusted,... Scariest Movie Ever: Why We Fight

[Reposted from SmugBaldy.com - because I'd rather have you read my writing.] There are plenty of horror flicks out there, but way deep down we know they're fictional and so we're not really scared by them. Startled, maybe. Disgusted,…

]]> By: University Update - Iraq - Scariest Movie Ever: Why We Fight http://www.smugbaldy.com/2007/07/23/scariest-movie-ever-why-we-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 University Update - Iraq - Scariest Movie Ever: Why We Fight Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:00:17 +0000 http://www.smugbaldy.com/?p=89#comment-1173 [...] White House Link to Article iraq Scariest Movie Ever: Why We Fight » Posted at The Smug Baldy Speaks on Monday, July 23, 2007 There are plenty of horror flicks out there, but way deep down we know they’re fictional and so we’re not really scared by them. Startled, maybe. Disgusted, sure. But not really scared. No, in order for a movie to really reach inside you and send an icy chill all along your spine, there has to be truth behind the terror View Entire Article » [...] [...] White House Link to Article iraq Scariest Movie Ever: Why We Fight » Posted at The Smug Baldy Speaks on Monday, July 23, 2007 There are plenty of horror flicks out there, but way deep down we know they’re fictional and so we’re not really scared by them. Startled, maybe. Disgusted, sure. But not really scared. No, in order for a movie to really reach inside you and send an icy chill all along your spine, there has to be truth behind the terror View Entire Article » [...]

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