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Planet Waves | May 19, 2005

Short and sweet, this time...

Today, as our Senators exchanged heated words and Bill Frist came closer than ever to pulling the pin on the "nuclear option" ... as media went crazy over the Newsweek retraction and the White House response ... as our generals gave us a new and grim assessment of the situation in Iraq ... as the US Air Force played with the notion of space weapons dubiously named "Rods from God" that will potentially trigger a new nuclear arms race ... where was our beloved leader?

Why on the stump, of course -- pitching his Social Security program in Milwaukee. Read that: beating a dead horse.

I offer the following in response --

How the GOP will Destroy Itself By DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER http://www.counterpunch.org/ike05182005.html

A letter to his brother, Milton, written November 8, 1954:

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 H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas.

Their number is negligible and they are stupid. ++

Hmmmmmmmm...

Peace ~

Jude

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