Security with Solvency: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Shaping of the American Military Establishment
Letter from Here (Free subscription) | yesterday
Michael Moore was on the Larry King show after Obama's Afghanistan speech Tuesday night. It was a curious King segment, because at one point King read back to Moore from Bob Herbert of the NYT starting his column on Afganistan last Monday by quoting President Eisenhower. “I hate war,” said Dwight Eisenhower, “as only a soldier who has lived it can, as one who...
Montag ... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Still listening to: "Won't Get Fooled Again," The Who In his farewell address to the nation Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower warned: In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist....
BitsBlog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The natural trait of a politician is to hedge his bets, to obscure his positions, to hide his true beliefs. Obama has mastered the political. As opposed to mere a politician, a leader needs take a stand, be clear about where he stands, and demonstrate resolve. Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald [...]
Somervell County Salon (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
“I hate war,” said Dwight Eisenhower, “as only a soldier who has lived it can, as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
By BOB HERBERT NYT “I hate war,” said Dwight Eisenhower, “as only a soldier who has lived it can, as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” He also said, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.”...
A WORLD TO WIN www.aworldtowin.net (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... and the “military-industrial complex”. This term was first coined by President Dwight Eisenhower, himself a former general. In his farewell address in 1961, he warned: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... dies, resigns or is impeached. The last time that happened was nearly 60 years ago, when President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Gov. Earl Warren as U.S. chief justice and Lt. Gov. Goodwin Knight became governor. Otherwise, the lieutenant governor serves on a few boards and commissions, including two university boards, and tries to think up ways to garner attention so that he can run...
Lance Mannion (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
I gather that for most model railroaders hard at work on their layouts, their trains ride through an idealized America frozen in time somewhere between the early 1930s and the late 1950s. For the Greater Abington Township Society of Model Engineers, it’s always a specific year, 1953: In 1953, Dwight Eisenhower was sworn in as president, the Korean War ended, Jonas Salk announced...
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... politico-military domination. There is a lesson in the past. Before leaving office, President Dwight Eisenhower warned John F. Kennedy of the pitfalls before him in the entire area of Southeast Asia. Eisenhower recalled that in 1954, when France asked for U.S. intervention in support of the French troops besieged at Dienbienphu, he had refused the request because he could not...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
In 1953, Dwight Eisenhower was sworn in as president, the Korean War ended, Jonas Salk announced a polio vaccine, the first Chevy Corvette rolled off the assembly line, and color TVs went on sale.
The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... role in the world (e.g. important, but not imperial). Think of America under Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy, for instance. Much of our current woes – epitomized by the sheer craziness of the Republican Congress after 1994 and of George W. Bush’s two terms – is the result of the erosion of that consensus from the right, and the emergence of...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite." -- Dwight Eisenhower speech, 1961 YouTube - Bill Clinton Tells Canadian Audience "Global Warming Can Make Some Places Colder" YID With LID: Are the Walls Closing in on Church of Global Warming Scientists ? Better order the large popcorn, looks like the walls may be closing in these...
Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... book! Teddy Roosevelt could thunder and denounce with the best of them, but he could write a book. Dwight Eisenhower won a war and then had someone ghost an awesome account of that win. If Palin is running for President, we needed more. We don't need a philosopher president, but we do need someone who can make our cause appear plausible to the half persuaded. I want to like Palin....
Power Line (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... to clock in under $1 trillion was Gerald Ford, who logged a $982 billion budget in 1975. Post-war Dwight Eisenhower even brought Uncle Sam's tab down to $556 billion in his first year, 1953. Obama's first-year budget, adjusted for inflation, is about five times that. It's a good thing the era of big government is over!
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
...the Governor's Mansion getting teepeed. Here's the story: Colorado's governor's mansion has hosted dignitaries like Dwight Eisenhower in its 101-year history, but no one's sure that what happened to the home of Colorado's First Family over night has ever happened before. Gov. Bill Ritter (D-Colorado) and First Lady Jeannie Ritter were awake shortly after dawn this morning looking up...
