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Oh Hugo! Why so Angry? Chavez Claims Columbian Troops Picnicked Without Permission.

Aren’t Sundays supposed to be a day of rest? A day to reflect on the week gone and the week to come? How can a man so loved, so full of gusto and confidence, so sure of his destiny … wake up on a bright sunny Sunday morning and be so negative? /sarcasm.
AFP reported yesterday [...]

U.S. National Debt Since 1940 | Where is the Outcry? When is the Revolution?

I’m at a loss for words this weekend. Having spent some time playing and exploring the Government’s General Printing Office (GPO) website (which has an amazing array of statistics, databases, raw data files and reports) – I’m seriously wondering …
- Where is the public outcry?
- Where are the pitch forks?
- When [...]

U.S. Military Spending | Versus the World

Source: Wikipedia
Chinese Military Power Report

Obama! Start a New War – on Pentagon Waste (and Corruption)

Remember the days before 9/11? Don’t they seem quaint in comparison to the tsunami of fear we, as a society, face across all fronts – social, economic, and militarily?
As the Obama administration tries to reenergize the American (and therefore, Global) economy – the focus on the U.S. Budget is upon us with renewed and very [...]

The U.S. ‘Military Industrial Complex’ – Way Out of Whack

You never quite grasp how spoilt your children are until you try walking, quite precariously, from the staircase to the kitchen in the dark in the wee hours of the morning without stepping your cold bare feet on a pointy Lego brick or one of Cindy’s blessed miniature cooking utensils. In other words, the [...]

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