{"id":5122,"date":"2007-11-06T20:20:27","date_gmt":"2007-11-06T20:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2007-11-06T20:20:27","modified_gmt":"2007-11-06T20:20:27","slug":"political-ghost-whispering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2007\/11\/political-ghost-whispering\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Ghost Whispering"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is President Eisenhower<\/a>‘s complete (audio only) 1961 farewell speech:<\/p>\n

“The Military Industrial Complex”: part 1<\/a> and part 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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part 1 <\/div>\n
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part 2<\/div>\n

Everyone please note how this statesman – this Leader – addresses his people. Notice his clear diction. Notice how he talks “to you” and not “at you?” Soak that in for a minute.<\/p>\n

Prof. Emanuel Pastreich of George Washington University compares the current state of affairs to Japan’s occupation of Manchuria <\/a>rather than Vietnam. He also mentions Eisenhower coined the term, “Military-Industrial Complex.”<\/p>\n

huh.<\/p>\n

(via political<\/a> you<\/a> tube<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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