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The USS Wisconsin: YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT.
The USS Wisconsin: YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT.
by Wheever
I am still totally agog at the fact that Romney used the battleship the USS Wisconsin as the backdrop for his grease, gab and stroke fest with his new buddy Paul Ryan. Why? After the squig...
The USS Wisconsin was launched on 7 December 1943, the second anniversary of the raid on Pearl Harbor. You know, during World War II. Why is this important? Because the Wisconsin, her sister ships, and all the other billions of tons of munitions and weapons built for the war effort were funded not by private equity, not by private corporations, and not by individuals*, but by the United States Government. The war effort was, without a doubt, the single greatest period of job creation this country has ever seen, or will ever see.
The war effort created jobs for millions upon millions of Americans; it pulled many millions of these same people out of desperate poverty; it effectively ended the depression; and trained millions in new manufacturing skills that they otherwise would never have had the opportunity to acquire. The War effort created the middle class as we know it, bringing the fabled prosperity of the '50s.
And all of this was government spending. The War effort was the single biggest "stimulus package" the world has ever seen. The government opened its wallet and dumped money into this country, and everybody got richer. (And the really bad fuckers of The Axis got their asses kicked.) And one of the many ways the Federal government gathered the money for this stimulus was by raising taxes on the wealthy.
The USS Wisconsin is a beautiful symbol of what only government can do--big Government, with lots of money to spend, collected through taxes. And Rmoney and Ryan, those anti-government schmucks, thought it was a fine symbol of what they stand for. Romney, dude, you and your rich fucking buddies DIDN'T FUCKING BUILD THAT. It's not irony that you chose a symbol of the War effort as your back drop, it's idiocy.
(* in case someone brings it up, yes, individuals and corporations helped to build weaponry, etc, through the purchase of war bonds, but only the Federal Government could issue war bonds. So there. Don't pick nits.)
This here is my first diary after years on the site. I just couldn't let this buffoonery go by without commenting, as no one else seems to have diaried it. So here I go...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/11/1119103/-The-USS-Wisconsin-YOU-DIDN-T-BUILD-THAT
by Wheever
I am still totally agog at the fact that Romney used the battleship the USS Wisconsin as the backdrop for his grease, gab and stroke fest with his new buddy Paul Ryan. Why? After the squig...
The USS Wisconsin was launched on 7 December 1943, the second anniversary of the raid on Pearl Harbor. You know, during World War II. Why is this important? Because the Wisconsin, her sister ships, and all the other billions of tons of munitions and weapons built for the war effort were funded not by private equity, not by private corporations, and not by individuals*, but by the United States Government. The war effort was, without a doubt, the single greatest period of job creation this country has ever seen, or will ever see.
The war effort created jobs for millions upon millions of Americans; it pulled many millions of these same people out of desperate poverty; it effectively ended the depression; and trained millions in new manufacturing skills that they otherwise would never have had the opportunity to acquire. The War effort created the middle class as we know it, bringing the fabled prosperity of the '50s.
And all of this was government spending. The War effort was the single biggest "stimulus package" the world has ever seen. The government opened its wallet and dumped money into this country, and everybody got richer. (And the really bad fuckers of The Axis got their asses kicked.) And one of the many ways the Federal government gathered the money for this stimulus was by raising taxes on the wealthy.
The USS Wisconsin is a beautiful symbol of what only government can do--big Government, with lots of money to spend, collected through taxes. And Rmoney and Ryan, those anti-government schmucks, thought it was a fine symbol of what they stand for. Romney, dude, you and your rich fucking buddies DIDN'T FUCKING BUILD THAT. It's not irony that you chose a symbol of the War effort as your back drop, it's idiocy.
(* in case someone brings it up, yes, individuals and corporations helped to build weaponry, etc, through the purchase of war bonds, but only the Federal Government could issue war bonds. So there. Don't pick nits.)
This here is my first diary after years on the site. I just couldn't let this buffoonery go by without commenting, as no one else seems to have diaried it. So here I go...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/11/1119103/-The-USS-Wisconsin-YOU-DIDN-T-BUILD-THAT
Paul Ryan, who received Social Security, picks up "build that" lie standing on a Navy battleship
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021110549
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...is now being used by TRUE AMERICAN FASCISTS as a prop???? Color me PISSED!!!
He fought so others could go to Vietnam in his place. He really is
a disgusting piece of work and would not have lasted 1 week on the
USS Wisconsin when it was in action in WW II.
OPM ... Other People's Money ... Other People's Masculinity ... Other People's LIVES!
The 99% invest their blood, sweat, and tears ... the 1% collects the profits.
Despicable.
...a battleship shows me that they are quite aware that the Romney/Ryan ticket lacks foreign policy chops and/or military credentials. This was a pre-emptive strike (politically)...a flexing of their muscles, so to speak.
The imagery of a ship like the Wisconsin (an Iowa Class battleship) in the background projects what they lack. BTW, I have recently been involved in the re-dedication of the USS Iowa as a museum here on the west coast (Dad served aboard in 1943). These ships are AMAZING! 