PhillySane
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Mon Jan-17-11 08:55 AM
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50 years ago today: Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex Speech |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtYTake a look and let's pause to celebrate that Political Progressive, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Mon Jan-17-11 09:14 AM
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1. Excerpts were being played and discussed on NPR this AM. |
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Amazing...Eisenhower turned into a Progressive by the passage of time..
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:17 AM
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2. A Republican General who became President |
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telling us to beware, the military industrial complex (which was only in its infancy at the time) could actually destroy our Democracy. Proves it doesn't matter what party you belong to, or even if you're a member of the military establishment, you can still think progressively.
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