Rick Smith's Soapbox

Cavorting on the rim of the Abyss…

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Category: GREED

  • War Profiteers

    AKA: Military Industrial Complex

    A perfect example of “the tail wagging the dog”.

    President Eisenhower, in his “Farewell To The Nation” speech, coined the term “Military Industrial Complex”. He told us that the relationship between our military, industry, and congress (holds the purse strings) was necessary for a free and strong nation. He also said that we needed to keep a sharp eye opened to prevent runaway defense spending. Just like what we have now. Forever wars. Invented wars like the “Cold War”.

  • Public Education FAILED

    Public education requirements were established by the communities they served, not by untouchable, far away bureaucrats, and school boards and teachers’ unions heavily influenced by our communist enemies.

    • Kids can’t read analog displays
    • they can’t compute the amount of change owed to a customer
    • they can’t read a map
    • or write cursively

    And in my school district, high school kids are allowed to wear fucking pajama bottoms to school!!!!!!!

  • Self-Inflicted

    In my era, public school systems recognized the benefits of a “healthy mind in a healthy body”. Kids got off of their dead asses and were physically active. When our military called, there were enough qualified persons fit to protect our country. Currently, only the Marine Corps consistently recruits enough persons each year. Semper Fi!

    The leading causes for rejection, in no particular order, are:

    • having a criminal record
    • failure to pass the drug abuse screening
    • morbid obesity
    • lacking the minimum basic education

    Consequently, America has a serious national security failure.

  • GREED

    Red China’s leverage over every corner of the free world.

  • Big Pharma

  • Big Ag

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