tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post1055612992703482298..comments2024-01-01T18:48:00.179-07:00Comments on DADA'S DALLY: Of prizes, mental health, cosmic rays, big and small change, blah, blah, blahDadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-63550238106426806052009-10-11T13:53:37.095-06:002009-10-11T13:53:37.095-06:00Mr. Ramblings Dad used the word "flabbergaste...Mr. Ramblings Dad used the word "flabbergasted", when I asked him what he thought of the Peace Prize being awarded to Obama. <br />Others described it as the<br /> "WTF event of the year".<br /><br />I mean here he was on the very same week, announcing the need to send 40,000 more troops into Afghanistan, whereas Biden favored drones, & getting out & he gets a highly esteemed Peace prize??? Waaa????<br /><br />I'm sorry, but the ongoing wars are nothing short of the continuation of the Bush regime. <br />Even worse the economy is tanking, and we are still keeping military spending as the largest line item in the budget. <br /><br />As another Nobel Peace Prize winner, MLK jr, put it:<br /><br />"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."<br /><br />So just for a little reality check- 40 years later<br /><br />What is THE largest line item in the US budget?<br /><br />Military spending<br /><br />What are we currently fighting for?<br /><br />Single payer health care<br /><br />So while we are having this major health care debate, and lamenting how could we possibly pay for it.... all the money is going to not one- but two wars- and has even spilled over into the Pakistan border. Two wars in three countries. <br /><br />Dr. King's words ring true...Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.com