bush farewell speech to stress dangers of foreign entanglements & the military industrial complex.

[Democrats_win]

Wait, that's not right. He's going to tell us that he did a heck of a job!

[Skink]

1. There's a repeat of Gomer Pile I want to watch.

[Cal Carpenter]

2. LOL

I think I'll have a stroke if that's what his speech is about. LOL!

For those who don't get the reference, from Eisenhower's farewell address:



...Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations.

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence – economic, political, even spiritual – is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist...

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/speeches/a/eisenhower.htm