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The Fallacy of Creating Jobs by Stimulus Spending.
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Aug 7, 2010 8:13 pm
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.....I like many Americans get a little sick of the arrogance and elitist know it all attitudes of Liberals. They tell us Spending vast sums of money helps the economy and saves jobs. They tell us the only way to reduce the debt is to raise taxes. Utter and complete nonsense. Are they so dense that they do not know that every dime spent on stimulus to create demand and a job has to come from somewhere and it ain't the tooth fairy. For every dime spent there is one less dime that the private sector can spend to create a real job instead of filling potholes in Pennsylvania.......Hey but what do I know I'm just 60minman........
.........Recently POTUS's press Secretary Robert Gibbs ranted away at Rush Limbaugh for criticizing the bailout of General Motors. Gibbs said it "saved" millions of jobs. Did the money fall from the sky? Just how difficult is it to understand that when you take money from taxpayers to save the jobs of one set of workers what does it do to the demand for jobs for other sets of workers? go to the head of the class if you say its a wash. For every job saved another job is lost. Why do you think that unemployment has been stuck at around 10% these past 18 months. "Its the Spending Stupid" is the new battle cry that's wasted on liberal ideology as they wonder why and blame their political troubles on the perceived racism of the Tea Party...........Proponents of Keynesian theory are just to dense to understand that borrowing does the same thing. When people spend money on Government Bonds there is less money in the private sector to be spent on goods and services that again create real jobs instead of some paper pusher at the local city hall.......
......In Business the bottom line is profits which creates capital and used for expansion, which in turn creates legitimate employment, which will reduce the Debt by economic growth. Alas Joe Liberal on the other hand thinks otherwise. Spending vast sums of money in politically strategic places helps the Demon-ocrats politically but not the economic future and stability of this Country, and that is obviously their bottom line..........
.....God bless the United States of America and God save us from these economic bimbo Liberals.
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The General Who Serves Ice Cream.........
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Aug 7, 2010 12:01 pm
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.....It was sometime in July of 1968 when my Ist AirCav Troop was enroute home to LZ Nancy from a foray out to Khe Sanh. On the way back, we were asked to pause briefly to form a perimeter around a landing zone (LZ) quite close to the actual DMZ at Marine Combat base Con Thien. I asked what was going to be landed there, but was told that could not be revealed. My unit had occupied the firebase at Charlie 2 before and had operated around its northern neighbor, Con Thien (Alpha 4), several times, so we knew the terrain pretty well........
.......When we arrived at the proposed LZ, it was a large area of rice paddies, long since abandoned when the South Vietnamese population had been removed from the DMZ and resettled further south. It was such a large open area that I began to suspect that perhaps we were going to secure not an LZ but a Drop Zone, perhaps for the Army to conduct their mandatory one-per-war airborne drop so that paratroopers could get the combat star on their jump wings. I quickly set up my Troop around the area in a protective perimeter and awaited further events........
........Soon, a lone CH 46 Marine Sea Knight helicopter appeared and landed on one of the paddy dikes. When the back ramp was lowered, out came six guys dressed in cooks' whites, carrying insulated mermite cans. My radio lit up with calls from my platoon leaders. What was this all about? I pleaded ignorance, but kept watching through binoculars. In just a few minutes, a ragged, unshaven band of seven or eight Marines came out of the nearby wood line in tactical formation. I recognized them as a Marine Recon team who, from their looks, hadn't seen a shower or a razor in several weeks......
........As they approached the CH-46, the guys in the cooks' whites opened their mermite cans and prepared an ice cream sundae to order for each Recon Marine. I mean whipped cream, nuts, maraschino cherries - the whole shebang! My radio lit up again, more platoon leaders wanting to know what in the h&ll was going on? I told them it looked like an ice cream social to me. ...
.......After eating the sundaes, the Recon Marines turned around and walked back into the jungle and the DMZ. The CH-46 took off. We stayed in position until I could reach 3rdMARDIV Operations to see if we could depart. They told me to stand by for Sudden Death 66, the two-star commander of the 3rdMarine Division Medal of Honor recipient MGen Raymond Davis wanted to explain. He called in from that same CH-46 helicopter and asked me if I wondered about the mission we had been given. I told him how we were a bit perplexed. The general went on to say that one of his Marine Recon teams had been inside the DMZ for almost a month, and he felt they deserved an ice cream sundae. I said I thought that was a wonderful idea. The general said that the reason an entire Cavalry Troop was required to secure the LZ for the cooks was that III Marine Amphibious Force HQS wouldn't allow the sundaes to be served unless the area was absolutely secured. We were that absolute security and, by the way, MGen Davis was one of the guys in the cooks' whites. He told me to thank my troopers and tell them the story. What a display of outstanding leadership! Semper Fi!
Ken Carlson LtCol United States Army ret.
MGen Ray Davis retired from the Marine Corps a full 4 star General on 31 March 1972 with over 33 years of active service covering 3 wars. His awards include the Medal of Honor, The Navy Cross, Silver and Bronze Stars and numerous othe personal and campaign citations and medals.
General Davis passed away in 2003 and was buried at Forest Lawn memorial gardens, College Park, Georgia. In honor of his Brave and faithful service to our Country his burial detail Officer in Charge was the then Marine Corps Commandant General John Hagee. He was a Marine's General through and through and when he arrived at the pearly gates "Chesty" was there waiting to say Semper Fi Ray you old warrior bastard!........America may have mourned for him in death but America is extremely grateful because he lived.......God bless those who lead and those who serve and God bless the United States of America.
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