I make the motion that all Congress should have to pass drug and alcohol tests BEFORE voting.
All in favor so signify by saying "AYE".... Apparently, having an IQ greater than your shoe size is not a requirement for being elected to Congress.. as wittnessed by the link shown.. Classic.. On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 5:51 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > These flights happened before the Russians had a significant means of > retaliation IIRC; which would have left the U.S. the worlds only nuclear > power considering that China would have been given the choice of > eliminating their nuclear weapons or suffering the same fate as the USSR. > "MAD" came later IIRC. > In retrospect, the U.S. would have, in fact, become the worlds policeman > and probably avoided the situation we have now. > Our legislators didn't understand the principles of international power > politics back then, and apparently still don't; especially Representative > Hank Johnson of Georgia: > > http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/guamtip.asp > > Gerry > > G Mann wrote: > > > The thing that made the Cold War work for both sides, what the element of > > "mutually assured distruction" .. Simply put.. if either side started, > both > > sides had enough nukes and the means to deliver them that all life would > > have been deleted from the face of the earth. > > > > So.. bravado aside.. Gen LeMay knew he wasn't going to get that order.. > and > > his Russian counterpart knew it as well.. but both had to take the sabers > > out and rattle them regularly to keep the "military / Industrial Complex" > > fully employed. > > > > Regan made a gutsy and brilliant move with his "star wars" plan, It drove > > the Russians to bankruptsy trying to out guess [and steal] technology > that > > did not actually exist, but was close enough to "almost there" to make > them > > believe USA was capable of neutralizing any of their weapons delivery, > > which tipped the balance that had been in place for decades.. > > > > However.. now we are headed down the same road to snatch defeat from the > > jaws of victory, through gross financial mismanagement. > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 10:32 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > When the U.S. was flying nuclear bombs to the borders of the USSR and > then > > > turning back at the last minute during the late '40s, General Curt > LeMay > > > said we should keep right on going to Russian targets and nuke the > > > communists back to the stone age. > > > I wonder what the world would be like nowadays if someone had given > that > > > command? > > > Gerry > > > > > > Rich Thomas wrote: > > > > I say we take off an nuke the whole site from orbit. It's the only > way > > > to be sure. > > > > > > > On 6/13/15 7:28 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: > > > > > "....America won the Cold War in large part because the Russians > knew > > > that American avionics would give NATO control of the air in any > > > prospective war; that the Pershing missiles in Germany and Italy gave > NATO > > > an advantage in any prospective nuclear exchange; and that the Reagan > > > Strategic Defense Initiative portended a new range of technologies that > > > Russia couldn’t match. China looked on from a distance and aligned > itself > > > with the dominant technological superpower. > > > > > > > > > > If America wants to command China’s respect, it has to widen the > > > technology gap, rather than watch it shrink. If China believed that its > > > weapons systems were ineffective against American countermeasures, it > would > > > show far more caution. But the opposite is true: the technology gap is > > > closing, and China knows it. America still has a technological lead > and the > > > resources to widen it–should it choose to do so. There is no obvious > > > political constituency for such an effort though, and no prominent > leader > > > commited to doing so. A return to the Eisenhower-Kennedy-Reagan > commitment > > > to American technological superiority would also have enormously > beneficial > > > effects for America’s lagging productivity. 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