tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post4828708874644215096..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: The military-industrial-government-media complexAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-57279904762151010392008-07-30T00:42:00.000-07:002008-07-30T00:42:00.000-07:00Holly! ;-)Well, certainly your version is the more...Holly! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Well, certainly your version is the more elegant syntax, but maybe 'political' is so broad it includes the Green Party, which is not what I meant. I'm not sure either.<BR/>I was thinking about what Gore Vidal said of government 35 years ago in <I>Matters of Fact and Fiction</I>, one of my favourite quotes:<BR/><BR/>"The congressmen who give the generals the money they ask for will then be re-elected with money given them by the corporations that were awarded federal money by generals who, when they retire, will go to work for those same corporations."Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-12000193454563377862008-07-29T15:26:00.000-07:002008-07-29T15:26:00.000-07:00I'm not sure; maybe it should be military-industri...I'm not sure; maybe it should be military-industrial-political-media complexHolly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-57798352536322417372008-07-28T16:16:00.000-07:002008-07-28T16:16:00.000-07:00But it's time we changed that to military-industri...<I>But it's time we changed that to military-industrial-government-media complex</I><BR/><BR/>You got that right, Girl! The government and media are definitely composites of the dastardly group. Eisenhower rather neatly ties the government into the mix in his farewell address of Jan. 17, 1961:<BR/><BR/><I>In the councils of <B>government</B>, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.</I>West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.com