Incredible graphic at Salon.com

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[BootinUp]

1. Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?

I guess if you invested in the defense fund...

[Gman]

2. Now you know why this campaign has gotten so nasty

That graph sums it up. Remember in the 90's all the crap about how the military couldn't perform because everything was outdated and in bad condition? Remember how Clinton was blamed for weakening the military? What you were really hearing was the defense industry (Carlisle group included) screaming for business. So, they had the RW overthrow the government in '00, get us into a war for any reason so long as they could sell their arms to the US and others.

"Now you know the rest of the story."

[JuniorPlankton]

3. Yep, these are "war times"

America deserves the best (and so do GE, Halliburton, etc.)

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4. War is good for business, when your business is war

From NPR this morning:

"A new report finds the Defense Department now spends half of its entire budget on private contractors. The study also found that the top 50 contractors received more than half of all the money and were more likely to get contracts without competitive bidding."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4054245

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5. KICK!