YOU GOTTA SEE THIS CHART- Can We Rename This Country WEAPONS INC.?

[Orwellian_Ghost]

[Taitertots]

1. Please tell me that...

You own an American car.

[vadawg]

2. ROFL n/t

[Orwellian_Ghost]

20. No, of course not

and neither do you. There's no such thing.

Next time you examine the materials in an "American" car tell me how many of them were extracted from American soil not to mention how and where the parts were manufactured.

Me not like jingoism.

[Taitertots]

23. So you are really going try and pull that?

Whatever makes you feel better about accelerating the decline of American manufacturing.

How perverted is it for you to mention jingoism, after suggesting changing America to Weapons INC.

[foginthemorn]

3. OMG!!

[ZombieHorde]

4. Although I am open to the posibility of changing our country's name, I would rather not change it to

Weapons Inc.

How about...

Fartacus

or

Santanica

or

Zombinia

or

Entertaino

or

Pizzayumland

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

17. Zombinia gets my vote...

[baldguy]

5. Death is a growth industry.

A residue of the Bush Regime, no doubt.

[Taitertots]

6. So do you own an American car?

[baldguy]

7. As a matter of fact, I do.

I've owned about 20 cars in my life, and only one has been of foreign manufacture.

[Taitertots]

8. Awesome

It is good to see people are giving more than just lip service to American Manufacturing.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

18. Truck, wishing it got better gas mileage. So?

[anonymous171]

9. FREE TRADE FTW! nt

[jwirr]

10. Much of what they are calling non-military is often used for military

purposes. I have always thought that if we could stop the military trafficking of weapons we could end war. However, it kind of looks like we might end our own economy along with it.

[TexasObserver]

11. Recommend

[defendandprotect]

12. And when you build them you use them . . .

[defendandprotect]

13. Also, Israeli weapons production is intertwined with ours . . . evidently . . .

you can't tell the difference between them !!!

PLUS all of this a lot of the "aid" to countries like Israel is intended

for weapons.

[earth mom]

14. Weapons, Inc. or Death, Inc. Killing people overseas and at home is the m.o.!

At home = NO health care for all. :grr:

[patrice]

15. We are War Slaves.

[valerief]

16. Or Warmerica. nt

[mnhtnbb]

21. That's a good one.

[dreamnightwind]

19. careful reading this

While I totally agree with the perspective and feel that military spending in this country is beyond obscene, I hope everyone reading this sees that it is measuring % change since the year 2000, not relative levels of spending, big difference.

Now, on with dismantling the multinational corporate military that disguises itself with the US flag!

edited to remove lysdexic typo (yeah I know...)

[Pavulon]

22. More like "we just make the complex shit now"

the UK and France do not make sweaters and tube socks. They do not do chipset fabrication for desktop computers, blu ray players, or toasters. They do manufacture high end components for turbines used in power generation, aircraft parts (boeing/Airbus), vehicles, and other durable goods.

This would be pretty much the curve in any first world country.

[eppur_se_muova]

24. But "Weapons 'R' Us" sounds so much friendlier! nt