tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post1409508918941842236..comments2024-03-25T15:31:12.151-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #52 / The President Meets NiebuhrGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-11026237143225896772015-02-21T10:11:38.582-08:002015-02-21T10:11:38.582-08:00I tend to think that the kind of partisan "bl...I tend to think that the kind of partisan "blowback" that the President receives for virtually anything he says has very little to do with the content of his comments. And the continued presence of the military-industrial complex definitely indicates that the Eisenhower warning, prescient or not, didn't stop the process. Hence, the trenchant observation of Michael Lewis!Gary A. Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-63927413813801221302015-02-21T10:07:44.177-08:002015-02-21T10:07:44.177-08:00It's odd that Obama got such blowback, since f...It's odd that Obama got such blowback, since from another perspective, he's just stating an obvious fact. <br /><br />And although Eisenhower's statement seems prescient to us now, I am not sure how successful it was, as the military industrial complex is still very much with us. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-63623104546395180162015-02-21T09:17:20.351-08:002015-02-21T09:17:20.351-08:00Barak Obama is just one person, the spokesman for ...Barak Obama is just one person, the spokesman for the corporate oligarchy that runs this country. He doesn't even write the words he speaks. <br /><br />There is a vast network behind the President, that pulls the Presidents strings, writes his words and mouths them to the lap-dog press that dutifully repeats them unchallenged.<br /><br />The President is not in charge of the military-industrial oligarchy. He is their employee.Michael A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980105313542633114noreply@blogger.com