Bill Kristol admits gov't run healthcare plan for our troops is "first-class health care"

Bill Kristol Extended Interview

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...But you don't deserve it. In a way, you've got to appreciate the brutal honesty Bill Kristol is displaying which is the Modus Operandi of Republicans when it comes to : protect the health care industry, pander to the military, and screw everyone else.

STEWART: So you believe no public option, so even though that's good enough for the military, not good enough for the people of America.

KRISTOL: Well, the military has a different health system than the rest of Americans.

STEWART: It's a public system, no?

KRISTOL: Yeah, they don't have an option, they're all in military health care.

STEWART: Why don't we go with that?

KRISTOL: I don't know. Is military health care really what you -- first of all, it's expensive. I think they deserve it, the military--

STEWART: But the American public do not.

KRISTOL: No. The American public do not deserve the same quality health care as our soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan deserve, and they need all kinds of things that the rest of us don't need.

STEWART: Well, no, they can have that level of care, but are you saying that the American public shouldn't have access to the same quality health care that we give to our better citizens?

KRISTOL: Yes. To our soldiers? Absolutely. The American public--

STEWART: Really?

KRISTOL: I think that if you become a soldier, you deserve--

[crosstalk]

KRISTOL: One of the ways we make it up to the soldiers, since they're risking their lives, we give them first-class health care. The rest of us can go out and buy insurance...

It's not everyday you see a marrionette's nose recede a few inches... Someday, Billy will become a real boy.

Cheney Wanted to Use Military for Arrests to "Test Constitution"

Hey Obama, Dick Cheney is a war criminal and traitor to the Constitution... Stop protecting him and do what the Constitution says we should do to them.

Relying too heavily on military solutions

Excerpted from National Priotrities Project.

Currently, federal spending on these three strategies is heavily weighted toward military operations. In fiscal year 2005, as shown in the graph, almost nine dollars was spent on the military for every dollar spent on all other non-military security tools combined.

Why so much reliance on military as a solution to national security? Simple, it is the most expensive and most difficult solution to regulate. In other, a convenient money pit for the military industrial complex.

A new kind of Internet predator...

Excepted from Newsvine.com.

KANEOHE, HAWAII — Teens looking to hook up with a friend on the popular Web community MySpace may bump into an unexpected buddy: the U.S. Marine Corps.

So far, over 12,000 Web surfers have signed on as friends of the Corps in response to the latest military recruiting tactic. Other military branches may follow.

MySpace.Com, the Internet's most popular social networking site with over 94 million registered users, has helped redefine the way a generation communicates. Users, many in their teens and 20s, post personal profiles and accumulate lists of friends and contacts with common interests. Continue article...

It was only a matter of time after Rupert Murdoch bought Myspace.

Supremacy of the Military: Teen Mag's Pro-military controversy.

How many more pieces of evidence will it take for Americans to realize the fascist slump we are falling into>

Excerpted from Yahoo News.

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - Parents and teachers are complaining that the latest issue of a popular magazine for preteens amounts to little more than an early recruitment pitch for the Army.

Cobblestone magazine, which is put out by Carus Publishing in Peterborough, is aimed at children ages 9-14 and is distributed nationwide to schools and libraries. Its latest issue features a cover photo of a soldier in Iraq clutching a machine gun and articles on what it's like to go through boot camp, a rundown of the Army's "awesome arsenal" and a detailed description of Army career opportunities.

Most controversial has been a set of classroom guides that accompany the magazine, which suggest teachers invite a soldier, Army recruiter or veteran to speak to their classes and ask students whether they might want to join the Army someday. Continue article...

So let me get this straight: Teachers are now being encouraged to advertise the military to our children? Does anybody here see the problem with this? Do you see how this paints the future with grim prospects or do you all still think Bush is a "good Christian man?"