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ParticipantFLU, didn’t defense spending decline a lot under Bush I? I was working in defense around that time and I remember tons of layoffs in the 1990-1991 timeframe. Remember “Falling Down”? That came out in early 93 so the script had probably been written in 90-91, and it’s all about a laid off defense worker in LA. So I’m not sure it had anything to do with democrats being in power because we had a democrat congress under Reagan as well as Bush, right? And there was tons of spending in the 80s. We didn’t get a Republican congress until 94. I guess my only point is that defense spending doesn’t seem to correlate with party as much as is often thought. Both parties like to send pork home to their constituents and defense projects are always popular. So I don’t see it ending even if Hillary gets elected. She votes for all the wars and stuff just like everybody else. If anything she might be like Margaret Thatcher and try to be even tougher because she’s afraid of being seen as weak. The only way I see it ending is when the Chinese quit picking up the tab. Just thinking out loud…
ParticipantFLU, didn’t defense spending decline a lot under Bush I? I was working in defense around that time and I remember tons of layoffs in the 1990-1991 timeframe. Remember “Falling Down”? That came out in early 93 so the script had probably been written in 90-91, and it’s all about a laid off defense worker in LA. So I’m not sure it had anything to do with democrats being in power because we had a democrat congress under Reagan as well as Bush, right? And there was tons of spending in the 80s. We didn’t get a Republican congress until 94. I guess my only point is that defense spending doesn’t seem to correlate with party as much as is often thought. Both parties like to send pork home to their constituents and defense projects are always popular. So I don’t see it ending even if Hillary gets elected. She votes for all the wars and stuff just like everybody else. If anything she might be like Margaret Thatcher and try to be even tougher because she’s afraid of being seen as weak. The only way I see it ending is when the Chinese quit picking up the tab. Just thinking out loud…
ParticipantFLU, didn’t defense spending decline a lot under Bush I? I was working in defense around that time and I remember tons of layoffs in the 1990-1991 timeframe. Remember “Falling Down”? That came out in early 93 so the script had probably been written in 90-91, and it’s all about a laid off defense worker in LA. So I’m not sure it had anything to do with democrats being in power because we had a democrat congress under Reagan as well as Bush, right? And there was tons of spending in the 80s. We didn’t get a Republican congress until 94. I guess my only point is that defense spending doesn’t seem to correlate with party as much as is often thought. Both parties like to send pork home to their constituents and defense projects are always popular. So I don’t see it ending even if Hillary gets elected. She votes for all the wars and stuff just like everybody else. If anything she might be like Margaret Thatcher and try to be even tougher because she’s afraid of being seen as weak. The only way I see it ending is when the Chinese quit picking up the tab. Just thinking out loud…
ParticipantFLU, didn’t defense spending decline a lot under Bush I? I was working in defense around that time and I remember tons of layoffs in the 1990-1991 timeframe. Remember “Falling Down”? That came out in early 93 so the script had probably been written in 90-91, and it’s all about a laid off defense worker in LA. So I’m not sure it had anything to do with democrats being in power because we had a democrat congress under Reagan as well as Bush, right? And there was tons of spending in the 80s. We didn’t get a Republican congress until 94. I guess my only point is that defense spending doesn’t seem to correlate with party as much as is often thought. Both parties like to send pork home to their constituents and defense projects are always popular. So I don’t see it ending even if Hillary gets elected. She votes for all the wars and stuff just like everybody else. If anything she might be like Margaret Thatcher and try to be even tougher because she’s afraid of being seen as weak. The only way I see it ending is when the Chinese quit picking up the tab. Just thinking out loud…
ParticipantI hope her lawyer isn’t smart enough to subpoena housing bubble website logs…
ParticipantI hope her lawyer isn’t smart enough to subpoena housing bubble website logs…
ParticipantI hope her lawyer isn’t smart enough to subpoena housing bubble website logs…
ParticipantI hope her lawyer isn’t smart enough to subpoena housing bubble website logs…
ParticipantI hope her lawyer isn’t smart enough to subpoena housing bubble website logs…
ParticipantWhy is it racism when someone says they don’t want people coming illegally from Mexico? Mexico has a very diverse racial makeup. I just checked over at wikipedia, and caucasians are actually 30-35% of the population. Even most mestizos are predominantly european in origin (same source). Mexico’s Amerindian population is only about 12%. So this whole “racism” thing doesn’t make any sense at all. In fact it’s weird that they have radio stations and civic groups called “La Raza” cause there’s definitely no such thing as a Mexican “race”. They’re a lot like the US, a melting pot of many different peoples. Just the other day a Mexican guy asked me if I had seen his buddies which he referred to as “a bunch of Mexicans and a caucasian”. The dude was as caucasian as I am! And so were his buddies. They had dark hair and eyes but they could have been from any number of European countries.
Also, is it racist that all of the people you see on Univision and Telemundo are probably 99% Spanish Europeans?
Okay, that’s enough on that topic. It’s just weird to me that’s all.
ParticipantWhy is it racism when someone says they don’t want people coming illegally from Mexico? Mexico has a very diverse racial makeup. I just checked over at wikipedia, and caucasians are actually 30-35% of the population. Even most mestizos are predominantly european in origin (same source). Mexico’s Amerindian population is only about 12%. So this whole “racism” thing doesn’t make any sense at all. In fact it’s weird that they have radio stations and civic groups called “La Raza” cause there’s definitely no such thing as a Mexican “race”. They’re a lot like the US, a melting pot of many different peoples. Just the other day a Mexican guy asked me if I had seen his buddies which he referred to as “a bunch of Mexicans and a caucasian”. The dude was as caucasian as I am! And so were his buddies. They had dark hair and eyes but they could have been from any number of European countries.
Also, is it racist that all of the people you see on Univision and Telemundo are probably 99% Spanish Europeans?
Okay, that’s enough on that topic. It’s just weird to me that’s all.
ParticipantWhy is it racism when someone says they don’t want people coming illegally from Mexico? Mexico has a very diverse racial makeup. I just checked over at wikipedia, and caucasians are actually 30-35% of the population. Even most mestizos are predominantly european in origin (same source). Mexico’s Amerindian population is only about 12%. So this whole “racism” thing doesn’t make any sense at all. In fact it’s weird that they have radio stations and civic groups called “La Raza” cause there’s definitely no such thing as a Mexican “race”. They’re a lot like the US, a melting pot of many different peoples. Just the other day a Mexican guy asked me if I had seen his buddies which he referred to as “a bunch of Mexicans and a caucasian”. The dude was as caucasian as I am! And so were his buddies. They had dark hair and eyes but they could have been from any number of European countries.
Also, is it racist that all of the people you see on Univision and Telemundo are probably 99% Spanish Europeans?
Okay, that’s enough on that topic. It’s just weird to me that’s all.
ParticipantWhy is it racism when someone says they don’t want people coming illegally from Mexico? Mexico has a very diverse racial makeup. I just checked over at wikipedia, and caucasians are actually 30-35% of the population. Even most mestizos are predominantly european in origin (same source). Mexico’s Amerindian population is only about 12%. So this whole “racism” thing doesn’t make any sense at all. In fact it’s weird that they have radio stations and civic groups called “La Raza” cause there’s definitely no such thing as a Mexican “race”. They’re a lot like the US, a melting pot of many different peoples. Just the other day a Mexican guy asked me if I had seen his buddies which he referred to as “a bunch of Mexicans and a caucasian”. The dude was as caucasian as I am! And so were his buddies. They had dark hair and eyes but they could have been from any number of European countries.
Also, is it racist that all of the people you see on Univision and Telemundo are probably 99% Spanish Europeans?
Okay, that’s enough on that topic. It’s just weird to me that’s all.
ParticipantWhy is it racism when someone says they don’t want people coming illegally from Mexico? Mexico has a very diverse racial makeup. I just checked over at wikipedia, and caucasians are actually 30-35% of the population. Even most mestizos are predominantly european in origin (same source). Mexico’s Amerindian population is only about 12%. So this whole “racism” thing doesn’t make any sense at all. In fact it’s weird that they have radio stations and civic groups called “La Raza” cause there’s definitely no such thing as a Mexican “race”. They’re a lot like the US, a melting pot of many different peoples. Just the other day a Mexican guy asked me if I had seen his buddies which he referred to as “a bunch of Mexicans and a caucasian”. The dude was as caucasian as I am! And so were his buddies. They had dark hair and eyes but they could have been from any number of European countries.
Also, is it racist that all of the people you see on Univision and Telemundo are probably 99% Spanish Europeans?
Okay, that’s enough on that topic. It’s just weird to me that’s all.
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