So be honest about it's national security value and seize it.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Thing is the world will not let that happen. The US is so interconnected > now that it cannot be isolationist. You like your smart phone or laptop. > Aside from the components being assembled at FoxConn in China, the rare > earths needed also come from there. The US imports a significant amount of > its energy needs from abroad, a lot of its raw material requirements as > well. Don't you think that its in the nation's bests interests to protect > those sources one way or another? > > BTW another thing to cut or change - because of a Republican sponsored bill > several years, the government is required to sell its helium reserves at a > fraction of the market rate. > > also how about letting Medicare negotiate drug prices instead of paying > what big pharma dictates. > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > That in itself Tim is a great idea and I am a big fan of it, but since > the > > DOD is merely a far reaching arm of the political establishment, we cant > > make these decisions on our own. I have been a strong advocate of staying > > out of others business unless we absolutely have to. Fuck the world and > > take care of ourselves. If a country collapses because they dont have > our > > financial/political/military assistance, oh well. Survival of the > fittest. > > Let the strong survive. > > > > > > On Oct 23, 2013, at 11:53 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > An actual department of defense that only worries about America and our > > > borders. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368069 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
