Bring On Da Pork! by Bill Collins First broadcast on WSHU/WSUF-FM: June 10, 1998 Connecticut is much smarter than Iowa or North Carolina. They get their pork from massive hog farms. Besides their dreadful treatment of animals, these meat factories also pollute soil, stream, park, and pasture. That would never work here. Even our lackadaisical DEP wouldn't put up with it. And, luckily, there's no need. We get our pork direct from Washington. It's called the Defense Budget. To grow this kind of pork, our defense contractors spend mightily on every new political fertilizer, and our congressional delegation is skilled in military agriculture. Rep. Jim Maloney has shown impressive talent in making weapons virtually spring full-grown from the conference table. Our master farmer, though, is Sen. Joe Lieberman. Together with other colleagues, he and Maloney have persuaded Congress to buy more guns than the Pentagon even wanted. Those foolishly short-sighted generals and admirals, for example, only called for 26 new Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky. The more experienced House of Representatives felt they needed 36. Likewise the military brass timidly sought a mere $367 million to push development on the futuristic Comanche. That's the helicopter we'll need to repulse those aliens from the Spiral Nebula. But Congress consulted its astronomers and astrologers, and authorized an additional $62 million. Also doing well in Congress is the Joint Strike Fighter, powered by Pratt & Whitney and navigated by Norden. Not to mention the F-22 fighter, also powered by you-know-who. It received full-funding, as did the submarine program and the C-17 transport. Who needs messy hogs when you can bring home that kind of bacon? But all those specific authorizations are merely part of the daily tilling of the soldierly soil. The big stuff - the planning to increase our global military markets - is in the capable hands of Lieberman. Not surprisingly, our senator is a leading proponent of NATO expansion. Informally, this treaty is known as the Defense Contractor's Bonanza Act. Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Textron, and our own local guys all poured millions into it. Here's how it works. NATO will require that it's three new members - Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic - junk their old Russian weapons and buy new ones, compatible with their new allies. But these three have no money. And the other NATO members have made it plain that they won't give them any. Not to worry. Our manufacturers will sell them guns on credit, guaranteed by Uncle Sam. The three will then default, and our Treasury will pick up the bill. It's an old scam. We've been doing something similar with Israel for decades. Though other analysts, of virtually every stripe, have condemned NATO expansion, too, I might not be so personally exercised had not Lieberman written a specially unctuous op-ed for the Hartford Courant. He called expansion a proud day for WW II vets, Polish-Americans, and those "who stood on alert during the Cold War." Well, that was me. But I don't feel the least bit proud. In fact, I, for one, resent threatening Russia just to make more money for Sikorsky and United Technologies. It's time Connecticut and America weaned ourselves away from military pork and began using that money to help people. It would be better for the economy too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
