After working on the MIT SAGE radar system and at the Joint Chiefs, Earnest concluded “it’s basically a money making system, that’s what it’s about and has nothing to do with real defense†– Lester Earnest on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay
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Jeezus, the military is the enemy of the people
Go to SETTINGS – SPEED -choose 1.5. You're welcome.
C.I.A. bullshiteing you ? wow
Yup! This used to, actually still does, make me angry!
I worked for the DoD & if our organization/department didn’t spend all of its funding by the end of the fiscal year, we lost that funding in two ways: first the funds were removed (taken back); secondly, our budget for the following year would get reduced. It us a punishment.
Instead, the commands SHOULD BE REWARDED, by rolling the remaining funds over into the next year & either the current budget or just reduce the budget by the amounts saved. But, to take the remaining funds AND reduce the budget is ridiculous & it fosters that culture of needless spending.
Factor in that we could not purchase equipment from local vendors; we had to use the contracted vendors that have prices that are sometimes twice (or more) of the price of buying from local sources.
The DoD is a screwed up organization. I won’t even go much into the fact that I cannot was a journalist (print & broadcast) & public affairs specialist for the government & had to write slant, which I could talk about giving “half-truths,†but that is just one of many screwed up aspects of it.
The housing system is a microcosm of American capitalism.
The more money you make, the MORE financial assistance you receive.
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The lower ranking people make less money. They ALSO receive less money for housing & utilities.
Instead of reducing the amount of BHA/OHA as people rise in rank the assistance money increases. Meanwhile, the junior enlisted who make much less money have to get by or struggle on the measly amount (in comparison to senior enlisted & offer OHA/BHA) given to them.
The entire organization screwed & the services are jacked-up, too, especially the Navy.
The base I was at recently had NUMEROUS admirals & commanding officers charged with accepting bribes, et cetera, from “Fat Leonard.â€
The DoD, like our government itself, needs to be rooted out of all the corrupt players who are choking the respectability out of military service.
Neo Math: Borrow $XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX / blow it all up = Peace and Prosperity.
Did ewe spot the error? Dividing by zero. Baaaaa'd?
(Fucking crazy.) It struck me again over the holidaze.. how obedient humans are.!
What ever happened to part 4?
And this is why NK, Venezuela, Russia, China, Iran, on and on are national security threat to US.
They still do this!!!!! I know!!! Someone close to me works for DOD…..has to spend all the $ to get the same next year budget or MORE!!!!
The entire UK government does that every summer before they close down. This is how they rich are living it up with OUR money while our people are being referred to food banks. Full-time employed people.
Wonder why half the country doesn't vote?!
The Pentagon should declare a war on poverty, but alas, that would actually help the world.
USMC 3043, true.
My wake up moment was when during the Obama administration, our national focus seemed to shift from Islamic terrorism to, back to the evil Russian empire. The imagery was eerily similar to the Nazi Olympics with Hitler presiding only now the event was in Russia with Putin. The media was intent it was obvious to disparage the Sochi games from the get go. The bottom line, the ruling elite will present another foe in the world, after all they're printing the money and pulling the levers. The present day mission of the DOD is not defense but extension of US hegemony. Mr. Earnest is correct when he speaks of the money aspects of defense spending, job one is to spend it so that the money flow continues. Cost, schedule and performance in that order.
The awful politics are cool to hear about but I'd prefer if this guy was on computerphile or in an IT focused interview so we could learn specifically about the technology and computing history he worked with before its forever forgotten.