$67,000,000,000 pissed down a rat hole

[glowing]

38. I agree. They could have been trained in engineering

advances in renewable energy and modern transportation and finding better systems of using water and disposing of waste. Instead people who must pay for education, have to think about who will pay their bills. There are many who would like to think of another way around building or particpating in death.

My own life and education was paid for in parts from parents who worked at a small precision machining shop. GE was a mega contract, when the first gulf war happened, the shop literally made the tip of the Parriot Missle. I still have a few (that didn't pass tolerance) at my home in VT. I remember being in elementary school and bringing it in to school as a "proud" item to hold in my hand. It's hard to escape, even if you want nothing to do with it. And I don't at all, now that I've grown up. I have chosen not to purposely insert my science training into military, "war builders", or pharma; hence, I work at a hotel now. But I also have to recognize that a significant portion of my life was in part funded by the MIC. That life allowed for the ability to be in a better position to grow up with food, a roof over my head, and ultimately, the ability to learn, analyze and decide how I would choose to want to live.

If only Bush had never made it in office, I believe we would have been further down the road to sanity and in a much more stable world. All we can do is try to unwind the BS and push forward.