Roger O'Daniel's Blog – July 2011 Archive (5)

Letter to Panetta from Congress

Check this out. He just got there and now he gets this.

Dear Secretary Panetta:

The Committee has received the Omnibus Reprogramming (FY 11-21…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on July 17, 2011 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

This Debt Ceiling elevator ride must stop.

Received this from a friend who is close to the "Hill" and has a contact list that is awesome. I share it as I received it.

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on July 16, 2011 at 9:33pm — 1 Comment

US Economics and Finance through Foreign Eyes \Satire

Thank you for coming to this meeting on such short notice. We are especially grateful to Fu Ling U from China and Schneider Von Dipstick from Germany for their long journey here.

First, it is difficult to wrap our minds…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on July 15, 2011 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

China ramps up military use of space with new satellites-report

Received this from a friend who also happens to be a very active retired General Officer in the US Air Force. As we cut our national defense capabilities to the bone, our principal creditor threatens our nation's survivability on at least three fronts: economic, military, and cyberspace. This originated from the UK via Reuters. Notice that it did not originate from our own intelligence resources.

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China ramps up military use of space…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on July 12, 2011 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

The De-industrialization of America

I received this from a friend. The source is unknown. For your collective consideration. I also posted it on the new 9.12 network, so some of you may have seen it there.

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The United States is rapidly becoming the very first "post-industrial" nation on the globe. All great economic empires eventually become fat, lazy, and squander the great wealth…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on July 10, 2011 at 4:54pm — 2 Comments