The War On (T)Error

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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Theodore Roosevelt

We have been set up for perpetual war by declaring war on a tactic. A war on terrorism can never end any more than a war on drugs. The reasons for it are greed and the lust for ever more power. There is tremendous profit in this kind of war and our continued imports of massive amounts of oil from the very nations that are supporting the terrorists ensure that they can continue the fight. This gives certain corporations the incentive to lobby for the continuation of those very policies that are hurting this country. Unfortunately, there are many politicians who are very willing to oblige those corporations when they get a large campaign contribution from them. The American people deserve better. A major change in leadership is needed. What is needed is a war on error. I for one am tired of this nation being the bully of the world, turning to the military as the answer to all conflict.

I've got an Eisenhower quote of my own:

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron."

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A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo with an MBA in 1980, John went into the banking business from 1981-1991. John went into the gymnastics business with his wife, with whom he has two children, in 1992 and grew it enough by (more...)

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