Obama wants to double military spending

Speaking of spending, how about that economy, eh?

Having pored over the financial news/analysis all week -- much to my psychological detriment -- I'd planned to write a column about Obama's economic team, and what they might have up their sleeve, but ...

It doesn't really matter.

(We should all realize by now that politicans do not hold our fate in their hands, the elite bankers and industrialists do. And I'm not talking about your buddy, who's a lender/broker/whatever downtown -- the real money men, who have been the real money men for thousands of years. The Rothschilds, the Morgans, the Rockefellers, the Oppenheimers and so on.)

They're going to screw us real bad, with a wink and a nod from the Fed, and there's nothing Obama or McCain can or will do about it. Unless they want their heads blown off.

Seriously, folks. These people don't mess around.

But I wanted to talk about another tidbit of news I saw today -- one that absolutely, positively confirms the uselessness of the mainstream media.

Apparently nobody but the Chicago Tribune picked up on this, and even they just blithely reported it without much fanfare.

Ready?

At a speaking engagement in Colorado Springs on July 2, 2008, Barack Obama was quoted as saying:

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."



Now, at this point your eyes should be popping out of your head like a cartoon character -- HOOOO-GA!

Either that, or you should be pulling an Arnold Drummond -- "What'chu talkin' bout Willis?!"

A "civilian national security force?" You mean, kind of like a Stasi-esqe secret police? Then YES! That sounds like a super idea!

"That's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded [as the military]." You mean, we're going to give these civilian enforcers nearly half a trillion dollars (each year) worth of the most cutting-edge (killing) technology, sort of like we already do with Blackwater USA over in Iraq?

Once again, CHA-CHING! I think you've got a real winner there, Mr. Obama (although I have a sneaking suspicion you have Mr. Brzezinski to thank for this little gem).

Who can argue that nasty terrorists with dirty bombs are hiding everywhere in our communities? You ever look behind the milk at the grocery store? How about that big stuffed teddy bear at your kid's daycare? I didn't think so -- which is exactly why a hell force of civilian mercenaries and spies is absolutely essential.

To our freedom, that is.

After all, programs like this and this and this were a step in the right direction, but we can do much better.

God help us.