Okla-homey
1/17/2006, 07:36 AM
and I don't mean Tina's first husband either.
January 17, 1961 Eisenhower warns of “military-industrial complex”
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On this day in 1961, exactly one year after Homey's birth in Ardmore, Dwight D. Eisenhower ends his presidential term by warning the nation about the increasing power of the “military-industrial complex.”
His remarks, issued during a televised farewell address to the American people, were particularly significant since “Ike” had infinite credibility having famously served the nation as supreme military commander of the Allied forces during WWII. Eisenhower urged his successors to strike a balance between a strong national defense and diplomacy in dealing with the Soviet Union.
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He did not suggest arms reduction and in fact acknowledged that “the bomb” was an effective deterrent to nuclear war. However, cognizant that America’s peacetime defense policy had changed drastically since his military career, Eisenhower expressed concerns about the growing influence of what he termed the “military-industrial complex.”
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Before and during the Second World War, American industries had successfully converted to defense production as the crisis demanded, but out of the war, what Eisenhower called a “permanent armaments industry of vast proportions” emerged. “This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience” Eisenhower warned, “[while] we recognize the imperative need for this development….we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications…we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence...The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
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Born in Denison TX, Ike grew up in this house in Abilene, Kansas, Pretty tiny for a family with six kids actually.
Eisenhower cautioned that the federal government’s collaboration with an alliance of military and industrial leaders, though necessary, was vulnerable to abuse of power. Ike then counseled American citizens to be vigilant in monitoring the military-industrial complex. “Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”
Now all the above is the part liberals have used to beat up "peace through strength" advocates ever since 1961. Unfortunately, no one ever seems to remember Ike's warning against the "instant gratification" credit card powered consumer society we've become.
In the same speech, Ike recommended restraint in consumer habits, particularly with regard to the environment. “As we peer into society's future, we--you and I, and our government--must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without asking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.”
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7515/ikeacsike195339f8od.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ike welcoming Winston Churchill to the White House during Churchill's last visit to the United States
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9526/ikeeisenhowerpainting6kx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ike was an amatuer artist. This is an unfinished watercolor of Culzean (pronounced Cu-lane') Castle in Scotland. The Scottish people made it possible for Ike to have permanent access to a suite of rooms in the castle whenever he wanted it. Today, if you have the means, you can book that same suite for your own Scottish vacation.
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January 17, 1961 Eisenhower warns of “military-industrial complex”
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9853/ikeacsike6027f7jw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
On this day in 1961, exactly one year after Homey's birth in Ardmore, Dwight D. Eisenhower ends his presidential term by warning the nation about the increasing power of the “military-industrial complex.”
His remarks, issued during a televised farewell address to the American people, were particularly significant since “Ike” had infinite credibility having famously served the nation as supreme military commander of the Allied forces during WWII. Eisenhower urged his successors to strike a balance between a strong national defense and diplomacy in dealing with the Soviet Union.
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7364/ikeeisenhowerddt9qj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
He did not suggest arms reduction and in fact acknowledged that “the bomb” was an effective deterrent to nuclear war. However, cognizant that America’s peacetime defense policy had changed drastically since his military career, Eisenhower expressed concerns about the growing influence of what he termed the “military-industrial complex.”
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3201/ikeacsike60014f2sx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Before and during the Second World War, American industries had successfully converted to defense production as the crisis demanded, but out of the war, what Eisenhower called a “permanent armaments industry of vast proportions” emerged. “This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience” Eisenhower warned, “[while] we recognize the imperative need for this development….we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications…we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence...The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2769/ikeeisenhwrhm0vp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Born in Denison TX, Ike grew up in this house in Abilene, Kansas, Pretty tiny for a family with six kids actually.
Eisenhower cautioned that the federal government’s collaboration with an alliance of military and industrial leaders, though necessary, was vulnerable to abuse of power. Ike then counseled American citizens to be vigilant in monitoring the military-industrial complex. “Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”
Now all the above is the part liberals have used to beat up "peace through strength" advocates ever since 1961. Unfortunately, no one ever seems to remember Ike's warning against the "instant gratification" credit card powered consumer society we've become.
In the same speech, Ike recommended restraint in consumer habits, particularly with regard to the environment. “As we peer into society's future, we--you and I, and our government--must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without asking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.”
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7515/ikeacsike195339f8od.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ike welcoming Winston Churchill to the White House during Churchill's last visit to the United States
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9526/ikeeisenhowerpainting6kx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ike was an amatuer artist. This is an unfinished watercolor of Culzean (pronounced Cu-lane') Castle in Scotland. The Scottish people made it possible for Ike to have permanent access to a suite of rooms in the castle whenever he wanted it. Today, if you have the means, you can book that same suite for your own Scottish vacation.
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2899/insane7zo8ms.jpg