Comments on: I See Bee Em http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/04/12/i-see-bee-em/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 06 May 2026 04:08:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Hawk Owl http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/04/12/i-see-bee-em/#comment-20997 Hawk Owl Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:43:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5475#comment-20997 Chris, the conjunction of your recent "Reagan's Rule" and this column somehow prompted the observation that Reagan's "Greatest" achievement [i/e/. defeating the Soviet Union by forcing them to spend & spend down their national wealth on expensive armies & armaments]looms more & more as a plausible scenario for the US as we continue to fund 1, 2, 3 +? a potential 4th Mid-East war [with Iran] each of them costing the equivalent of our needs for schooling, highway & medical infrastructure, and many other functions which even Republicans have supported for the last century. Could we be letting ourselves in for a similar "Reagan" financial implosion? I have a taste for irony, but this send shivers up my spine. Chris, the conjunction of your recent "Reagan's Rule" and this column somehow prompted the observation that Reagan's "Greatest" achievement [i/e/. defeating the Soviet Union by forcing them to spend & spend down their national wealth on expensive armies & armaments]looms more & more as a plausible scenario for the US as we continue to fund 1, 2, 3 +? a potential 4th Mid-East war [with Iran] each of them costing the equivalent of our needs for schooling, highway & medical infrastructure, and many other functions which even Republicans have supported for the last century. Could we be letting ourselves in for a similar "Reagan" financial implosion? I have a taste for irony, but this send shivers up my spine.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/04/12/i-see-bee-em/#comment-20996 Chris Weigant Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:34:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5475#comment-20996 Osborne - HA! Icy BM... that was pretty funny! Nice link, too, thanks. [Personal note: Hey, can you send me a private email? I think I'm trying to use an old email address for you.] -CW Osborne -

HA! Icy BM... that was pretty funny!

Nice link, too, thanks.

[Personal note: Hey, can you send me a private email? I think I'm trying to use an old email address for you.]

-CW

]]> By: Osborne Ink http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/04/12/i-see-bee-em/#comment-20994 Osborne Ink Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:53:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5475#comment-20994 Chris, did you know that when restroom waste is pumped out of the airplanes during commercial flights it sometimes forms ice that breaks and falls to Earth? So no matter where you live you are still vulnerable to a falling Icy BM. Ahem. Seriously, North Korea has exactly one card to play with the world -- so the regime plays it over and over and over. The rocket also apparently malfunctioned today, which is completely unsurprising. Here's a video of the launch attempt: http://t.co/GPp1Fnff Chris, did you know that when restroom waste is pumped out of the airplanes during commercial flights it sometimes forms ice that breaks and falls to Earth? So no matter where you live you are still vulnerable to a falling Icy BM.

Ahem.

Seriously, North Korea has exactly one card to play with the world -- so the regime plays it over and over and over. The rocket also apparently malfunctioned today, which is completely unsurprising. Here's a video of the launch attempt:

http://t.co/GPp1Fnff

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/04/12/i-see-bee-em/#comment-20993 dsws Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:29:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5475#comment-20993 Various Americans have been saying for decades that we ought to somehow move toward a nuclear-weapons-free world, a system of geopolitics where the buck doesn't eventually stop with the threat of nuclear annihilation. Maybe we should get serious about it sometime soon. How many nuclear ICBMs does it take to constitute an existential threat to the US, anyway? Various Americans have been saying for decades that we ought to somehow move toward a nuclear-weapons-free world, a system of geopolitics where the buck doesn't eventually stop with the threat of nuclear annihilation. Maybe we should get serious about it sometime soon.

How many nuclear ICBMs does it take to constitute an existential threat to the US, anyway?

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