And we'll fund this massive increase in our military with another round of tax cuts for rich people which will surely send our revenues surging ever hight.

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History has shown that all great empires collapse from over-spending on their military. America is in the process of collapsing as well - check the value of the dollar vis-a-vis other world currencies. Putting a buffoon like Giuliani in the White House only hastens the collapse, although I am not convinced most of the Democratic candidates will slow the collapse either.

Let me see if I have this straight. The mainstream media is still giving Rudy the kid glove treatment despite -

- walking out on two wives
- admitting to adultery
- repeatedly lying through his teeth
- having a mobbed-up police commissioner
- being attacked by the firemen's union
- his kids want nothing to do with him
- having no real position on anything
- pretending that mayor is really president
- now threatening a global war?

Oh, wait he's a Republican. That's as much as people expect from them.

Isn't this a fairly obvious Kerik distraction? When anything inconvenient crops up, just make with the crazy talk.

Rudolph's grasp of history is as firm as Bushtwerp's.

The post-Cold War reduction in DoD spending was courtesy Poppy.

Uh, Rudy.

Vlad the Impaler still has SS-18's targeted for Manhattan.

Shut the fuck up, please.

Don't you just love our "liberal" MSM?

I remember in 2000 when Al Gore was a serial exaggerator:

-He "invented" the Internet (he actually funded the programs that helped create it)
-He "lied" about being at a disaster site with ex-FEMA director James Lee Witt (he was at one site with Witt's deputy, despite being at about 17 other sites with Witt.
-And of course, he exaggerated the whole global warming issue (or, as rare people would say, "global warming")

Yet Giuliani is making more ridiculous claims that are blatantly false and the fantastically "liberal" MSM is poo-pooing it off.

"Outstanding!"

Rudy, we have already made a huge investment in our military to dissuade Russia and China from challenging us: Our nuclear arsenal. Now go back to playing with the other wingnuts, sweetheart.

I think I saw data somewhere to the effect that Clinton left office with essentially the same miliaary budget as Bush the Elder.

In any event, blame Clinton, scream "liberal," scream "illigal immigrant," and swiftboating won't do it this time. The economony will be way in the dumper in 08 and we'll have years of Dems controlling the WH, the Senate and House.
I love it.

Yes, as 9/11 proved, if only we had more troops, more tanks, more planes and bombs, the 19 terrorists would never have tried to take over 4 planes with box cutters. Because, you know SUICIDE bombers are deathly afraid of being, uh, killed by our awesome military.

What a moron.

Christ, all Rudy is really saying is that, instead of spending money on the things that really are effective in stopping terrorist attacks, like, police investigations, enhanced security screening, you know, boring shit that works, he wants to buy shiny things that make loud noises, look really cool and blow things up real good.

Phil, you are dead on - "Never underestimate the ability of the American public to elect an idiot to run things" and to add to that -- never underestimate the ability of American public to be repeatedly bamboozled by these elected idiots.

I live in suburban Texas and it still atonishes me to come across highly educated, white collar, Senior Executive types who to this day think GWB is the best president - ever.

Go figure..

For folks like these, Rudy is becoming an obvious choice. Sad, but true. And the "MSM" continues the dumbing down of America...

Two points:

1) We should heed the words of Ike and "Beware of the military industrial complex." It is obvious that we are already a fascist state inasmuch as corporations rule the government and dictate its policies.

2) How long can these trillions of dollars of debt and trade deficits continue. We are already seeing some of the early effects in the falling dollar. This has happened before folks and it has always resulted in the same government policy ... monetizing the debt.

While it is true that military spending as a % GDP was higher in 1954 than it is today there weren't as many government entitlements programs then either.

EH has it right...it's all a distraction. "Bernie Kerik? Wait, look over there, it's China and Russia!".

The real threat to this country is the election process. Dems offer up countless entitlement programs to entice poor voters. Repubs offer up bigger military spending and tax cuts for the rich. Both of these end up in the same place. Federal deficits. Campaigners are spending YOUR tax dollars before they even get in office by offering up all these very costly programs to get you to vote for them. All this debt is being bought by foreign governments, like has been mentions here.

Have you all heard of the sign in Washington that displays approx. where our national debt is? I have come up with a solution to keep our dollars in America. When I die, I am going to place all the money I made from the dot-com days into a binding trust. This money will stay there permanently, forever earning interest. I will have a ticker on my tombstone that displays how much money is in the trust at the time. Eventually, through the power of compounding interest, I will consume all the earths monetary value in the name of the United States of America.

Am I the only person that thinks that this dude is crazier than a fart in a duffel bag.

He will definitely be elected. Only then will people realize how power hungry he is... but it will be too late. Say goodbye to the constitution.

Did you guys know: that Romney's team has a war profiteer on it? Global Linguist Solution (GLS) is headed by Retired General James Marks.

James "Spider" Marks is the CEO of GLS and Vice President of McNeil Technologies. GLS is the joint venture between McNeil Technologies and Dyncorp International to bid for an INSCOM contract that....what a coincidence...Marks has inside connections with.

Didn't you hear? Dyncorp just 'lost' a billion dollars? Oops.

Romney endorsing Marks and his business practices is just another way to profit from the War in Iraq.

We already have enough nuclear weapons to destroy the earth 10 times over --- what more do we need to deter Russian and China?

Guillianni is talking like this because he knows this kind of talk is what the military-industrial complex wants to hear, and is the kind of message they want to give the American people. That way, Americans won't mind when billions of their tax dollars are spent on excessive military buildup.

"Our military is too small to deal with the Islamic terrorism threats, but it really is too small to deter would-be aggressors to even think of challenging us."

I think my head just exploded. Does he realize we spend about as much on our military as the rest of the world combined. If 500+ billion dollars isn't enough to deal with cave dwellers we are in real trouble and spending more isn't going to help us.

This guy is nuts!!!!

The thought of this militant megalomaniac with his finger on the button is more than I can handle.

So let me get this straight... Rudy wants to borrow money from China to dramatically increase our military to protect us from China???

I read through most of these comments, and most of them are well writen, lucid and intelligent opinions, but like every other political article that bolsters such responses, this one is no different; we know what the deal is, we know what state our country is in. Anyone with half a brian can figure out that if we, the American people dont do something, things are just going to get worse, and not just for the U.S.A, but for most of the world. So in stead of posting passive agressive comments to these articles and blogs, why not start thinking about actually doing something. I realize that i myself am doing just what i was harping on about but maybe its finally time to take action. America has already seen one revolution. When it comes down to the total enslavement of the United States, the burning question on my mind is will the people fight to resist it, or beg and cry out for it.