[ Words ]
via the [ Washington Note ]
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. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway. We pay for a single fighter with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people…
- President Eisenhower, Chance for Peace Speech
April 16,1953
Adaptive Reuse, Infrastructure, International, Misc, National, Ways of Seeing, What I am Looking at
A lot of presidents seem to have realized what demons they unleashed on the world once they were out of office. A little late then…
yep.
http://blog.al.com/entertainment-press-register/2011/07/bp_oil_spill_inspired_artwork.html
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The very mention of BP and the events of last year still evoke anger, disgust and outrage — and no small measure of sadness at what was lost and will continue to be lost in years to come. An impressive group of Louisiana artists have channeled their individual and collective responses through their art, and the result is “Catalyst: Artists of Southern Louisiana Respond to the Gulf Coast Oil Crisis” on view through Sept. 4 at Space 301 in downtown Mobile.”
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I don’t think that ever happens anymore - about the presidents, I mean. I don’t think that any since Carter have actually had consciences.