{"id":10475,"date":"2016-10-31T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T20:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=10475"},"modified":"2016-10-31T16:41:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T20:41:44","slug":"the-fatal-expense-of-american-imperialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/the-fatal-expense-of-american-imperialism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fatal Expense of American Imperialism"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
Bombs vs Butter.
\nUnited Technologies vs USA (Us)
\nLockheed Martin vs Life Expectancy
\nLies vs Liberty
\nSorties vs Schools.
\nHellfire Missiles vs Hunger
\nISIS vs Ignorance
\nTanks vs Transportation<\/p>\n

BULLSHIT is what it spells. Look for yourself.<\/p>\n

‘The single most important issue in allocating national resources is war versus peace, or as macroeconomists put it, \u201cguns versus butter.\u201d The United States is getting this choice profoundly wrong, squandering vast sums and undermining national security. In economic and geopolitical terms, America suffers from what Yale historian Paul Kennedy calls \u201cimperial overreach.\u201d If our next president remains trapped in expensive Middle East wars, the budgetary costs alone could derail any hopes for solving our vast domestic problems.’<\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fobleb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bombs vs Butter. United Technologies vs USA (Us) Lockheed Martin vs Life Expectancy Lies vs Liberty Sorties vs Schools. Hellfire Missiles vs Hunger ISIS vs Ignorance Tanks vs Transportation BULLSHIT is what it spells. Look for yourself. ‘The single most important issue in allocating national resources is war versus peace, or as macroeconomists put it, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-10475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9284,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/sol-vs-sol-for-the-fate-of-humanity\/","url_meta":{"origin":10475,"position":0},"title":"Sol vs. Sol, for the fate of humanity","date":"September 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\"...we\u2019re in a race between the sun broiling our civilization until it\u2019s unrecognizable, and the sun saving us from that fate.\"http:\/\/buff.ly\/2djzvRW","rel":"","context":"In "blog"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14112,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/hydrogen-bomb-vs-atomic-bomb-whats-the-difference\/","url_meta":{"origin":10475,"position":1},"title":"Hydrogen bomb vs Atomic bomb: What’s the difference?","date":"September 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Because, apparently this is the big question everyone on the Interwebs is Googling... #WhatIsAHydrogenBomb and how will it fuck up my plans?http:\/\/bit.ly\/2wvSTHh","rel":"","context":"In "blog"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8651,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/roomba-vs-poop-teaching-robots-to-detect-pet-mess\/","url_meta":{"origin":10475,"position":2},"title":"Roomba vs Poop: Teaching Robots to Detect Pet Mess","date":"August 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Bet you never thought of THIS when you bought that Roomba, did you?http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bijr0v","rel":"","context":"In "blog"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11967,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/photos-the-crowd-at-donald-trumps-inauguration-vs-barack-obamas\/","url_meta":{"origin":10475,"position":3},"title":"Photos: the crowd at Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration vs. Barack Obama\u2019s","date":"January 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"One picture says it ALL. 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