"Frank ess" > wrote in :

>
>
> Joe wrote:
>> Michael Johnson > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> <major snippage>
>>
>>> It is going to take some MAJOR breakdown in our way of life before
>>> the population gets off its collective ass and makes real change
>>> happen. By then the Democrats and, to a lesser extent, the
>>> Republicans may have us screwed so bad there are no alternatives
>>> left. Either way we are getting EXACTLY what we deserve for being
>>> so apathetic for decades. I wouldn't blame the younger people if
>>> they just told all the Baby Boomers that when they retire they
>>> will be euthanized since they squandered all the money that was to
>>> go toward their retirement costs.
>>
>> Saw an interview with Andrew J. Bacevich last night on Bill Moyers'
>> Journal on PBS. Absolutely riveting, and that's not an
>> exaggeration.
>>
>> Bacevich is highly accredited and tells the real story - he is
>> right on the money IMO.
>>
>> Here's a preview of what he's all about:
>> http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/profile.html
>
> The guy did seem to have the ducks in a row; his and every one else's.

Indeed. Here's his brief bio:
http://www.bu.edu/ir/faculty/bacevich.html

Check out his testimony before the House Armed Services Committee
last month:
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...nk&cd=14&gl=us