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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 11:38 AM
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58. Hey Limbaugh, the military itself is VERY socialist!

This would be a good time for someone like Kris Kristoferson to unleash on Limpbaugh... There's a very good film on military brats and the lifestyles that kids and families live when being shuffled around on military bases by a friend of mine, Donna Musil, called "Brats: Our Journey Home" at:



http://www.bratsourjourneyhome.com/

It features narration by, and a lot of music and other pro bono stuff from Kris Kristoferson, who's also a military brat, in addition to being an activist for us on many issues.

It's interesting that the film actually notes that the whole lifestyle of military folks has been socialist in many ways for decades... With subsidized housing, grocery and other stores (commissaries and PX's), health care, and many other things, it's not just the VA hospital that is socialized about their existence, but a lot of other things too.

And the military schools were integrated WAY before even our schools became more integrated after the struggles of the 60's...

I would LOVE someone like Kristoferson asking Limbaugh if he likes to push socialism on us if he feels that we are "surrendering" to "his side" by defending military institutions like the VA...

Check out this film, it is a great one to show to help those that you know in the military perhaps get a more global perspective that they can identify with and appreciate you understanding their lives by doing so.
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