One more thing—this thread is about Walker’s health insurance proposals. I don’t mind a bit of off-topic commenting, but the problem here is the number and length of your off-topic comments. So I’ve shortened some, and for one I replaced a list with a link. That is time-consuming, however, and sometimes I may just eliminate them.

Another problem is that you continually—and I mean over and over, not just in this thread but in many threads and many comments of yours—claim other people here are unaware of what they are in fact aware of. For example, there have been many many comments here over the years about how Obama has been purging the military of many officers and shaping it to his desires. In fact, I would wager the great majority of regular readers of this blog know that. I would also wager they are well aware, although certainly not of everything Russia and China are doing, but of the general drift.

Why continue to harangue people for not knowing what they know?

In addition, I choose to write about topics that interest me and that I have something to offer on that might have a different slant than other people writing on them. That doesn’t mean that every topic I don’t write about is something I don’t know about or don’t consider important.

You are welcome to write about what you want to write about on your own webpage or blog. In addition, you are welcome to sometimes comment off-topic on a thread here. But not over and over and over at great length. And please stop the scolding of people for not knowing what they in fact know. Actually, your messages would be more well-received in general—and probably more people would read what you write—if you eliminated the scolding entirely.

If you want to know what German Jews actually knew and thought about Hitler by 1936, read Klemperer’s diaries for that time. They strongly contradict that quote you cited.

What’s more, look at the evidence of Jews voting with their feet. It runs strongly counter to that quote you cited. Here’s an excerpt, and as you read it keep in mind that in June of 1933 the entire Jewish population of Germany numbered 500,000:

Increasing antisemitism prompted a wave of a Jewish mass emigration from Germany throughout the 1930s. Soon after their rise to power in 1933, the Nazis negotiated the Haavara Agreement between Zionist authorities in Palestine, which was signed on August 25, 1933. Under its terms, 60,000 German Jews were allowed to emigrate to Palestine and take $100 million in assets with them. Between 1929 and 1939, a total of 250,000 Jewish immigrants arrived in Palestine, mostly from Germany. Of these, 174,000 arrived between 1933 and 1936. After that, the British Mandatory authorities imposed limits on Jewish immigration, which led to clandestine illegal immigration. This wave of immigration was part of the Fifth Aliyah, and saw many Jewish doctors, lawyers, professionals, and professors leave the country.

The United States was another destination for German Jews seeking to leave the country, though the number allowed to immigrate was restricted due to the Immigration Act of 1924. Between 1933 and 1939, more than 300,000 Germans, some 90% of them Jews, applied for immigration visas to the United States. By 1940, only 90,000 German Jews had been granted visas and allowed to settle in the United States…

Overall, of the 522,000 Jews living in Germany in January 1933, only 214,000 were left by the eve of World War II.

What’s more, a great great many of those who stayed were elderly, poor, ill, or family members taking care of elderly or ill relatives and who felt they could neither take them nor desert them. And many who stayed tried to get out but were unable to.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/03/early-warnings-how-american-journalists-reported-the-rise-of-hitler/254146/

How hard did these writers work to find out what was really going on? Did they take risks to get to the real story, or were they mostly content to stay in their comfortable bubble?

Even the reporters were sometimes slow to write about the things they witnessed firsthand. I tell the story of Hans Kaltenborn, a famous radio broadcaster of that era. He was of German descent, but had grown up in the United States. Right after Hitler took power, there were attacks on Americans who failed to give the Hitler salute. Kaltenborn went over with the attitude that these reports were greatly exaggerated. Then his teenage son got beaten up for exactly the same reason. The Nazis apologized profusely and said, “I hope you won’t write about this.” And Kaltenborn replied, “No, I don’t insert anything personal in my stories.” Even after this happened to his own son, he was reluctant to write about it.

“Hitler is bringing Germany back to its feet. Look how orderly this place is now.” Charles Lindberg

In 1936, Truman Smith, the military attaché, was trying to report on the military buildup

Even the German Jews didn’t seem to realize the danger they were facing. It’s interesting to see that the American journalists were sometimes the first ones to warn them about it.

But one of the things I found fascinating in writing this book was to put myself in the shoes of the people there, who didn’t have the benefit of hindsight, and wonder, ‘What would I have understood? What would I have done?” I came away from it all knowing that I couldn’t, with any assurance, say I would have been any smarter.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/03/early-warnings-how-american-journalists-reported-the-rise-of-hitler/254146/

and so, history will repeat..
except we wont have eisenhower but will have obama biden… THAT alone should send a big chill down ones spine…

will she say anything?

will there be a thread for it before some conflict starts and we wonder why we are losing?

that list is still growing…

They are being “removed” at a rate of about one per week.

just ignore it…

lets get to the election, cause if there is a conflict that gets hot just before the election, they could pull a stunt they have already discussed.

Obama is “intentionally weakening and gutting our military, Pentagon and reducing the U.S. as a superpower, and anyone in the ranks who disagrees or speaks out is being purged.” Ret. Army Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely

$1.3 trillion that’s been cut from the Pentagon budget

too many quotes from military men, like the founder of the navy seals, and other special areas are talking, but no one is listening.

we are too busy paying attention to womens ti ts in timesquare

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

Barack Obama

Good luck people…

go study history and see what happens when actions like this were taken…

There, analyst John R. Graham finds both Walker’s and Rubio’s proposals “very good.”

Graham also finds that Jindal’s Attack on Walker’s Health Plan is Off-Base.

While a tyranny of ‘experts’ is not substitute for thinking, how nice if more of everyone’s thinking on US healthcare were at least informed with sustained reference to the facts and commentary of the savvy, experienced thinkers of the NCPA.

Throughout world history, whatever comes next after a military purge is never good.
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Army Gen. David D. McKiernan — 2009. First 4-star relieved since Truman relieved MacArthur.

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The Russian navy’s latest submarine is 574 feet long, displaces no fewer than 18,000 tons of water and packs two nuclear reactors.

as best as any outside observer can tell, the Moscow has a new mission. She appears to be part science vessel, part spy ship, part commando transport, and part “mothership” for mini-subs and drones.

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Russias new super carrier

the vessel will displace between 90,000 and 100,000 tons, roughly double the size of any carrier Russia has built to date. It will also be 330 meters in length, 40 meters wide, and have a draft of 11 meters. The carrier will have a cruising speed of 20 knots (kt), with a top speed of 30 kt. The vessel will also have an endurance of 120 days and require a crew of between 4,000-5,000 sailors.

The carrier will be able to carry between 80-90 combat aircraft of various kinds. Jane’s revealed that “the model features a split air wing comprising navalised T-50 PAKFAs and MiG-29Ks, as well as jet-powered naval early warning aircraft, and Ka-27 naval helicopters.”

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China has all but confirmed that it is building an indigenous aircraft carrier, and that it may even be a nuclear-powered one.

“it is known that China plans to build large nuclear aircraft carriers, equipped with electromagnetic catapults. Work on the main units and elements of the ship is already underway, and the project documentation part of it has been completed.”

[and electromagnetic catapult is a Rail Gun]
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With a phenomenal rate of fire of 300 rounds per minute, and a guaranteed striking range of up to 12 kilometers, the AU-220M’s 57 mm projectile is unlikely to cut through the 1 meter-thick front armor of an Abrams or a Leopard MBT, but even against the heaviest of armor, engineers bet on the hail of high-explosive projectiles knocking out optics, destroying aerials, smashing caterpillar tracks and jamming turrets.

New ammunition under development for the module includes armor-piercing, high-explosive and even guided rounds.

anyone other than myself realize what happens before something starts? that someone comes up with lots of new equipment and makes it in pseudo secret then suddenly with the idea of easy win with superior firepower, we find ourselves in conflict.

the news wants to report on ANYTHING but whats going on that may create threat conditions. you know, like north and south korea trading mortar fire this week… the new chinese miltary base on japanese soil. and russia and china unveiling lots of new equipment developed due to the openness that destroyed the secrecy in corporate design, development, chips, and so on.

dont worry… its MAGIC…
and your going to love whats under their sleeves..

My only question with what he outlined is the idea of tax credits if an employer does not provide coverage. That kind of gets us back into the “different strokes for different folks” that politicians love to play. But, I expect that there would soon be no employer provided insurance anyway. (Presumably the people who pay no taxes will still suck the government teat through Medicaid–figuratively speaking.)

My wife thinks I am unhinged on the subject, but I do believe that Trump gets treated a lot differently from the other GOP candidates on FNC. (FNC is the only one I pay any attention to at all–and that is waning)