Trillion dollar dicks

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Comic-cartoon about politics of US military and intelligence spending.

Last updated 6-28-07

We Americans have given up almost everything since World War II-- at least in terms of things that'd make our lives better -- basically so our Presidents could act like trillion dollar dicks¹.

Apparently we especially wanted this for our most sexually impotent, repressed, frustrated and psychotic of Presidents².

Decades of this behavior has resulted in most Americans today steadily descending towards standards of living equivalent to that found in many modern third-world countries-- or worse³.

As of mid-2007, it appears we will continue to fund our long line of trillion dollar dicks to our own bitter and ignoble end.

What a goddamned shame for a country which once served as a shining beacon of hope and freedom and prosperity for the whole world.

FOOTNOTES

¹ "I do not need to explain why I say things. - That's the interesting thing about being the President. - Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."

-- President George W. Bush, 2002

-- Rare Glimpse Inside Bush's Cabinet November 19, 2002; from a 60 Minutes interview by Mike Wallace of Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, author of the book Bush at War; CBS Worldwide Inc.; Nov. 17, 2002 is a second date stamp associated with this article

-- Why is the USA so frequently the victim of resentment around the world? by Kryss Katsiavriades and Talaat Qureshi; accessible online 5-19-07

-- We're Number One! America Leads the World in War Profits By Frida Berrigan; May 22, 2007; alternet.org

"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions"

-- US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

-- The War On Waste (possibly by Vince Gonzales); CBSNews.com; Jan. 29, 2002

² "...the damage they inflict on society is out of all proportion to their numbers, not least because they gravitate to high-profile professions that offer the promise of control over others, such as law, politics, business management ... and journalism."

"...natural- born predators."

-- Snakes in suits and how to spot them By Giles Whittell; November 11, 2002; timesonline.co.uk

"When you see what has happened with Enron and WorldCom and all these other big corporations, and you ask how the hell could this guy get in that position, well, there are answers...When the structure's not there, when charisma is extremely important and style wins over substance..."

-- Dr Robert Hare

-- Snakes in suits and how to spot them By Giles Whittell; November 11, 2002; timesonline.co.uk

"Professor Hare estimates that 1% of the general population in North America are psychopaths."

"They could be perfectly qualified for top posts in the military, politics or in huge multi-national companies..."

-- Is your boss a 'corporate psycho'?; 13 January, 2004; news.bbc.co.uk

Believe it or not, the President of the USA's annual medical examination does not currently, and never has, included even a routine psychiatric examination. Virtually all other personnel expected to endure unusual stresses-- such as FBI and CIA agents, and professional pilots-- must at minimum pass a single such exam to begin their jobs. Not so the Presidency circa 2002, even though psychiatric problems there could literally bring on the end of the world.

-- Their Annual Checkups Should Be Complete (washingtonpost.com) By Alen J. Salerian; May 12, 2002; Page B03

-- Federal panel urges screening of adults for depression;The Associated Press/Nando Media/Nando Times; May 21, 2002

-- Fighting Mad Leader Disease (possibly by Rebecca Sloan Slotnick); Science Observer; November-December, 2001

³ "...American families live just one illness or accident away from complete financial collapse"

-- US Study: Medical Bills Main Culprit In Bankruptcies ["http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/042700-03.htm"] by Araminta Wordsworth; www.commondreams.org; October 09, 2002; originally published by the National Post in Canada, April 27, 2000

"For the majority of Americans, the question is not if they will experience poverty, but when"

-- Most Americans Experience Poverty Sometime In Adult Life, Study Finds; 7 APRIL 1999; Contact: Gerry Everding; gerry_everding@aismail.wustl.edu; 314-935-6375; Washington University in St. Louis

The overwhelming majority (90%) of young white male employees in USAmerica are destined to experience a smaller rise in income over their lives than their father's generation did

-- Ninety percent of young white male workers now doing worse than they would have 20 years ago ["http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-02/uow-npo022002.php"]; EurekAlert!; 20-Feb-2002; Contact: Joel Schwarz; joels@u.washington.edu; 206-543-2580; University of Washington

-- Whites join slide into poverty as US incomes fall ["http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,799164,00.html"] by Matthew Engel; September 26, 2002

-- Census U.S. Poverty Up, Income Down (washingtonpost.com) ["http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59613-2002Sep24.html"]

-- U.S. Poverty Up, Income Down ["http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20020924_841.html"]; ABC News

-- GROWING INCOME GAP SUGGESTS SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS ["http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucas/20060507/cm_ucas/growingincomegapsuggestsshrinkingmiddleclass"] By Cynthia Tucker, May 6, 2006

-- They own you -- and all your property too; jrmooneyham.com; accessible online 5-19-07

-- The astonishing decline of America; jmooneyham.com; accessible online 5-19-07