Carter criticizes drone use, domestic spying under Obama

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/23/carter-criticizes-drone-use-domestic-spying-under-obama/

In the heated race for runner up position in the "Worst President in US History" standings, former President Jimmy Carter sealed his already guaranteed 2nd place finish with an attack on a couple of President Obama's policies.

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Lol. This admin has definitely assured themselves the worst president in recent history award......

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let's be clear...

The NEXT president... whether it's a dem or repub, will totally NOT scale back the drone use, domestically or abroad.

Once a prez office gets that power, they do NOT give it back lol.  Usually, they expand upon it and abuse/use it like crazy.

seriously, can anyone here say with a straight face that "the next guy/gal", no matter which party, is going to just land all those drones and no longer enjoy the tactical advantage that they deliver?  Noooooope...

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/23/carter-criticizes-drone-use-domestic-spying-under-obama/

In the heated race for runner up position in the "Worst President in US History" standings, former President Jimmy Carter sealed his already guaranteed 2nd place finish with an attack on a couple of President Obama's policies.

The moral of this story... if Zbigniew Brzezinski wants to act as your political advisor... RUN!!!   

let's be clear...

The NEXT president... whether it's a dem or repub, will totally NOT scale back the drone use, domestically or abroad.

Once a prez office gets that power, they do NOT give it back lol.  Usually, they expand upon it and abuse/use it like crazy.

seriously, can anyone here say with a straight face that "the next guy/gal", no matter which party, is going to just land all those drones and no longer enjoy the tactical advantage that they deliver?  Noooooope...

Just got a phone call from an old friend. He thought I was batshit crazy when back in the late 80's I had told him that I secretly suspected that a lot of the video games around were probably being used to prepare the next generation of soldiers. Not so batshit crazy now huh? It seems a lot of the stuff I told him has infact unfolded over the years, ...but that was the one that stood out most prominently for him.

When he asked me if I had any more weird suspicions, I told him a few, and because of my track record the poor guy is scared now. lol

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The moral of this story... if Zbigniew Brzezinski wants to act as your political advisor... RUN!!!   


Just got a phone call from an old friend. He thought I was batshit crazy when back in the late 80's I had told him that I secretly suspected that a lot of the video games around were probably being used to prepare the next generation of soldiers. Not so batshit crazy now huh? It seems a lot of the stuff I told him has infact unfolded over the years, ...but that was the one that stood out most prominently for him.

When he asked me if I had any more weird suspicions, I told him a few, and because of my track record the poor guy is scared now. lol

wat

video games =/= real life warfare, not even close. Cmon, thats so ridiculous that you may as well say you shit gold from your ass-gina.

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wat

video games =/= real life warfare, not even close. Cmon, thats so ridiculous that you may as well say you shit gold from your ass-gina.

The US Govt does use video games to help train soldiers.   They've been doing it since the mid-1990s. 

Pilots use flight simulators.  Nascar drivers use racing simulators:
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/8714616/nascar-no-fenders-no-problem-brad-keselowski-ferrari-f1-simulator

And yes, the military uses them too:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR2006021302437.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/playing-war-how-the-military-uses-video-games/280486/

This isn't some lib BS writer theorizing, this is a nice list of military leaders saying how they do have practical uses.

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The US Govt does use video games to help train soldiers.   They've been doing it since the mid-1990s. 

Pilots use flight simulators.  Nascar drivers use racing simulators:
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/8714616/nascar-no-fenders-no-problem-brad-keselowski-ferrari-f1-simulator

And yes, the military uses them too:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR2006021302437.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/playing-war-how-the-military-uses-video-games/280486/
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This isn't some lib BS writer theorizing, this is a nice list of military leaders saying how they do have practical uses.

well, yeah, if y9ure talking about actual MILITARY simulators like Americas Army and the Janes flight sims.

I was imagining she was talking about games like CoD indoctrinating kids in warfare.

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The US Govt does use video games to help train soldiers.   They've been doing it since the mid-1990s. 

Pilots use flight simulators.  Nascar drivers use racing simulators:
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/8714616/nascar-no-fenders-no-problem-brad-keselowski-ferrari-f1-simulator

And yes, the military uses them too:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR2006021302437.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/playing-war-how-the-military-uses-video-games/280486/

This isn't some lib BS writer theorizing, this is a nice list of military leaders saying how they do have practical uses.

Thank You

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wat

video games =/= real life warfare, not even close. Cmon, thats so ridiculous that you may as well say you shit gold from your ass-gina.

Of course it doesn't equal real life warfare. That's why it's used for training purposes.
Soldiers don't get "on the job" training. If they did... the casualty count would be much higher.

While we're on the topic, I'm a girl, so I don't shit, ...and my ass & my gina, are 2 completely separate orifices.
Although you would be figuratively correct in stating I have gold bullion coming out of every orifice,
...and you could too. It's simply a matter of whether you want it more than you're afraid of it. Your choice.  

I got me a nice fat little golden piggy bank, ...and you can have one too