Military Industrial Complex

Leftists always like to bring up Ike's speech.  Especially Academics.  "See, even a Republican war hero argues against military spending!" They say.

They always forget this part.

The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific/technological elite.

– Dwight Eisenhower 1960

Hmph! 

You eggheads are just as bad as the arms merchants in cahoots with the generals.  Look at all yer socialism and falsified CAGW information.  Stop trying to convince me that I want to freeze to death in the dark, soap-dodgers and billionaires.