{"id":134,"date":"2012-01-25T17:48:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2012-01-25T17:48:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:48:55","slug":"obama-bookends-state-of-union-address-with-militarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/25\/obama-bookends-state-of-union-address-with-militarism\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Bookends State of Union Address With Militarism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Obama Bookends State of Union Address With Militarism<\/h1>\n<p>President Barack Obama said a lot of nice things in his State of the Union address last night.\u00a0 While these days I don&#8217;t pay much attention to what politicians say, I thought it was interesting to note that Mr. Obama bookended his State of the Union address with two rather long militaristic segments.\u00a0 While Mr. Obama may have a slightly different take on US world domination than some of his predecessors, when it comes down to it he flatly said that the US must be THE world power.\u00a0 Nationalism and militarism is a disease that has inflicted our great nation for many generations.\u00a0 Perhaps more importantly, the disease of US militarism has plagued the rest of the world for as many generations.\u00a0 It almost goes without saying that in US politics our overwhelming military might is preeminent, both as a practical matter for running the rest of the world, and at the center of our national religion.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t think of a single thing that receives more reverence in this country than the military and military service.\u00a0 It is very dangerous and considered blasphemous to speak against US military. I believe that standing against militarism is our only hope in this country and the world to save our planet and its inhabitants.\u00a0 If militarism is not defeated, then the violence necessary to sustain the status quo and its injustice will defeat this, that is, at least, kill us.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to join me in any nonviolent revolutionary action that you can find and\/or create.\u00a0 Might I suggest getting involved in the <a href=\"http:\/\/occupywallst.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">occupy movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama Bookends State of Union Address With Militarism President Barack Obama said a lot of nice things in his State of the Union address last night.\u00a0 While these days I don&#8217;t pay much attention to what politicians say, I thought &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/25\/obama-bookends-state-of-union-address-with-militarism\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,15],"tags":[476,534,388,721,70,187,766,72,560,71,23,215,110,530,83,524,239,186,406,113,163],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peace","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-disease","tag-domination","tag-hope","tag-injustice","tag-militarism","tag-military","tag-national","tag-nationalism","tag-nonviolent","tag-obama","tag-occupy-wall-street","tag-politics","tag-power","tag-president","tag-religion","tag-reverence","tag-revolutionary","tag-state","tag-status","tag-status-quo","tag-violence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obama Bookends State of Union Address With Militarism | Peace, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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