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To: Don Hurst who wrote (618342)7/7/2011 12:21:06 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583406
 
>> We spend $320 Mn on military bands...she says $200 Mn is enough and the repugs say NO they need $320 for this Socialism

It is worth noting that none other than Condi Rice, of GWB administration fame, was the first to point out the ridiculousness of spending more on military bands than we do on FSOs. And that Bush's Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, reiterated the point in the context of further ridiculing the congressional budgetary process.

Rather than trying to make it a partisan issue, it is more reasonable to interpret it as an indictment of having government do ONE DAMNED THING more than what is absolutely essential. Starving the government of funds is the only way to get this absurdity under control.

And the Defense Dept spends $63 Mn sponsoring NASCAR race car owners and millionaire drivers and she says $20 Mn is enough. And the repugs say NO they need this Socialism...and on and on....

Arguably a reasonable recruiting expense.


Who is doing the "destroying".?


Congress. But it is inarguable that democrats are more culpable when it comes to bad spending decisions than are Republicans.



To: Don Hurst who wrote (618342)7/7/2011 7:57:39 AM
From: steve harris2 Recommendations  Respond to of 1583406
 
Your socialists were in control of spending from Jan 2007 to Jan 2011.

YOU flushed trillions down the drain and overseas.

The best you can do is a few million on defense, why don't you tell everyone about the trillion in TARP that didn't go to TARP that your team embezzled?



To: Don Hurst who wrote (618342)7/7/2011 10:46:47 AM
From: longnshort2 Recommendations  Respond to of 1583406
 
ATF Director: Holder Obstructing ‘Fast and Furious’ Probe

"If his account is accurate, then ATF leadership appears to have been effectively muzzled while the DOJ sent over false denials and buried its head in the sand," Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said in a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Eric Holder. "That approach distorted the truth and obstructed our investigation."

breitbart.tv

can you say IMPEACHMENT. Get these criminals out of the White House