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republican prez candidates declare national debt a threat to national security. the article quotes mccain: "Any nation that no longer has economic strength sooner or later will lose its military strength, so it's a national security issue."
oh, we might lose our military strength? bummer.
what cracks me up is that these wankers are all talking about how necessary it is to elect a president who will "rein in spending." what is the single biggest expenditure in the U.S. budget? next to social security, which...ahem, yeah, i'm not going to open that bag of pissed off cats just now...it's the DoD. don't take my word for it. don't take wiki's word for it either. please notice that the "global war on terror" budget is separate from the DoD budget--it's under "supplemental and emergency spending."
DooooD. what part of "end the iraq war, end the afghanistan war, and don't even think about invading iran!" don't you understand? it even makes logical sense from the republican standpoint.
the serpent continues to swallow its tail...
meanwhile, back at the ranch, the mortgage crisis widens the already gaping hole in the hull of the u.s. economy.
oh, we might lose our military strength? bummer.
what cracks me up is that these wankers are all talking about how necessary it is to elect a president who will "rein in spending." what is the single biggest expenditure in the U.S. budget? next to social security, which...ahem, yeah, i'm not going to open that bag of pissed off cats just now...it's the DoD. don't take my word for it. don't take wiki's word for it either. please notice that the "global war on terror" budget is separate from the DoD budget--it's under "supplemental and emergency spending."
DooooD. what part of "end the iraq war, end the afghanistan war, and don't even think about invading iran!" don't you understand? it even makes logical sense from the republican standpoint.
the serpent continues to swallow its tail...
meanwhile, back at the ranch, the mortgage crisis widens the already gaping hole in the hull of the u.s. economy.
