It should go without saying that asking generals and other Pentagon bureaucrats about defense spending is like asking your barber if you need a haircut. They are hardly disinterested observers. So, it’s not surprising at all that the usual pentagon uniformed technocrats, after failing their audit for the seventh time in a row, remain unrepentant. … Read more
The 2020 Democratic Presidential Field is like a Kindergarten. Twenty-Three children all vying for attention. Hands up (other hand holding that arm so it doesn’t dip while they wiggle it), Wide-eyed desperate look. Pick me, Pick Me! The end result of which is popcorn worthy conversation.
From NECN MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — Former Republican presidential nominee John McCain is returning to New Hampshire to discuss looming defense spending cuts. The Arizona senator, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham will discuss defense spending cuts approved by Congress at a town hall meeting in Merrimack on Tuesday. The … Read more
Jim Forsythe’s next two questions at the Ron Paul Presidential Primary event in Meredith, NH this afternoon:
Question 2: You have proposed cutting $1 Trillion from the Federal budget right off – why is it so important to cut Federal spending?
Question 3:Military vs defense spending – and how will the military look like under President Ron Paul?
Carol Seiu-Porter’s energy policy agenda actually costs the US military billions of dollars more per year in increased fuel and energy costs. Stephen Hayward at the Weekly Standard estimated that every $10/barrel added to the price of oil costs the defense department (and you) one billion dollars more per year.
Yahoo! News has a morning headline titled "How Democrats Lost ‘Don’t Ask’ Repeal." (You can read it here). It focuses almost entirely on the "Don’t Ask" repeal provision and to some degree on the tactics that epitomize Ried’s Senate antics. He takes a defense authorization bill, adds Don’t ask don’t tell, then stuffs amnesty for illegal immigrants into it, and then refuses to allow Republican amendments.
The article, and most of those that I have seen on the subject, all focus on the failure to repeal "Don’t Ask" as if that were actually the point. But this had nothing to with that. It was a tactical political media ploy. Think about it.