Army Chief Laments Defense Budget Fights (we are cheap grr)

[wakeme2008]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-General-Plastic-Santas.html

April 26, 2006
Army Chief Laments Defense Budget Fights
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 2:35 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans spent as much on ''plastic Santa Clauses and tinsel'' and other holiday niceties last Christmas season as they do on their military for a year, the Army's top general said Wednesday.

...more at link...

Sounds like he needs a course in account and math....

[htuttle]

1. The difference is, we CHOSE to spend that money on plastic Santa Clauses

We had no say on what we spent killing people overseas. At least I didn't.

[tinymontgomery]

2. Why does he Hate Christmas?

What an unamerican thing to say, he must be part of that war on Christmas that O'lielly speaks about.

[ugarte]

3. Well, speaking of Santa and the military: they're both fat

We spend more than the whole rest of the world. Talk about chutzpah.