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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:17 PM Original message |
"Pentagon Looking Safe from the Super Committee's Cuts" (Dwarfed by SS, Medicare, Medicaid cuts) |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Never would have expected that! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. These are the cuts the President put on the table first. |
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UnrepentantLiberal (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Wait, the Obama 2012 DUers assured me that Obama was just horse trading |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Amurka's most sacred of sacred cows is off the table. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. of course. never thought they would put a dent in pentagon spending. |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Cuts in SS and/or Medicare need to trigger massive revolt by the populace. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. +10000 This was the game plan all along. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. They will. Don't worry. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid |
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Magoo48 (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. At some point we'll either drop the rock or sink all the way to the bottom. which will it be? |
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sibelian (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lots of wars to come, I see. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well Steal my Wallet and call me Elmer, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Empires in end stages do this predictably |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Apparently this is the "real" Death Panel. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It is a betrayal of human beings. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. Gee, who didn't see this coming? n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Our bridges may all collapse, our schools may all close, but there will alway$$$$ be plenty of $$$$$ |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Tax the filthy Rich more. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. They are starting to scream. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Also SEND the link to the Tumblr page from the link in this OP |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Thank you! |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Even our trusted Democrats on the secret super committee are not touching defense. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Thank you for posting this. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
21. He's toast. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
22. No wonder they are trying to go to war with Iran... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yes, and the threat of war with Iran will also be their trump card for the Wall Street protests... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
25. #OccupyMilitarySpending. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
26. Yeah, but DOD ain't broke. It's funded all the way to the end of the fiscal year, while... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. Shocked, shocked I tell ya! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. The team was chosen for exactly this outcome. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. +1 |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Pentagon's share of ''Discretionary Spending'' is about all there is these days. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. Surprise! (not) WTF is "the Super Committee" anyway, isn't it unconstitutional? |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. I still think that IF they reach a deal Congress will not endorse it. |
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