Why Do They Hate Us?
Hard to create dichotomous scenarios when our actions and those of our so-called enemies are incredibly similar.
Hard to create dichotomous scenarios when our actions and those of our so-called enemies are incredibly similar.
And you thought Rick Santorum was bad….yeesh.
But whatever you do, don’t use Bing. Nothing good will ever come of that.
Prediction: in 60 years, white males will be longing for the days before a conservative Supreme Court deemed affirmative action unconstitutional.
The Article: Army to Congress: Thanks, but no tanks by Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston in CNN.
The Text: If you need an example of why it is hard to cut the budget in Washington look no further than this Army depot in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada range.
CNN was allowed rare access to what amounts to a parking lot for more than 2,000 M-1 Abrams tanks. Here, about an hour’s drive north of Reno, Nevada, the tanks have been collecting dust in the hot California desert because of a tiff between the Army and Congress.
The U.S. has more than enough combat tanks in the field to meet the nation’s defense needs – so there’s no sense in making repairs to these now, the Army’s chief of staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno told Congress earlier this year.
In summation: we go over this artificial cliff, wealthy tax rates increase and defense spending goes down. There’s a reason why the Obama White House isn’t too nervous about this upcoming free-fall.