636 billion budget for military approved. awesome!

[Pabst]

U.S. House approves $636 billion military spending bill - Yahoo! Canada News

the same politicians who bitched and whined about all the money spent on iraq and afghanistan during the elections just approved this.

how awesome is that? and you fucking suckers eat the bullshit they spoon feed you about opposing the wars and not wanting to fund this and that and they almost unanimously voted to approve of this budget. you people are idiots.

and here's the kicker!!!

But the $124 billion approved for ongoing wars probably will not be enough to cover President Barack Obama's plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

more awesomeness.

you people voted for this. change we can believe in! what a joke.

this article is chock FULL of asinine buffoonery from the feds...

The bill includes 1,720 earmarks costing $4.2 billion for lawmakers' pet projects, according to the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense.

holy shit...

The spending bill represents a partial victory for Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who had sought to eliminate unwanted weapons programs over the objections of lawmakers who represent areas where they are manufactured.

now this is good but then we read this next...

Congress eliminated funding for Lockheed-Martin Corp's F-22 fighter jet, but provided 10 more Boeing Co C-17 transport planes than the Pentagon asked for, at a cost of $2.5 billion.
The Pentagon keeps alive two programs the Pentagon did not seek to fund: the troubled VH-71 presidential helicopter program and an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, made by General Electric Co and Britain's Rolls-Royce Group Plc.
The Pentagon said it would not recommend a veto despite the unwanted measures.

WTF? they eliminate one thing but kept two, which the pentagon didnt want and isnt going to press the issue on? this means money will be wasted. AWESOME! after all its not really their money so why should they give a fuck, right?

 

[Parasite]

No one can deny that there is massive waste in our military, but there is massive waste in every other other government department. The money allocated for the war is mandatory. Even Obama knows these guys must be stopped before another 9/11 is pulled. Those who voted for Obama convinced he'd pull us out of the Middle East had their heads up their butts; he merely told them what they wanted to hear.

 

[Dakota Jim]

No one can deny that there is massive waste in our military, but there is massive waste in every other other government department. The money allocated for the war is mandatory. Even Obama knows these guys must be stopped before another 9/11 is pulled. Those who voted for Obama convinced he'd pull us out of the Middle East had their heads up their butts; he merely told them what they wanted to hear.

Your Avatar drives me nutz....

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[Parasite]

Your Avatar drives me nutz....

http://www.imageuploading.com/ims/pic.php?u=17440tlOTQ&i=119792

Lol. I've had people ask me to remove it because it scares them.

 

[nova]

Congress eliminated funding for Lockheed-Martin Corp's F-22 fighter jet, but provided 10 more Boeing Co C-17 transport planes than the Pentagon asked for, at a cost of $2.5 billion.
The Pentagon keeps alive two programs the Pentagon did not seek to fund: the troubled VH-71 presidential helicopter program and an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, made by General Electric Co and Britain's Rolls-Royce Group Plc.
The Pentagon said it would not recommend a veto despite the unwanted measures.

It gets in my craw that we can spend $800 billion on a bullshit sham of a "stimulus" pork bill, but $2.5 billion for F-22s to maintain air supremacy for the foreseable future is just "too much".....

Its going to be sad when we get involved in a real fight against a real power instead of against half ass third world air forces, and we have to pay that bill in blood instead of $$$..

 

[Pabst]

it chaps my ass that with bush people wouldnt shut up about how horrible the government is and how we shouldnt be having these wars so they vote this guy in and he's doing the same thing bush was doing and the people who voted him in are saying nothing about this shit.

the american people at large are fucking stupid.

 

[Accountable]

No one can deny that there is massive waste in our military, but there is massive waste in every other other government department. The money allocated for the war is mandatory. Even Obama knows these guys must be stopped before another 9/11 is pulled. Those who voted for Obama convinced he'd pull us out of the Middle East had their heads up their butts; he merely told them what they wanted to hear.

This is the kind of bullshit rationalization that drives me nuts. Waste is waste & we need to get rid of it when and where we can. Why do they ask the experts (the Pentagon) if they're only going to do what their lobbyists tell them?

 

[Accountable]

It gets in my craw that we can spend $800 billion on a bullshit sham of a "stimulus" pork bill, but $2.5 billion for F-22s to maintain air supremacy for the foreseable future is just "too much".....

Its going to be sad when we get involved in a real fight against a real power instead of against half ass third world air forces, and we have to pay that bill in blood instead of $$$..

If memory serves, the Pentagon didn't want the F-22 in the first place, but congress ordered them anyway.

 

[Parasite]

This is the kind of bullshit rationalization that drives me nuts. Waste is waste & we need to get rid of it when and where we can. Why do they ask the experts (the Pentagon) if they're only going to do what their lobbyists tell them?

I agree. The Pentagon has become a laughing stock when it comes to wasting tax dollars. However, because of their responsibility to protect the USA, we need them, and it's sad to say that we must rely on their judgement for the overall outcome. Surely you would not deny that the US military is the strongest and most efficient in world history. I would love to reduce waste in government departments, but if there is one department that in my opinion gets a little more leeway, it is the military.

 

[Alien Allen]

Yes the silence on the left about the moron in the Oval Office and the lies he told to get into office is mind numbing.

This is the sad state of affairs that result when you have the aftermath of Bush and his bullshit.

It gave Obama and the liberals a mandate to do stupid stuff and get away with it.

Then people will get pissed of and vote them out of power only to have the republicans do stupid shit and there we go on the friggin merry go round

 

[Tim]

it chaps my ass that with bush people wouldnt shut up about how horrible the government is and how we shouldnt be having these wars so they vote this guy in and he's doing the same thing bush was doing and the people who voted him in are saying nothing about this shit.

the american people at large are fucking stupid.

Did you not pay attention to his campaign? He made it very clear that he wanted to get the troops out of Iraq and send in more troops to Afghanistan during his presidential campaign. He is doing exactly what he said he was going to do... so why should his supporters give him grief about Afghanistan?

 

[Accountable]

I agree. The Pentagon has become a laughing stock when it comes to wasting tax dollars. However, because of their responsibility to protect the USA, we need them, and it's sad to say that we must rely on their judgement for the overall outcome. Surely you would not deny that the US military is the strongest and most efficient in world history. I would love to reduce waste in government departments, but if there is one department that in my opinion gets a little more leeway, it is the military.

Didn't you read the OP? Earmarks don't come from the Pentagon. They come from Congress, and Congress is ordering aircraft the Pentagon doesn't even want.

 

[alice in chains]

Yes the silence on the left about the moron in the Oval Office and the lies he told to get into office is mind numbing.

This is the sad state of affairs that result when you have the aftermath of Bush and his bullshit.

It gave Obama and the liberals a mandate to do stupid stuff and get away with it.

Then people will get pissed of and vote them out of power only to have the republicans do stupid shit and there we go on the friggin merry go round

I agree. Personally, I think Obama is crazy, but what can I say, I like the guy. His promises were nothing actually more than ambition and idealism. I didn't vote this year and I never will. I'd sell me vote for 20 dollars...or best offer...

 

[itsmeJonB]

Lol. I've had people ask me to remove it because it scares them.

reminds me of 50 first dates

 

[Accountable]

I agree. Personally, I think Obama is crazy, but what can I say, I like the guy. His promises were nothing actually more than ambition and idealism. I didn't vote this year and I never will. I'd sell me vote for 20 dollars...or best offer...

So long as you don't vote, you're irrelevant. But just out of curiosity, why do you like him?

 

[alice in chains]

he has carisma. and, as a matter of fact, i do hold relevance. whether i vote or not, the president still holds power over me. if you don't want me to have a voice for not voting, then write your local congressman to make it illegal.

 

[Accountable]

he has carisma. and, as a matter of fact, i do hold relevance. whether i vote or not, the president still holds power over me. if you don't want me to have a voice for not voting, then write your local congressman to make it illegal.

You misunderstand me. If you vote, then you hold power over the president. I do want you to have a voice. You do have a voice; you just choose not to use it. Instead you choose to be irrelevant to those who only listen to the tally of the vote. I would prefer that you choose to be relevant, even if your vote cancels mine out. :thumbup