Jericho: The Billion Dollar Bundt Cake
The House has passed a Bill to fund the military but set a time table for troop withdrawal.
This is nothing new. The House has tried this before - the Prez vetoed. The fun thing about this new attempt is that if Dubya vetoes, the military will be scrambling for cash, or, as the White House put it:
Awww! The whittle Penawgon will haf to keep a bwudget! Shucky darn! They will have to find some way in their $470 billion dollar budget to keep two wars going. Gee whiz! We might just have to declare peace and a general amnesty!
But, this is my favorite quote:
CNN adds later in the article:
So, putting those two facts side by side, we see that Dana Perino feels that 60+% of the American people are a "radical group". Last I heard, when Bush got elected with 51% of the popular vote, that was considered a mandate from the people. So, if Bush had gotten 60% of the vote, would he have been elected by a "radical group", Dana?? Could you and your party be a little bit more out of touch, Dana???
In short, I like this plan. If the White House agrees, then we finally have an exit plan for the endless wars. If Bush doesn't agree, his spending will hit a wall and he will no longer be able to afford the military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, much less the exceptionally expensive services of Blackwater. Heck, the war might end even sooner than planned!
Of course, if Bush got smart, he could circumvent this whole thing. He could take the cash in the current military budget and do what cash strapped schools, churches, hospitals and other organizations that don't get enough funding (usually because the government spends it on the military) do nearly every year: have a bake sale. That's right! Sell cookies and cakes and pies. I mean, who wouldn't support buying a $25 million dollar cruise missile by buying a $300 apple pie? We can have another troop surge, the Pentagon would just have to sell twelve billion boxes of Thin Mints and Do-Si-Dos!
This is nothing new. The House has tried this before - the Prez vetoed. The fun thing about this new attempt is that if Dubya vetoes, the military will be scrambling for cash, or, as the White House put it:
"Pentagon planners will be forced to focus on accounting maneuvers instead of military maneuvers."
Awww! The whittle Penawgon will haf to keep a bwudget! Shucky darn! They will have to find some way in their $470 billion dollar budget to keep two wars going. Gee whiz! We might just have to declare peace and a general amnesty!
But, this is my favorite quote:
But White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Democrats are wasting time "for political posturing and to appease radical groups."
CNN adds later in the article:
A CNN-Opinion Research poll conducted in early November found 68 percent of Americans polled oppose the war, and 62 percent consider the conflict a stalemate.
So, putting those two facts side by side, we see that Dana Perino feels that 60+% of the American people are a "radical group". Last I heard, when Bush got elected with 51% of the popular vote, that was considered a mandate from the people. So, if Bush had gotten 60% of the vote, would he have been elected by a "radical group", Dana?? Could you and your party be a little bit more out of touch, Dana???
In short, I like this plan. If the White House agrees, then we finally have an exit plan for the endless wars. If Bush doesn't agree, his spending will hit a wall and he will no longer be able to afford the military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, much less the exceptionally expensive services of Blackwater. Heck, the war might end even sooner than planned!
Of course, if Bush got smart, he could circumvent this whole thing. He could take the cash in the current military budget and do what cash strapped schools, churches, hospitals and other organizations that don't get enough funding (usually because the government spends it on the military) do nearly every year: have a bake sale. That's right! Sell cookies and cakes and pies. I mean, who wouldn't support buying a $25 million dollar cruise missile by buying a $300 apple pie? We can have another troop surge, the Pentagon would just have to sell twelve billion boxes of Thin Mints and Do-Si-Dos!
posted by Jericho Brown at 11/15/2007 10:05:00 AM
2 Comments:
If you keep applying level-headed logic to politics and the government, you might just sway my vote away from Colbert.
(Off to bake cookies to fund your campaign)
The percent of the population that makes up the radicals who oppose Bush does not matter. Remember, we no longer have to be bound the limits of the reality based community.
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