The whole story in a bomb-shell

It's not the first time, so it's really no surprise.   But wouldn't you think the Republicans would be a little more nuanced, a tad more circumspect, in such a parlous time of budgetary woes?

This is about the defense budget that the House Republican majority passed.  It includes spending some $4 billion more than the White House and Pentagon requested.   All are either for political reasons (to appear tough on defense) or as earmark favors to the defense industry.

Mind you, these extra expenditures are for things the Pentagon says it does not need, like an East Coast missile defense system, certain fighter jets, and putting the brakes on reducing the size of our forces.

At the same time, the same Republican budget makers are slashing domestic funds that are vital to needy people's survival -- like food assistance, Social Security benefits, and Medicare/Medicaid funds.

The election battle lines are being drawn, and I would not want to be on the Republican side.   Look at their priorities -- unnecessary spending to benefit a few who don't need it by cutting government services to those who do.

This should be our bumper stickers for 2012:

Republicans rob the poor to benefit the rich.

That should be the line we hammer and hammer, just the way they would do if things were reversed.

Ralph