Usually the first place we look to for blame in the current mess we find ourselves in as a nation is to the President. First of all neither President Bush nor currently President Obama got us in this mess. Yes they should have seen the need to slow down the train before the crash, but what about the Senators, the Congressmen and others in high positions that were aware of the bad decisions being made, yet made no effort to stop the train. What would cause intelligent people to just tur
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October 27, 2009 3:55 pm | 
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The Washington Times, “ U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects ” by Shaun Waterman Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis. Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans
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It Training | Content Keyword RSS 2 | October 15, 2009 9:41 pm | Comments (0)
For our current batch of legislators, it’s an easy choice: screw the troops, bring on the pork ! Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis. Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New
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It Training | Content Keyword RSS 2 | 9:19 pm | Comments (0)
Can you believe this nonsense? How many times does this have to happen? Ammo gets stripped from going to the Troops for what? The Maui Space Surveillance System? The Hawaii Federal Health Care Network? Or the Humvee maintenance? Senator Daniel Inouye, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have some explaining to do...DON'T THEY? Washington Times: U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects [...] Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at t
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The Washington Time s reports that pork-loving members of the U.S. Senate diverted about $2.6 billion in funding for our troops in harms way, money intended to purchase ammunition and fuel, in order to fund their pet projects. Yes, they shifted funding from our troops to building an institute named after Ted Kennedy. Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. tr
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