I have a hard time thinking that those folks are against spending money per se. After all, none of them complained about the fact that taxpayers are paying more than
$400,000 in legal and implementation fees for the Closed Primary Election
legislation. I saw a few complaints about NPR funding but none about the recent bombings in Libya, any day of which cost more than the annual NPR budget. And of course you can't get them to shut up about the deficit, which was zero when Bush took office and was used to support two unending wars. When it comes to the military and other items on their radical right wing agenda, suddenly the government, which is according to them otherwise inept, becomes godlike: omniscient and omnipotent. Hard to make sense of but easy to predict!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Good thought, Dr. J.<br>
<br>
A question, though . . .<br>
<br>
Will TEA Partiers and right-wing conservatives support Defense-bound tax<br>
dollars being used in restructuring these commands due to mind-warping<br>
lies from the left-wing global-warming propaganda machine?<br>
<br>
Hmmm.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
Moscow, Idaho<br>
<br>
On Mon, April 18, 2011 7:30 am, Joe Campbell wrote:<br>
> Maybe if we can get the military to admit to global warming, the<br>
> conservatives will believe it.<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Courtesy of the April 25, 2011 edition of the Army Times.<br>
>><br>
>> -------------------------------------------------------<br>
>><br>
>> Military rethinks polar command as ice caps melt<br>
>><br>
>> WHAT’S UP: Melting polar ice caps are prompting the military to redraw<br>
>> its<br>
>> map dividing the globe into combatant commands. Pentagon projections<br>
>> show<br>
>> new shipping lanes will appear around the North Pole during the next 20<br>
>> to<br>
>> 30 years, a senior defense official said. Previous master plans<br>
>> essentially ignored the Arctic region, technically chopping it up among<br>
>> U.S. Northern Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Pacific Command.<br>
>> “Before, to be honest, I’m not sure who had the lead on it,” said one<br>
>> senior defense official.<br>
>><br>
>> WHAT’S NEXT: NORTHCOM will take over the Arctic area, and EUCOM will be<br>
>> responsible for Russia’s mostly frozen northern border. PACOM was<br>
>> squeezed<br>
>> out of the region, according to the new Unified Command Plan. The plan,<br>
>> approved by the White House in early April, has no immediate impact on<br>
>> troops and bases. Any further shift in strategy will “depend on how<br>
>> climate change continues,” the senior defense official said.<br>
>><br>
>> -------------------------------------------------------<br>
>><br>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>
>><br>
>> TomHansen<br>
>> Moscow, Idaho<br>
>><br>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to<br>
>> changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>
>><br>
>> - Unknown<br>
>><br>
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"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to<br>
changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>
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- Unknown<br>
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