Pelosi: Freeze Pentagon Budget Too

MSNBC:

Toward the end of her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) broke ranks with President Obama and reiterated her call for the president's proposed spending freeze to include the Defense budget as well.

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Comments

[poco767c]

03:43 PM on 01/28/2010

mmmmmmmm

Fresh baked bread and home made jam, anyone can live like a king for 60cents

[shivasquest]

03:32 PM on 01/28/2010

Via Sullivan;

Bob Gates applauded the commitment to remove the gay ban in the military. The defense chiefs didn't and stayed in their seats. We're told that that's protocol: the military is not supposed to take sides in these policy debates. So why did they all stand up and applaud when Obama warned Iran of "growing consequences"?

Telling no?

[blackjedi47]

03:38 PM on 01/28/2010

That they don't have to applaud is sorta weird but understandable given that they are a forced audience and have sworn loyalty to the POTUS.

[shivasquest]

03:49 PM on 01/28/2010

The military is supposed to be above politics and partisanship.
I suppose not cheering for war is too much to ask.

[ADONAI]

03:26 PM on 01/28/2010

That's all well and good, but the first time the U.S. military begins operating on American soil

I'm outta here.

[research]

04:53 PM on 01/28/2010

Better leave, Blackwater already has.

[poco767c]

03:22 PM on 01/28/2010

The earth has 148,940,000 km² of land, there will always be somewhere for terr0rists to hide and train.
Even if they were chased from every inch of land there is still 361,132,000 km² of water for them to p!ss about on.

There are not enough troops or dollars to stop them 'over there', focus on stopping them 'over here'

[research]

04:58 PM on 01/28/2010

And who would want to live in such a fascist world?

Just trying to wipe out all possible terrorist havens,

Creates more terrorists.

[iskra]

03:21 PM on 01/28/2010

Could we start with the 68,000 troops in Germany and the 40,000 troops in Japan?

You'd think we'd have an exit strategy for them by now. Doesn't bode well for our two new adventures.

[ADONAI]

03:21 PM on 01/28/2010

So I can draw a picture of Jesus blowing a guy

Or wipe my @$$ with a Bible and post it on Youtube

But if I draw a guy with a beard and write Muhammad under it

Someone is going to ki.ll me.

That about right?

[ladynaga]

03:21 PM on 01/28/2010

Yup, that's about right. Hey you

[ADONAI]

03:22 PM on 01/28/2010

Hello lady : )

Sorry for the graphic imagery

[HumeSkeptic]

03:23 PM on 01/28/2010

Someone would want to k!ll you for doing any of the above. It's just a matter of whether they would be able to.

[ADONAI]

03:25 PM on 01/28/2010

True.

But that last one is almost automatic no matter where you are

[Guy Smiley]

03:19 PM on 01/28/2010

Well folks, must vanish. Thanks to all, for all the laughs and discussion. You guys are brilliant. Hope to catch up again soon.

Peace!!!

[ladynaga]

03:20 PM on 01/28/2010

Later, Zaph. Have a great day and hope to see you soon. Peace

[ADONAI]

03:21 PM on 01/28/2010

peace

[EconPadawan]

03:17 PM on 01/28/2010

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You don't think there is an issue with Al-Q.aeda creating more training camps and growing strong enough to pull off more attacks against the U.S.? Just curious because I really don't know the answer for this. I figured Obama would pull out and we'd find out, but he's staying in.
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You got raptured. That's okay I save it for you.

We cannot defeat t3rrorism with conventional warfare. This is why no matter how long we occupy the so called "training grounds" we will never make a difference. They will simply move to another area. The only way to reduce the influence of t3rrorism in that area of the world is to 1.) Follow the money (i.e. take out whoever is funding these radicals. and 2.) change the social conditions that created a necessity for t3rrorism in the first place. Obama is going about this all wrong. IMHO

[ADONAI]

03:18 PM on 01/28/2010

good answer

[ladynaga]

03:19 PM on 01/28/2010

Excellent post. I knew I like you for a reason :-))

[ADONAI]

03:10 PM on 01/28/2010

I can't wait for Tim Tebow's Super Bowl commercial.

Will he "h8 the fa.gs" or call us all baby ki.llers?

The suspense is ki.lling me!

[biglimes]

03:13 PM on 01/28/2010

The latter?

[ADONAI]

03:14 PM on 01/28/2010

that's my guess too

[Darren2Be]

03:10 PM on 01/28/2010

They better be very careful hear..NO CUTS ..while Prince Edward Island is still a threat!


They have undisclosed potatoes!!

[ladynaga]

03:11 PM on 01/28/2010

Well, those potatoes rockets could be dangerous ~snicker~

[poco767c]

03:12 PM on 01/28/2010

Underestimate PEI at your peril

[TiffanyHusseinBanned]

03:10 PM on 01/28/2010

Conservatives call O "uppity" without calling him uppity. Imagine that?

http://mediamatters.org/research/201001280005

[ADONAI]

03:16 PM on 01/28/2010

Arrogant?

Then what the f) u) c) k) was Bush?

[TiffanyHusseinBanned]

03:22 PM on 01/28/2010

That’s why arrogance can’t be their issue with Obama. I have to admit, O was pretty uppity last night. He should stop that.

It makes the cons pretend to hate arrogance.

[poco767c]

03:09 PM on 01/28/2010

For the record the bread I just baked turned out great.

[ADONAI]

03:09 PM on 01/28/2010

HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guy Smiley]

03:12 PM on 01/28/2010

: )

Freshly baked bread is one of the yummiest things ever.

[ladynaga]

03:13 PM on 01/28/2010

And freshly baked cookies right out of the oven, so warm and melty

[poco767c]

03:08 PM on 01/28/2010

Spend money on things that make people safer not on those that merely make them feel safer.

[iskra]

03:15 PM on 01/28/2010

You aren't a fan of security theater?

[poco767c]

03:18 PM on 01/28/2010

not so much.

[biglimes]

03:07 PM on 01/28/2010

Is anyone watching MSNBC?
This is the loudest stupidest argument I've seen in a while.

[poco767c]

03:07 PM on 01/28/2010

I try not to.

[gle helle]

03:08 PM on 01/28/2010

Judging by the Neilsen numbers, probably not.

[poco767c]

03:09 PM on 01/28/2010

Burn! :D

[EconPadawan]

03:07 PM on 01/28/2010

We have spent almost a decade fighting two wars with no end in sight, throwing money away and expending lives, all for what? In hopes that one day we can say that we feel as safe as we did before nineeleven? Not gonna happen. It's time to end these wars and bring out troops home.

[ladynaga]

03:09 PM on 01/28/2010

Cosign, end the wars and bring the troops home now

[Darren2Be]

03:19 PM on 01/28/2010

And while we're at it..How about mebbe...reducing the 700 bases worldwide?


A bit over overk!ll....

[RichPort]

03:17 PM on 01/28/2010

It's been longer than that... we bombed Iraq almost daily throughout the 90s...

[EconPadawan]

03:18 PM on 01/28/2010

That's true.