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Title: Sen.-elect Paul: GOP must consider military cuts
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Published: Nov 7, 2010
Author: AP
Post Date: 2010-11-07 10:45:33 by Jethro Tull
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen.-elect Rand Paul says GOP lawmakers must be open to cutting military spending as Congress tries to reduce government spending. The tea party favorite from Kentucky says compromise with Democrats over where to cut spending must include the military as well as social programs. Paul says all government spending must be "on the table." Paul tells ABC's "This Week" that he supports a constitutional amendment calling for a balanced budget. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen.-elect Rand Paul says GOP lawmakers must be open to cutting military spending as Congress tries to reduce government spending. The tea party favorite from Kentucky says compromise with Democrats over where to cut spending must include the military as well as social programs. Paul says all government spending must be "on the table." Paul tells ABC's "This Week" that he supports are a constitutional amendment calling for a balanced budget.
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Agree!
Now that all the hoopla is over, and now that the shellacking the dems got becomes yesterday's news, we see that the more things change, the more they stay the same. It's back to business as usual. I wish Rand Paul all the luck in the world, but if he is allowed to snip off a few corners from appropriations to the military machine here and there, he'll be very lucky. I cannot say that I am at all optimistic that there are forces inside this country that can reverse or divert the flow of resources to the imperial juggernaut. It must be apparent at this point that any real change in direction in this country will come in reaction to forces that are beyond our control. ISRAEL PLANS TO TAKE THEIR NEW CONGRESS TO WAR November 6, 2010 DID ANYONE REALLY EXPECT ISRAEL WOULD LOSE ? ISRAEL PLANS TO TAKE THEIR NEW CONGRESS TO WARThe Republican party’s gain of 60 plus House Seats (10 seats, all held by Democrats, are still undecided at press time) and six Senate seats, is the largest Congressional increase for either party since 1948 when the Democrats gained 75 seats in the lower chamber and Harry Truman won the White House. Prior to this week, it was in 1938 that American voters, tiring of the great depression and some of Roosevelt’s expensive new deal initiatives plus unease over FDR’s “Supreme Court packing scheme’ as more than Republicans labeled it, allowed the Grand Old Party to pick up an all time record 80 seats in that year’s midterm elections. Next January’s 112th Congress is already receiving rave advance reviews. Some coming from the more than half a million settlers in more than 100 illegal colonies in occupied Palestine who are pleased to see President Obama emasculated and the sentiments expressed in his June 2008 Cairo speech long forgotten. Many are hoping he will be replaced by likes of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, or a Mike Huckabee in 2012. .... No sooner had the election results been declared than key winners received what for decades has been a post election ritual, bestowed on new Members of Congress. That would be the delivery of US taxpayer subsidized invitations for all expense paid junkets to Israel. Of this year’s batch, Florida’s new Senator, Marco Rubio, who considers himself a Tea Party leader and who has been called “America’s great Right hope’ will lead the flock and arrive in Israel on Sunday 11/7/10. As Rubio and other members of Congress board planes to fly to Israel they may actually near-miss Israeli officials, including PM Netanyahu, who will be coming the opposite direction for a five day US visit to meet with his personal choice to replace Obama for US President in 2012, Hilary Clinton. Netanyahu will also talk Congressional strategy with key Israeli lobby agents. Those listed on the various passenger manifests between the US and Israel will share the common objective of making sure Israel’s interests are preserved and “remain eternally paramount” to borrow a phrase from VP Joe Biden. They will also try to assure and that the 112th Congress brooks no Obama administration unpleasantness such as increased demands for a broader freeze on Jewish settlements....
Lacumo and Jethro need a trip to the woodshed.
I think that Lacumo and Jethro love their country and like all of us want to see that someone in that rathole in DC is listening to reason and not to slavish self interest. Men like the Pauls have great careers outside of politics and have no need for office. I believe that they are sincere men. They are quite simply outnumbered. Who here can say that they sincerely hope for much from the 112th Congress in terms of the general welfare? We can only watch this drama unfold in slow motion to see how the system reacts to the shocks that are sure to come, and to come soon and with increasing rapidity. I only hope that the way that the American Goliath chooses to respond is not massively bellicose. I say "only hope" because my instincts tell me that that's the way things are going.
What we need are a few Congress people like olde Benjamin Tillman. He got the Senators attention and the attention of the entire country. Jethro knows of that man.
Ben Tillman - Click him
Remember Clinton with one or two balanced budgets??? This is how it was done, not by cutting the military budget for public consumption but cutting the money and telling the military these units will be gone... "In 1988 there were 18 Army Divisions (20,000 men each); in 1998 there were 10 divisions. In 1988 there were 10 Army Reserve Divisions; in 1998 there were eight. In 1988 there were 1,868 Air Force fighter and attack aircraft; in 1998 there were 936. In 1988 there were 706 Navy fighter and attack aircraft; in 1998 there were 456. In 1988 there were 438 Navy cruisers, destroyers and attack submarines; in 1998 there were 271." Ten entire Army units of grunts were eliminated, gone, history. By the way, the Army wants those ten divisions back, do you consider we will have enough volunteers to do that???
No, and that is why our would-be masters are building up the mercenary forces such as Blackwater/Xe et. al., .... While no fan of Clinton the build down in the military was a good thing. I side with Smedley Butler who commented that we need only those forces necessary to repel invasion (which our current government will not do allowing, as they do, hordes of illegals to take up residence for ends other than the benefit of the nation). The top Brass always wants more because the size of the forces at their command enhances their prestige and authority - which is why the military should NEVER have the say so to determine how many troops and forces are needed.
I was shocked at Clintons draw down specifically of grunts. In the past Obama has alluded to the fact he agrees with enlarging by 100,000 grunts. I do not see how it can happen now with our economy.
As the economy continues to collapse more and more young men will join simply because there are no other jobs, and I think that is part of the intent in collapsing the economy.
At the bottom of the Tillman link, you can click Home and see a complete breakdown of the 1896 Presidential race. Editorials, cartoons, issues, etc. The two young women at Vassar did a bang-up job with their project.
Thank you. It would be interesting to look at.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestNice start Rand.
#2. To: LACUMO (#1)
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Nice start Rand.
#4. To: randge (#2)
I wish Rand Paul all the luck in the world, but if he is allowed to snip off a few corners from appropriations to the military machine here and there he'll very very lucky. I cannot say that I am at all optimistic that there are forces inside this country that can reverse or divert the flow of resources to the imperial juggernaut. It must be apparent at this point that any real change in direction in this country will come in reaction to forces that are beyond our control.
#6. To: Cynicom (#4)
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#9. To: randge, Jethro Tull (#6)
#11. To: Cynicom, Ben Tillman, 4 (#9)
#14. To: Jethro Tull, Lod, randge, Lacumo, All (#11)
#19. To: Cynicom (#14)
By the way, the Army wants those ten divisions back, do you consider we will have enough volunteers to do that???
#21. To: Original_Intent (#19)
#29. To: Cynicom (#21)
In the past Obama has alluded to the fact he agrees with enlarging by 100,000 grunts. I do not see how it can happen now with our economy.
#32. To: Original_Intent, Cynicom, 4 (#29)
#35. To: Lod (#32)
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