Nat'l Journal: Republicans Close to Violating the Constitution

[RiverNoord]

46. OK then there is a theoretical logical basis

for his assertion... Except for the fact that the Supreme Court has visited that issue at least twice and found that it was entirely legit...

I agree about the inherent contradiction in anti-tax plus pro-big-military.

My father is a Midwest farmer, and he thinks it would be great to cut the budgets for every single federal program at a flat percentage rate of 2 / 3 % - except the military, of course. I was visiting a few weeks ago, and after a Middle East cable news segment he mentioned how 'they' have no respect for life, keep blowing 'each other' up, etc. I asked him if he had any idea how many people we blew up over the past 12 years, and mentioned that there had never been a recorded suicide bombing in Iraq until our second invasion, he completely shifted gears (that's different, of course - 'they' shouldn't have came after the Twin Towers). When I asserted the obvious - Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 - he went into smirk mod - 'you're sure about that?'

When you have the world's most powerful military, by far, the best thing you can do is ensure that it is implemented in theater as little as possible...