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kick for visibility BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #1
seriously. another kick and a rec. Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #5
I am not suprized at all. Heather MC Dec 2013 #34
really. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #45
I think 60 minutes is going to do a story on this. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #54
ha! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #56
Obama Wastes 8.5 Trillion on Benghazi Massacre. valerief Dec 2013 #67
And therefore the failed invasion of Iraq was Obama's fault. Put Lara on it. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #85
What a fucking racket! Why should I pay taxes for this bullshit? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #2
The US is the biggest banana in the history tina tron Dec 2013 #3
+1000000 Chrom Dec 2013 #96
Good god sakabatou Dec 2013 #4
Darryl Issa announced hearings! Tea Party demands repeal of Pentagon! Ian_rd Dec 2013 #6
I always like to needle the Repugs who want to cut the budget, Ace Acme Dec 2013 #15
Prob been going on at some level or another for a very long time... Tikki Dec 2013 #7
Since 1860! Hubert Flottz Dec 2013 #78
"The Union’s ‘Shoddy’ Aristocracy" Hubert Flottz Dec 2013 #81
$8.5T would be the total of DoD budgets for 1996-2013 JHB Dec 2013 #8
Right, we got warehouses full of $1000 hammers and $1500 toilet seats. nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #13
We do have warehouses with tools and parts... JHB Dec 2013 #25
K&R me b zola Dec 2013 #9
It's not lost or waste NightWatcher Dec 2013 #10
"In a well-ordered republic ... Deny and Shred Dec 2013 #23
September 10, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld announced that the Pentagon could not account for Ace Acme Dec 2013 #26
Agreed. Don't get me started … (eom) Deny and Shred Dec 2013 #28
Yep, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush and their cronies got to pocket $2.3 TRILLION in stolen money... harrose Dec 2013 #64
I would sure hate to be a "truther." dotymed Dec 2013 #80
Funny how those types of coincidences happen. nt valerief Dec 2013 #68
The DoD really does not spend $350 for a hammer. Drahthaardogs Dec 2013 #52
There's an element of that, truebluegreen Dec 2013 #83
Repurposing the DoD to the defense of the national borders of the USA Ace Acme Dec 2013 #86
I'd go for that and then abolishing--not outsourcing-- truebluegreen Dec 2013 #88
Because we are Rome. Drahthaardogs Dec 2013 #91
Yeah, I know. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #94
But I guess in the history of the world, someone always has to be Rome. Drahthaardogs Dec 2013 #95
How much proof that we are a fascist nation dotymed Dec 2013 #79
I blame needy seniors and needy disabled people. merrily Dec 2013 #11
I agree--we can fix this by cutting foodstamps! Orrex Dec 2013 #12
Simply... TRoN33 Dec 2013 #14
We don't have money to feed the poor The Wizard Dec 2013 #16
quick! G_j Dec 2013 #17
Rumsfield tried to get it under control Ezlivin Dec 2013 #18
Look, just know that the "missing $$$" are not missing. They are in the pockets of the MIC. kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #55
And the Repubbies want to slash Social Security to be sure the Pentagon, Inc. (R) gets oodles more Berlum Dec 2013 #19
Democrat Leon Panetta said, "Cut entitlements, not the military." Enthusiast Dec 2013 #72
Yep, that's pretty much the norm. DrDebug Dec 2013 #20
''Money trumps peace.'' -- George W Bush, Feb. 14, 2007 Octafish Dec 2013 #21
But, but, but... Our government doesn't do conspiracies. RC Dec 2013 #33
You should recognize that WE ARE NUMBER ONE! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #73
Yeah, we're #1 alright. RC Dec 2013 #82
That smirking SOB! trusty elf Dec 2013 #70
du rec. xchrom Dec 2013 #22
The biggest welfare trough in the universe, no little people allowed. K&R Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #24
9/10/11 - Rumsfeld presser about the 1,400 accounting systems used at DoD underpants Dec 2013 #27
You mean 9/10/01 of course, not 9/10/11, which is what you wrote. nt Electric Monk Dec 2013 #43
Oops yes underpants Dec 2013 #74
SO when they come around with thier hand out nykym Dec 2013 #29
Why wasn't/isn't this the main headline in every newspaper? OnionPatch Dec 2013 #30
The ACA website glitches are the top story Blue Owl Dec 2013 #48
General Electric (Defense Contractor & more) has their own major TV network... Dustlawyer Dec 2013 #60
Presidents come & go, the military is constant...who runs the country? spanone Dec 2013 #31
JFK and LBJ being a case in point. Ace Acme Dec 2013 #32
20-year-old men who foolishly do the bidding of the Pentagon criminals actually run valerief Dec 2013 #69
... 2naSalit Dec 2013 #35
And of course, when some of us look up at the sky, and truedelphi Dec 2013 #36
Isn't it about time for some bodies to go to gaol? Octafish Dec 2013 #37
K & R n/t glinda Dec 2013 #38
We really need to cut food stamps jsr Dec 2013 #39
Seems like a perfectly believable number to me. 99Forever Dec 2013 #40
let's see wildbilln864 Dec 2013 #41
Disgusting - especially when children go hungry and we're debating chained CPI. Just disgusting. K&R myrna minx Dec 2013 #42
Greedy fucking criminals looting the US treasury. JEB Dec 2013 #44
Who then? Let's see the possible names flamingdem Dec 2013 #46
"unsubstantiated change actions" should go down in history along with enhanced rendition. Festivito Dec 2013 #47
K&r Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #49
Funny how the teabaggers are so unconcerned about the giant satanic symbol Blue Owl Dec 2013 #50
Remember what happened last time they tried to audit the Pentagon? debunkthis Dec 2013 #51
Not surprised based off their budget and what they've got to show for it. Epic. Phlem Dec 2013 #53
but of fucking course! lonestarnot Dec 2013 #57
So much waste. And so many excuses. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #58
and k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Dec 2013 #59
But what about Bengazi(NT) The Wizard Dec 2013 #61
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2013 #62
Bet This Gets Zero Play From Faux News colsohlibgal Dec 2013 #63
Translation: Black programs nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #65
+1 Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #90
Yes yes yers. Black op programs, that are becoming more and more prevalent. truedelphi Dec 2013 #92
And who is going to do something about it?? We heard about this years ago. The Trilions that sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #66
And they cry like babies.. sendero Dec 2013 #71
The nation's real enemy is the military industrial complex. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #75
The MIC has got to find and return that money the way it tried to find Bin Laden.Sequester continues ancianita Dec 2013 #76
The "BAD APPLES" Hubert Flottz Dec 2013 #77
Right. That's called "trickle down". nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #87
Disgusted K/R marmar Dec 2013 #84
Clearly illustrating the sound reasoning for this claim: ronnie624 Dec 2013 #89
But we're blaming retirees for our problems?? WinkyDink Dec 2013 #93
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