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Tierra_y_Libertad

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5. Only 2 "nays"? I guess that lays to rest the nonsense of "America is a peace loving nation."

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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:10 PM

Jul 2012

Not to mention the hilarious bit about "Home of the brave".

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken

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414-2 vote on spending "sequester" bill -- House panicking defense spending might actually be cut [View all] villager Jul 2012 OP

Isn't Congress supposed to do this? BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #1

Defense spending will survive, MadHound Jul 2012 #2

Cut all R stuff, increase SS, Medicaid and medicare, increase clean energy, cut subsidies to Oil. democrat_patriot Jul 2012 #3

We spend more on defense than the next 50 countries combined. Initech Jul 2012 #4

Only 2 "nays"? I guess that lays to rest the nonsense of "America is a peace loving nation." Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #5

The sequester details were clear from the deal alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #6

Wow!! Control-Z Jul 2012 #7

LOL! So the toddlers in Congress won't raise taxes Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #8

Simple cut all funding to nykym Jul 2012 #9