The Daily Show: Full Metal Budget and Lieberman wants his laser planes

[democracy1st]

Jon Stewart reminds us that comedy is not dead. Robert Gates, the SOD told the world that he's recommending a cut in military defense spending. In his defense Budget we now are fighting three different kinds of wars:

50% was for conventional wars
40% all types of wars
10% for irregular wars

Say, what? Then Gates outlines some of those beyond the future type military weapons that will be cut because they just plain suck.

Gates: We will cancel the second airborne laser prototype aircraft.

Stewart: Noooo. not the laser plane. You're cutting the laser plane? That's my favorite ridiculously expensive yet comically looking plane. Give me one good reason why we're losing that?

Gates: The program has significant affordability and technology problems and the program's operational was highly questionable.

Stewart: It's an expensive useless piece of sh&t. I guess you'd have to be a total jackass to be upset about losing laser planes.

Lieberman: Secretary Gates is specifically recommending the termination of a program of development called the airborne laser, this is a really important program we're developing which gives us the unique capacity to hit missile in its boost phase before it even gets its normal arc.

Stewart: Please don't take away my laser plane.

Video
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/daily-show-full-metal-budget-and-lieber

[Joe the Liberal]

1. Lol I saw that earlier today..........

I like accent he uses when imitating Lieberman's voice. :rofl:

[silverojo]

3. I thought Mom was going to piss her pants when she heard it

I'm now capable of cracking her up completely, just by doing Jon Stewart's imitation of Joe Lieberman. :rofl:

[DCKit]

2. "...to hit missile in its boost phase..."

'Cause everyone knows Lil' Kim (or any other asswipe with a rocket) is going to give U.S. plenty of notice as well as the exact time and location before he launches just so we can have the laser plane - or an entire squadron of laser planes - ready and waiting to shoot it down the minute the rockets fire. :sarcasm:

Oh, Jon, why so mean to your intellectual inferiors? Have you no sense of fair play and sportsmanship?

[alofarabia]

4. As Dr. Evil said...

"All I want is planes with frickin' lazers"