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Originally posted by Throwback
An opinion article by someone who supports the right bashing something done by Obama? Nothing to see here.
Originally posted by Throwback
reply to post by centurion1211
Uh, whatever. It's still an opinion article. I'm sure there's a response from someone who liked the speech. That other stuff you're talking about doesn't matter.
Originally posted by centurion1211
And so pick any source you like and you will find that spending on HHS and entitlements is larger then the defense budget. You can't try to get out of admitting your error by just saying that the defense budget is large.
You said it was the largest part of the budget, and that - to be nice - is often repeated (by the left) false information.
The Defense amount is just the Department of Defense and includes spending for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but excludes certain defense-related spending in the Discretionary bucket (e.g., Homeland Security, Veteran's Affairs). Details on these departments are available in the President's budget document. Including these departments would move defense-related spending into the $800 billion range.
Originally posted by centurion1211
The OP title is basically from the Drudge website. Here is the actual quote from the article:
The speech he chose to deliver was dishonest even by modern political standards
Please review and comment ...edit on 4/14/2011 by centurion1211 because: forgot the source
Originally posted by maybereal11
Let me ask this again...why do you believe any cuts to defense spending would result in violence in our streets?
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by Throwback
An opinion article by someone who supports the right bashing something done by Obama? Nothing to see here.
Education:
Opinion pieces are vetted by the editors of any media outlet based on the agendas of those editors.
And in the past, those same editors have decided against posting anti-obama opinions.
Last, if an editorial opinion is unsigned - as this one was - it means it comes from the editorial staff of the paper, and not some outside contributor. The editorial staff DOES reflect the agenda of that paper or they wouldn't be working there.
Hope that helps you understand better how it all works.
Originally posted by centurion1211
So, I'm saying that if the defense budget is cut as much as obama and the progressives want to cut it, then we risk not having the military power to keep the wars from coming here. Something I doubt even progressives would want to see happen - if they had a clue ...
Originally posted by maybereal11
Wow are you in the dark...Ruport Murdoch bringing his agenda to the paper after he bought it is exactly why editors RESIGNED.
Originally posted by Throwback
reply to post by centurion1211
None of that changes that it is an OPINION article.
Originally posted by centurion1211
Either way it is a ringing and severe condemnation from a part of the MSM that has often enthusiastically supported obama, at worst giving him a pass.