Pentagon To Withhold Budget Figures Out Of Respect For American Families

[baddog]

ARLINGTON, VA?Officials at the Pentagon announced Monday that they would no longer make the budget of the Defense Department public, explaining that the information would be "extremely disrespectful" to American families at a time of economic turmoil. "Disclosing the cost of even one Patriot missile could seriously damage the morale of a nation just trying to keep food on the table," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said of the new policy. "It would be a slap in the face to all the hardworking citizens who continue to struggle and sacrifice day after day." Gates added that revealing the expense of maintaining America's military presence in more than 150 nations worldwide might also break the spirits of returning veterans unable to obtain adequate health care.

That is nice of them.

[Agent 488]

christmas came early for america.

[Vendzilla]

And what about Obama promising about transparency?

[JFK]

Originally Posted by baddog

That is nice of them.

yes indeed

[moeloubani]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

And what about Obama promising about transparency?

Any chance to jump on Obama without even clicking the link...wow.

[DateDoc]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

And what about Obama promising about transparency?

It's an article from The Onion.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by DateDoc

It's an article from The Onion.

LOL, my bad.

[Bryan G]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

And what about Obama promising about transparency?

[Brujah]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

And what about Obama promising about transparency?

lol

[TCLGirls]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

And what about Obama promising about transparency?

Proof that you will attempt to use any story to bash Obama, without even first reading the story...which in this case is simply satire.

[xxweekxx]

dumbass america.. we have way more military power than we need.. i heard something like we have a bigger military than majority of the countries, and the countries that EVEN come close to having the same military power as us are our allies..

I was watching MIL channel the other day and they were showing off new stealth bombers in design, new fighter jets, etc, im like who the fuck is this all for..

U know u have issues when you spend billions on a fucking stealth bomber while the country is in a huge recession..

Our military spending is ridiculous

"Defense-related expenditures outside of the Department of Defense constitute between $319 billion and $654 billion in additional spending, bringing the total for defense spending to between $1.01 and $1.35 trillion in fiscal year 2010"

Fucking USA

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by TCLGirls

Proof that you will attempt to use any story to bash Obama, without even first reading the story...which in this case is simply satire.

Kinda like Obama's presidency. Satire

like this new law
http://commonlaw.findlaw.com/2009/09...hats-next.html

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

And what about Obama promising about transparency?

[TCLGirls]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Kinda like Obama's presidency. Satire

like this new law
http://commonlaw.findlaw.com/2009/09...hats-next.html

The Onion= satire, not real.

Obama = US President, for real, regardless of what you want to believe.

[marketsmart]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Kinda like Obama's presidency. Satire

like this new law
http://commonlaw.findlaw.com/2009/09...hats-next.html

they should be illegal...

they cater to kids and black negroes that use them to smoke weed...

you give too much credit to obama.. the fda only makes decisions that benefit big business...

do you remember how, who, and why aspartame was approved?






.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by marketsmart

they should be illegal...

they cater to kids and black negroes that use them to smoke weed...

you give too much credit to obama.. the fda only makes decisions that benefit big business...

do you remember how, who, and why aspartame was approved?

Don't attack my aspartame, LOL
And you're right I do give Obama too much credit
I for one miss my fruit flavored papers and were they not already illegal to sell to kids?

[The Demon]

Originally Posted by moeloubani

Any chance to jump on Obama without even clicking the link...wow.

Your stupid ass does the same thing to the right wing any chance you've got.

[marketsmart]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I for one miss my fruit flavored papers and were they not already illegal to sell to kids?

they still allow flavored chewing tobacco and they have tried to use the same excuse to get that banned...

guess who has a huge market share in the chewing tobacco segment?

i think the flavored cig guys were all small and so they could be sacrificed for the good of the people and it looked good like the politicians actually cared..




.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by marketsmart

they still allow flavored chewing tobacco and they have tried to use the same excuse to get that banned...

guess who has a huge market share in the chewing tobacco segment?

i think the flavored cig guys were all small and so they could be sacrificed for the good of the people and it looked good like the politicians actually cared..

Soon as Obama got in office, he gave new power to the FDA to do things like this. Can't ship cigarettes in the mail and other things. I have one prescription, and it's nice to add a little flavor to it, figures right?

I had a T Shirt when I was in high school, many moons ago, it read

Do it now, it will be illegal tomorrow.

They say in court that ignorance of the law is not an excuse, last year for 2010 over 40,000 new laws came into effect, do you know all of them?

[Brujah]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Soon as Obama got in office, he gave new power to the FDA

Please post the source to this information.

[Agent 488]

food safety = fascism.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Brujah

Please post the source to this information.

You don't know how to use Google?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Healt...7897525&page=1

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...u lation.html

http://content.usatoday.com/communit.../06/68375563/1

[BVF]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

And what about Obama promising about transparency?

[TCLGirls]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

They say in court that ignorance of the law is not an excuse, last year for 2010 over 40,000 new laws came into effect, do you know all of them?

Why would anyone need to know about every single law?

People only need to know about the laws in the specific areas where they act or do business. Take 2257 for example. People that are in the adult industry need to know about it. If you are in the adult industry, it is your burden to research and learn it, not the government's burden to educate you on it. However, there is no reason why people outside the adult industry need to know about this law.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by TCLGirls

Why would anyone need to know about every single law?

People only need to know about the laws in the specific areas where they act or do business. Take 2257 for example. People that are in the adult industry need to know about it. If you are in the adult industry, it is your burden to research and learn it, not the government's burden to educate you on it. However, there is no reason why people outside the adult industry need to know about this law.

So you never travel? OK

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by BVF

Nice gif

[TCLGirls]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

So you never travel? OK

What does that have to do with anything?

When I travel, I attempt to familiarize myself as much as a I can with the laws/customs of my destination.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by TCLGirls

People only need to know about the laws in the specific areas where they act or do business. .

Originally Posted by TCLGirls

What does that have to do with anything?

When I travel, I attempt to familiarize myself as much as a I can with the laws/customs of my destination.

So you learn the new laws in every state you visit before you go there?

The point was that 40,000 new laws is ridiculous, like a ban on shortening cow tails

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/california

California
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
Bathhouses are against the law.
It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
Women may not drive in a house coat.
No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.

And thats just one state, so you can jump up and down all you want, our government is a grand failure, both right and left

[Brujah]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

You don't know how to use Google?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Healt...7897525&page=1

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...u lation.html

http://content.usatoday.com/communit.../06/68375563/1

You said as soon as he took office, not 1-1/2 years later in June 2009 and this is just giving FDA the authority to regulate tobacco like it does with food and drugs. I'm surprised they didn't already have that authority before. I thought they already did.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Brujah

You said as soon as he took office, not 1-1/2 years later in June 2009 and this is just giving FDA the authority to regulate tobacco like it does with food and drugs. I'm surprised they didn't already have that authority before. I thought they already did.

He took office on January 20th of 2009, less than 6 months later that law was passed, so I think your math is a little off and no, they didn't regulate tobacco, but then the FCC wants to regulate the internet.

[D Ghost]

LOL, funny thing is that sounds like something they would do.

[Fletch XXX]

that paragraph is scary when you read it closely.

Officials at the Pentagon announced Monday that they would no longer make the budget of the Defense Department public, explaining that the information would be "extremely disrespectful" to American families at a time of economic turmoil. "Disclosing the cost of even one Patriot missile could seriously damage the morale of a nation just trying to keep food on the table," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said of the new policy. "It would be a slap in the face to all the hardworking citizens who continue to struggle and sacrifice day after day." Gates added that revealing the expense of maintaining America's military presence in more than 150 nations worldwide might also break the spirits of returning veterans unable to obtain adequate health care.

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by BVF

where do you get these unbelievably pertinent gifs hahaha

[Serge Litehead]

Originally Posted by Fletch XXX

that paragraph is scary when you read it closely.

Officials at the Pentagon announced Monday that they would no longer make the budget of the Defense Department public, explaining that the information would be "extremely disrespectful" to American families at a time of economic turmoil. "Disclosing the cost of even one Patriot missile could seriously damage the morale of a nation just trying to keep food on the table," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said of the new policy. "It would be a slap in the face to all the hardworking citizens who continue to struggle and sacrifice day after day." Gates added that revealing the expense of maintaining America's military presence in more than 150 nations worldwide might also break the spirits of returning veterans unable to obtain adequate health care.

what also scary that its not surprising

[TCLGirls]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

So you learn the new laws in every state you visit before you go there?

The point was that 40,000 new laws is ridiculous, like a ban on shortening cow tails

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/california

California
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
Bathhouses are against the law.
It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
Women may not drive in a house coat.
No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.

And thats just one state, so you can jump up and down all you want, our government is a grand failure, both right and left

Hello? Traveling between states has nothing to do with it.

I said that people do not need to know every single new law because most people are never affected by every single new law. For example, people that do not ride bikes do not need to know biking laws, people that do not drive cars do not need to know vehicular driving laws, people that are not involved in the adult industry do not need to know about 2257 laws etc. etc. etc.

Thus, your rhetorical question about people not knowing all 40,000 laws passed in 2010 is irrelevant. No one is hurt or disadvantaged by not knowing all 40,000 laws because no one is involved in every single area that those 40,000 laws cover.

[Jon Oso]

Originally Posted by xxweekxx

dumbass america.. we have way more military power than we need.. i heard something like we have a bigger military than majority of the countries, and the countries that EVEN come close to having the same military power as us are our allies..

I was watching MIL channel the other day and they were showing off new stealth bombers in design, new fighter jets, etc, im like who the fuck is this all for..

U know u have issues when you spend billions on a fucking stealth bomber while the country is in a huge recession..

Our military spending is ridiculous

"Defense-related expenditures outside of the Department of Defense constitute between $319 billion and $654 billion in additional spending, bringing the total for defense spending to between $1.01 and $1.35 trillion in fiscal year 2010"

Fucking USA

If I recall correctly, the government pays people to build said weapons, planes, etc.

Therefore creating jobs and putting money back into the people's pockets.

Unless they're buying the stuff from Achmed, which I suppose is possible

[epitome]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

So you learn the new laws in every state you visit before you go there?

The point was that 40,000 new laws is ridiculous, like a ban on shortening cow tails

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/california

California
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
Bathhouses are against the law.
It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
Women may not drive in a house coat.
No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.

And thats just one state, so you can jump up and down all you want, our government is a grand failure, both right and left

That is what you've got? REALLY?!

Most of those laws are very old laws that were never removed from the books. You know, decades old laws ... back when they were making 40,000 laws a year like you're bitching about now. Nothing has changed.

A politicians job is to write and pass laws. They're just doing the jobs they were hired to do.

[JP-pornshooter]

i watched the move "the foreigner" last night, so many truths to that movie it is actually scary shit.
monetary control over a country is the ultimate power
physical power is just one more product to sell