Shaft the Troops and pass the Pork

If you didn't believe the legislators and this administration don't care about our troops before you should be convinced by now. A total of 2.6 billion of the funding was diverted for pet projects.

The Senate cut funding in the Pentagon budget and are going to use 2.6 billion for pet projects such as 20 million to build an education institute to be named after the late Senator Ted Kennedy and 25 million for a WWII war museum at the University of New Orleans.

A total of 778 of these pet projects are hidden inside of this funding bill. A total of 4 billion was cut from the appropriation bill while most of the 2.6 billion for their pork barrel projects came from Operations and management which pays for training, food, repairs weapons, ammunition and equipment for our troops.

In this blogger's opinion this is tantamount to treason committed by our elected officials.

If I remember right I believe Mr. Bush (who by the way is not one of my favorite people) was excoriated for not assuring our troops had proper safety equipment and other supplies need in the theater of war.

All of a sudden this is Ok as long as the Democrats are doing it in the name of ending the war.

With what this administration is doing to our troops and not doing for our men and women in the military mark my words there will be far more full body bags coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

This administration is seen as weak by the terrorists in Iran Iraq and Afghanistan as well as North Korea, China and Russia.

N0vember 2010 can't come fast enough for this writer. I only hope the far too complacent voting public will finally wake up and throw the bums out of D.C and find candidates who are willing to stand up for this nation and once again not only uphold our great Constitution but demand it be followed to the letter.