{"id":29903,"date":"2012-05-10T12:24:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29903"},"modified":"2012-05-10T12:24:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:24:21","slug":"gop-moves-to-spare-defense-democrats-whine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29903","title":{"rendered":"GOP moves to spare defense, Democrats whine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a> reports that the House Republicans are finally stirring their lazy asses to spare the Defense Department from shouldering the entire burden of the $1\/2 trillion in cuts they’ll endure because the super committee couldn’t be super last year. And of course, the Republicans are targeting “entitlements” – you know the same kind of things that veterans are expected to take in the ass from the Defense Department’s Panetta Hatchet Brigade. And just as expected, the Democrats are popping smoke to protect their constituency;<\/p>\n

“They have a totally lopsided approach,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., accusing Republicans of protecting special interests at the expense of the poor. “The result is they whack everybody else.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I guess now veterans are a “special interest group” and the Democrats want to pit us against the people who are expecting their benefits having accomplished nothing except successfully navigating the birth canal.<\/p>\n

And the White House has issued a veto threat over the Republican bill. <\/p>\n

An administration statement released Wednesday evening said the bill “would impose deep budget cuts that cost jobs and hurt middle-class and vulnerable Americans.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, what about the ‘deep budget cuts” in our defense budget in a time of war? Not to mention the veterans who are subjected to increased costs on fixed incomes so someone who hasn’t worked a day in their lives can afford their cable bill for their big screen TV? Of course, having not seen anything from the Republicans, I have no doubt that they’re willing to subject veterans to those increases anyway – the difference being that I don’t hear anyone coming to our defense like that shrieking moron Van Hollen is rushing to the defense of welfare checks and food stamps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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