Posts Tagged ‘Defense Spending’

Sequester cuts and the military services

Saturday, 02 March 2013 07:21 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

The latest report from Stratfor complains bitterly about the negative impact the sequester cuts are already having on our military “readiness.” I ask, “readiness” for what?

A Rand Paul/Mike Lee Ticket for 2016?

Thursday, 03 January 2013 19:00 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Is it too late to rescue the Republican Party, to keep it from becoming a dinosaur?

Senator Coburn: “The DOD is the ‘Department of Everything’”

Sunday, 18 November 2012 06:47 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

I’m sure the DOD can “defend” all of these silly, outrageous, duplicative and wasteful programs.

No Defense Spending Cuts

Thursday, 08 November 2012 12:02 Written by Bob Adelmann 1 Comment

The US has been so successfully “militarized” that any suggestion of a cut in military spending will be laughed off and ignored.

Taxmageddon Only Part of the Problem

Sunday, 04 November 2012 09:44 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Considering the precarious position the country is in, it’s amazing that Congress looks like it’s going to do everything it can to put off into the future – punt, kick the can, whatever you choose – to avoid making any hard decisions today. I agree with Mark Twain.

The Inevitable Tax Increase No One Is Talking About

Saturday, 27 October 2012 15:41 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

There’s zero likelihood that this tax increase will be stopped. No one wants to talk about it. It has been avoided in the debates like the plague. No politician who I know of has mentioned it. It has public support from those who are dependent on it. Resistance is futile. It’s the Social Security payroll tax [...]

Romney Exposes Himself (Politically, That Is)

Friday, 26 October 2012 18:10 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

John Hawkins has, unintentionally I’m sure, done Romney skeptics like me a world of good. By taking snippets from the three “debates” of Romney’s comments, Hawkins has put to rest any idea that Romney is a conservative, or even coherent. Try this one: If I become president, I’ll get America working again. I will get [...]

Fiscal Cliff, Fiscal Gap, Lame Duck Congress

Thursday, 25 October 2012 08:31 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.

Unnecessary F-35 Program Won’t Be Cut

Wednesday, 15 August 2012 13:00 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Washington Times: Neither Obama nor Romney has realistic plan to tame cost of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the white whale of the Defense Department—a stealth jet designed to work for all branches of the armed forces—but at a total cost of $1.5 trillion, it’s also a program that analysts say [...]

Taxmageddon Confrontation Has Already Begun

Thursday, 24 May 2012 05:00 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

All of this is political showmanship and persiflage, “much ado about nothing” as Shakespeare would say. Texans use a better expression: All hat, no cattle.