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Why isn’t Congress asking tough questions about Pentagon spending?

From Slate’s Why isn’t Congress asking tough questions about Pentagon spending?: “The [proposed] military budget—not including any money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—totals $500 billion. This is roughly equal to the military budgets of all the rest of the world’s nations combined. Adjusting for inflation, it is larger than the U.S. military budget [...]

After Iraq: Why Conceding Defeat Would Be Good for American Foriegn Policy

From After Iraq: Why Conceding Defeat Would Be Good for American Foriegn Policy: “On the home front, too, withdrawal is the correct and necessary course. According to a recent report by the Congressional Research Service, the cost of the Iraq war now totals more than $10 billion per month. While devoting such a massive chunk [...]

The United States Comptroller General Wants You To Hear This

[If you want to, ignore the text-screens included at the beginning and end of this video, but make sure you listen to the middle.]

The Liberty Amendment

From The Liberty Amendment: “The Liberty Amendment will give back to the Constitution its full force and effect in limiting the powers and activities of the Federal Government and restoring those powers reserved to the States and to the people. The Liberty Amendment, proposed, could become the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.” Don’t know if [...]

We Will Overcome

In “The Second Superpower Rears Its Beautiful Head,” Dr. James Moore, a senior fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law, writes, “As the United States government becomes more belligerent in using its power in the world, many people are longing for a ’second superpower’ that can keep the US in [...]

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