President Obama promisses federal support for rebuilding hurricane destructed areas in America. (741)
Got to leave! Duty calls! 
May the force be with you all!
May the force be with you all!
Obama Administration Violating Restrictions Against Propaganda
Since 1951, the U.S. Congress has placed restrictions in its annual appropriation bills which state “No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.”
The Congressional Research Service issued a clarification in 2005 which explained “publicity or propaganda is defined by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to mean either (1) self-aggrandizement by public officials, (2) purely partisan activity, or (3) covert propaganda.”
And yet look at the taxpayer-funded self-aggrandizement by Barack Obama. The Obama administration publishes a fan blog at blogs.america.gov/obama and uses Google AdWords to advertise the blog and drive traffic to it.
The entire blog is nothing but self-aggrandizement by and for Barack Obama. It’s a cult of personality of a type and level with which the United States has not been previously afflicted. This is the sort of president-worship which we normally expect to see only in backwards totalitarian nations like Zimbabwe or Cuba.
This mindless drivel should not be produced and promoted using taxpayer funds. If Obama’s fan boys wish to create a web shrine to “the one”, they should be forced to do so out of his own quite sizable campaign funds.
-- Jamal Washington
Obama is the Real Manchurian Candidate!
katt1017: I'm very flattered that you have developed an obsession with my political beliefs that borders on psychoses.
But it's still creepy as hell!
well,he works in the right Facility!But it's still creepy as hell!
Hope his Office isn't too far from the Dispensary!
Hot_Single_Dude: Bad Boys Bad Boys what you gonna do?
YES WE CAN!
amazing where Dude gets his Intelligence-Reports from!YES WE CAN!
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katt1017: I'm very flattered that you have developed an obsession with my political beliefs that borders on psychoses.
But it's still creepy as hell!
maybe it is just his Hooliganism shining through!But it's still creepy as hell!
He's been honing it to an Art in these Threads!
Wonder if he were that vocal Face to Face!
Me thinks not!
Hot_Single_Dude: Healthy discussion? where? how?
By you,in your Threads!Hot_Single_Dude: Got to leave! Duty calls!
May the force be with you all!
Possible,since the Farce has left!May the force be with you all!
John Stuart Mill, wrote “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully
exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.”
Put THAT in your Pipe and smoke it,OP!
exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.”
Put THAT in your Pipe and smoke it,OP!
Ladefoss23: but anything democratic surely come from the democrat as the name implie
Ultra right winged militants do not have a freaking clue a bout what democracy means any way.
This showed up in my mailbox and it was too “real” not to post:
Past presidents and the percentage of each president’s cabinet appointees who had previously worked in the private sector. You know a real life business, not a government job? Remember what that is? A private business? A job that actually produces things?
* T. Roosevelt – 38%
* Taft – 40%
* Wilson – 52%
* Harding – 49%
* Coolidge – 48%
* Hoover – 42%
* FDR – 50%
* Truman – 50%
* Eisenhower – 57% (The good ol’ days)
* Kennedy – 30%
* LBJ – 47%
* Nixon – 53%
* Ford – 42%
* Carter – 32%
* Reagan – 56%
* GHWB – 51%
* Clinton – 39%
* GWB – 55%
And the winner is……………………
* Obama – 8%
Yep, eight percent! And these are the guys who held a “job summit” last week. Guess that’s why we were promised if that huge spending bill was passed, unemployment would not reach 8%. Let’s see, I think they were celebrating this last week because it was “only” 10%. Now we know why. They’ve all lived their whole lives working for the government. Remember – the government does not produce anything. If the government gives something to someone; that means that it has had to take it away from someone else. All the people in this administration only know how to take things from some people and (after taking their cut) giving the balance to someone else.
We’ve handed our nation over to a bunch of children. Whatever happens to the United States in the next seven years, we can never claim that it was undeserved. These are the idiots we voted for. That makes us, the American people, the real idiots.
Conrad73: http://www.fortliberty.org/percentage-of-cabinet-appointees-with-job-experience.html
This showed up in my mailbox and it was too “real” not to post:
Past presidents and the percentage of each president’s cabinet appointees who had previously worked in the private sector. You know a real life business, not a government job? Remember what that is? A private business? A job that actually produces things?
* T. Roosevelt – 38%
* Taft – 40%
* Wilson – 52%
* Harding – 49%
* Coolidge – 48%
* Hoover – 42%
* FDR – 50%
* Truman – 50%
* Eisenhower – 57% (The good ol’ days)
* Kennedy – 30%
* LBJ – 47%
* Nixon – 53%
* Ford – 42%
* Carter – 32%
* Reagan – 56%
* GHWB – 51%
* Clinton – 39%
* GWB – 55%
And the winner is……………………
* Obama – 8%
Yep, eight percent! And these are the guys who held a “job summit” last week. Guess that’s why we were promised if that huge spending bill was passed, unemployment would not reach 8%. Let’s see, I think they were celebrating this last week because it was “only” 10%. Now we know why. They’ve all lived their whole lives working for the government. Remember – the government does not produce anything. If the government gives something to someone; that means that it has had to take it away from someone else. All the people in this administration only know how to take things from some people and (after taking their cut) giving the balance to someone else.
We’ve handed our nation over to a bunch of children. Whatever happens to the United States in the next seven years, we can never claim that it was undeserved. These are the idiots we voted for. That makes us, the American people, the real idiots.
This showed up in my mailbox and it was too “real” not to post:
Past presidents and the percentage of each president’s cabinet appointees who had previously worked in the private sector. You know a real life business, not a government job? Remember what that is? A private business? A job that actually produces things?
* T. Roosevelt – 38%
* Taft – 40%
* Wilson – 52%
* Harding – 49%
* Coolidge – 48%
* Hoover – 42%
* FDR – 50%
* Truman – 50%
* Eisenhower – 57% (The good ol’ days)
* Kennedy – 30%
* LBJ – 47%
* Nixon – 53%
* Ford – 42%
* Carter – 32%
* Reagan – 56%
* GHWB – 51%
* Clinton – 39%
* GWB – 55%
And the winner is……………………
* Obama – 8%
Yep, eight percent! And these are the guys who held a “job summit” last week. Guess that’s why we were promised if that huge spending bill was passed, unemployment would not reach 8%. Let’s see, I think they were celebrating this last week because it was “only” 10%. Now we know why. They’ve all lived their whole lives working for the government. Remember – the government does not produce anything. If the government gives something to someone; that means that it has had to take it away from someone else. All the people in this administration only know how to take things from some people and (after taking their cut) giving the balance to someone else.
We’ve handed our nation over to a bunch of children. Whatever happens to the United States in the next seven years, we can never claim that it was undeserved. These are the idiots we voted for. That makes us, the American people, the real idiots.
I thought it would be lower. So basically, none of his appointees have never really had a job.
Your Tax Dollars at Play
The National Endowment for the Humanities has published their list of Awards and Offers for August 2009 and the list should be a real eye-opener for the almost 10% of Americans who are unemployed and the much larger percentage of Americans who are underemployed.
During these tough economic times, the federal government has decided to spend your tax dollars for things that it feels are more important than you. Here are just a few excerpts from the report:
$189,917 Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers on the history and culture of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
$65,000 Development of a script for a 90-minute documentary on the life of Thomas Day and the history of 19th-century free blacks in the South.
$148,416 A three-week college and university teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore the history of economic thought.
$115,901 Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty members on industrial landmarks in western North Carolina.
$350,000 Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website, educational materials, and public programs that explore the cultural significance of the circus poster during its golden age in America.
$148,046 A three-week school teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore Dvorak’s New World Symphony to understand American culture and society in the late nineteenth century.
$134,201 A five-week college and university teachers seminar for sixteen participants to study the two great autobiographies of late Antiquity, the Prison Diary of Perpetua of Carthage and the Confessions of Saint Augustine.
$141,220 A five-week school teacher seminar for sixteen participants to study Germany’s cosmopolitan society over the past two centuries, to be held in Berlin.
Please don’t stop here. Please read the entire report. The document lists eleven pages of these outrages.
When you can’t afford to send yourself, or your children, to college to improve the economic situation of your family — think of all of the “public servants” who are vacationing in Europe on your dime. When you can’t afford to buy your children the Christmas presents they want this year, think of where your money is going instead. Most of all, please remember these parasites the next time you find yourself standing in a ballot booth. Outrage should lead to action.
All by your Messiah,Dude!
Conrad73: http://www.fortliberty.org/your-tax-dollars-at-play-2.html
Your Tax Dollars at Play
The National Endowment for the Humanities has published their list of Awards and Offers for August 2009 and the list should be a real eye-opener for the almost 10% of Americans who are unemployed and the much larger percentage of Americans who are underemployed.
During these tough economic times, the federal government has decided to spend your tax dollars for things that it feels are more important than you. Here are just a few excerpts from the report:
$189,917 Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers on the history and culture of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
$65,000 Development of a script for a 90-minute documentary on the life of Thomas Day and the history of 19th-century free blacks in the South.
$148,416 A three-week college and university teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore the history of economic thought.
$115,901 Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty members on industrial landmarks in western North Carolina.
$350,000 Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website, educational materials, and public programs that explore the cultural significance of the circus poster during its golden age in America.
$148,046 A three-week school teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore Dvorak’s New World Symphony to understand American culture and society in the late nineteenth century.
$134,201 A five-week college and university teachers seminar for sixteen participants to study the two great autobiographies of late Antiquity, the Prison Diary of Perpetua of Carthage and the Confessions of Saint Augustine.
$141,220 A five-week school teacher seminar for sixteen participants to study Germany’s cosmopolitan society over the past two centuries, to be held in Berlin.
Please don’t stop here. Please read the entire report. The document lists eleven pages of these outrages.
When you can’t afford to send yourself, or your children, to college to improve the economic situation of your family — think of all of the “public servants” who are vacationing in Europe on your dime. When you can’t afford to buy your children the Christmas presents they want this year, think of where your money is going instead. Most of all, please remember these parasites the next time you find yourself standing in a ballot booth. Outrage should lead to action.
All by your Messiah,Dude!
Your Tax Dollars at Play
The National Endowment for the Humanities has published their list of Awards and Offers for August 2009 and the list should be a real eye-opener for the almost 10% of Americans who are unemployed and the much larger percentage of Americans who are underemployed.
During these tough economic times, the federal government has decided to spend your tax dollars for things that it feels are more important than you. Here are just a few excerpts from the report:
$189,917 Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers on the history and culture of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
$65,000 Development of a script for a 90-minute documentary on the life of Thomas Day and the history of 19th-century free blacks in the South.
$148,416 A three-week college and university teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore the history of economic thought.
$115,901 Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty members on industrial landmarks in western North Carolina.
$350,000 Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website, educational materials, and public programs that explore the cultural significance of the circus poster during its golden age in America.
$148,046 A three-week school teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore Dvorak’s New World Symphony to understand American culture and society in the late nineteenth century.
$134,201 A five-week college and university teachers seminar for sixteen participants to study the two great autobiographies of late Antiquity, the Prison Diary of Perpetua of Carthage and the Confessions of Saint Augustine.
$141,220 A five-week school teacher seminar for sixteen participants to study Germany’s cosmopolitan society over the past two centuries, to be held in Berlin.
Please don’t stop here. Please read the entire report. The document lists eleven pages of these outrages.
When you can’t afford to send yourself, or your children, to college to improve the economic situation of your family — think of all of the “public servants” who are vacationing in Europe on your dime. When you can’t afford to buy your children the Christmas presents they want this year, think of where your money is going instead. Most of all, please remember these parasites the next time you find yourself standing in a ballot booth. Outrage should lead to action.
All by your Messiah,Dude!
Says the Leech living of hand outs of the government which are provided him not because of any STUPID right wing ideology what so ever
Foley is one the dang symbols of purity GOP styled:
Conrad73: http://www.fortliberty.org/your-tax-dollars-at-play-2.html
Your Tax Dollars at Play
The National Endowment for the Humanities has published their list of Awards and Offers for August 2009 and the list should be a real eye-opener for the almost 10% of Americans who are unemployed and the much larger percentage of Americans who are underemployed.
During these tough economic times, the federal government has decided to spend your tax dollars for things that it feels are more important than you. Here are just a few excerpts from the report:
$189,917 Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers on the history and culture of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
$65,000 Development of a script for a 90-minute documentary on the life of Thomas Day and the history of 19th-century free blacks in the South.
$148,416 A three-week college and university teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore the history of economic thought.
$115,901 Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty members on industrial landmarks in western North Carolina.
$350,000 Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website, educational materials, and public programs that explore the cultural significance of the circus poster during its golden age in America.
$148,046 A three-week school teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore Dvorak’s New World Symphony to understand American culture and society in the late nineteenth century.
$134,201 A five-week college and university teachers seminar for sixteen participants to study the two great autobiographies of late Antiquity, the Prison Diary of Perpetua of Carthage and the Confessions of Saint Augustine.
$141,220 A five-week school teacher seminar for sixteen participants to study Germany’s cosmopolitan society over the past two centuries, to be held in Berlin.
Please don’t stop here. Please read the entire report. The document lists eleven pages of these outrages.
When you can’t afford to send yourself, or your children, to college to improve the economic situation of your family — think of all of the “public servants” who are vacationing in Europe on your dime. When you can’t afford to buy your children the Christmas presents they want this year, think of where your money is going instead. Most of all, please remember these parasites the next time you find yourself standing in a ballot booth. Outrage should lead to action.
All by your Messiah,Dude!
Your Tax Dollars at Play
The National Endowment for the Humanities has published their list of Awards and Offers for August 2009 and the list should be a real eye-opener for the almost 10% of Americans who are unemployed and the much larger percentage of Americans who are underemployed.
During these tough economic times, the federal government has decided to spend your tax dollars for things that it feels are more important than you. Here are just a few excerpts from the report:
$189,917 Two one-week workshops for eighty school teachers on the history and culture of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
$65,000 Development of a script for a 90-minute documentary on the life of Thomas Day and the history of 19th-century free blacks in the South.
$148,416 A three-week college and university teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore the history of economic thought.
$115,901 Two one-week workshops for fifty community college faculty members on industrial landmarks in western North Carolina.
$350,000 Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website, educational materials, and public programs that explore the cultural significance of the circus poster during its golden age in America.
$148,046 A three-week school teacher institute for twenty-five participants to explore Dvorak’s New World Symphony to understand American culture and society in the late nineteenth century.
$134,201 A five-week college and university teachers seminar for sixteen participants to study the two great autobiographies of late Antiquity, the Prison Diary of Perpetua of Carthage and the Confessions of Saint Augustine.
$141,220 A five-week school teacher seminar for sixteen participants to study Germany’s cosmopolitan society over the past two centuries, to be held in Berlin.
Please don’t stop here. Please read the entire report. The document lists eleven pages of these outrages.
When you can’t afford to send yourself, or your children, to college to improve the economic situation of your family — think of all of the “public servants” who are vacationing in Europe on your dime. When you can’t afford to buy your children the Christmas presents they want this year, think of where your money is going instead. Most of all, please remember these parasites the next time you find yourself standing in a ballot booth. Outrage should lead to action.
All by your Messiah,Dude!
Holy Porkbarrel,Dude!
Obama at War with … Edmunds?
When faced with unpleasant news, the Obama administration seems unable to take any course other than to attack the messenger.
Edmunds, one of the most respected analyst firms in the automotive industry, recently became a target for bilious blatherings from the White House when it went public with the information that the “Cash For Clunkers” had cost the American taxpayer $24,000 for every vehicle sold.
The government’s Cash for Clunkers program gave new car buyers rebates of up to $4,500 taxpayer dollars. This cost the American taxpayer $3B dollars and resulted in a net increase 125,000 vehicle sales for the term of the program. The $3B figure does not include interest which will have to be paid on the debt created by the program.
George Pipas, a sales analyst with Ford Motor Company, had this to say about Edmunds analysis: “Edmunds.com’s estimate of the ultimate sales increase generally matches what industry experts had thought.”
Edmunds responded to the White House assault, saying “With all respect to the White House, Edmunds.com thinks that instead of shooting the messenger, government officials should take heart from the core message of the analysis.”
The Cash For Clunkers program was a very effective way for Obama to spend $3B dollars which the U.S. government doesn’t have and I’m sure it had a very positive impact on the Japanese economy. I don’t, however, find a justification for this sort of economic gerrymandering in my reading of the U.S. Constitution.
Russians Now in Charge of U.S. Defense Policy
The Obama administration just canceled plans for the placement of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Why was this system canceled? It was canceled because the Russians didn’t like it.
The system would have been useful in protecting the U.S. and our allies from the Iranians and the Russians. The Russians don’t feel that America deserves to be able to defend itself, and the Obama administration agrees.
The message to our former allies in central Europe was loud and clear: You are on your own against the Russians.
Jon Kyl, the Senate Minority Whip, stated:
“The decision announced today by the administration is dangerous and short-sighted. Not only does this decision leave America vulnerable to the growing Iranian long-range missile threat, it also turns back the clock to the days of the Cold War, when Eastern Europe was considered the domain of Russia. This will be a bitter disappointment, indeed, even a warning to the people of Eastern Europe.”
Obama’s decision to not defend America is a gross dereliction of the duties he swore as President.
After decades of progress pushing back against Russian aggression in the region, the Obama administration has unilaterally surrendered to Russian demands.
Ask yourself this: Why would the Russians want the U.S. and her allies to be defenseless? The answer is obvious — and unpleasant.
And what did the Russians give us in return? Nothing. Obama has publicly admitted that the U.S. received nothing from the Russians in return for lowering our national defenses and abandoning our allies.
If Obama is telling the truth and the U.S. truly received no benefit from abandoning our allies and bending knee to our enemies, I wonder then, what Obama received personally from the Russians. No one gives away something this valuable for nothing. If the people of the United States received nothing for this, you can be certain that someone did. This is very reminiscent of Bill Clinton’s trading American missile technology to the Communist Chinese in return for cash contributions to the Democratic Party.
The Obama administration just canceled plans for the placement of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Why was this system canceled? It was canceled because the Russians didn’t like it.
The system would have been useful in protecting the U.S. and our allies from the Iranians and the Russians. The Russians don’t feel that America deserves to be able to defend itself, and the Obama administration agrees.
The message to our former allies in central Europe was loud and clear: You are on your own against the Russians.
Jon Kyl, the Senate Minority Whip, stated:
“The decision announced today by the administration is dangerous and short-sighted. Not only does this decision leave America vulnerable to the growing Iranian long-range missile threat, it also turns back the clock to the days of the Cold War, when Eastern Europe was considered the domain of Russia. This will be a bitter disappointment, indeed, even a warning to the people of Eastern Europe.”
Obama’s decision to not defend America is a gross dereliction of the duties he swore as President.
After decades of progress pushing back against Russian aggression in the region, the Obama administration has unilaterally surrendered to Russian demands.
Ask yourself this: Why would the Russians want the U.S. and her allies to be defenseless? The answer is obvious — and unpleasant.
And what did the Russians give us in return? Nothing. Obama has publicly admitted that the U.S. received nothing from the Russians in return for lowering our national defenses and abandoning our allies.
If Obama is telling the truth and the U.S. truly received no benefit from abandoning our allies and bending knee to our enemies, I wonder then, what Obama received personally from the Russians. No one gives away something this valuable for nothing. If the people of the United States received nothing for this, you can be certain that someone did. This is very reminiscent of Bill Clinton’s trading American missile technology to the Communist Chinese in return for cash contributions to the Democratic Party.
Study this and learn some thing and please GOP not knowing a thing what so ever bosos of the planet of OZ... shut the F up a bout the economy:
OBAMA ROCKS! YES WE CAN!
OBAMA ROCKS! YES WE CAN!
Hot_Single_Dude: Study this and learn some thing and please GOP not knowing a thing what so ever bosos of the planet of OZ... shut the F up a bout the economy:
OBAMA ROCKS! YES WE CAN!
OBAMA ROCKS! YES WE CAN!
Now why not get objective and tell about the poor souls who got screwed by Obama's "saving" the auto industry.
Hot_Single_Dude: Study this and learn some thing and please GOP not knowing a thing what so ever bosos of the planet of OZ... shut the F up a bout the economy:
OBAMA ROCKS! YES WE CAN!
Yep,he's got rocks in his Head that poor Fellow!OBAMA ROCKS! YES WE CAN!
And on top of all his woes he's got to contend with a Hooligan on CS claiming to speak in his name!
Hot_Single_Dude: Study this and learn some thing and please GOP not knowing a thing what so ever bosos of the planet of OZ... shut the F up a bout the economy:
OBAMA ROCKS! YES WE CAN!
Don't you live on that cursed Planet of Oz?OBAMA ROCKS! YES WE CAN!
How are the Wizard,Tinman,Scarecrow and that "courageous" Lion doing these days?
I know Toto relocated to the White House,pretending to be a Waterdog!
Hot_Single_Dude: Says the Leech living of hand outs of the government which are provided him not because of any STUPID right wing ideology what so ever
What Handouts,Sunshine?What I worked for all my life?
Hot_Single_Dude: Says the Leech living of hand outs of the government which are provided him not because of any STUPID right wing ideology what so ever
Only one Moocher in this Thread,and he is an avowed Socialist from Denmark! Clue:Sleeps rolled up in a Red Flag nightly!
Conrad73: What Handouts,Sunshine?
What I worked for all my life?
What I worked for all my life?
You worked and so freaking what? Switzerland got Universal health care and retirenment for all and so on Exactly as most other civilized european countries and you too are enjoying the same kind of benefits and have received much more than you ever have paid I asure you... and that is why you are living there. Other wise you would keep staying in those right winged hilly billy places in America where your brain got trained being this careless and selfish and so out of touch with what ever decency like most other endorsers of the Damn GOP!
Republicans for Alqueda... study this, watch the vidoe and Barf some:
Hot_Single_Dude: Actually talking a bout being embarresed... this one is really embaressing... what is wrong? A p*dophile Republican is better than a democrat flirting with an adult woman?
Apparently you've not heard the latest news. It's probable that the FBI will be looking into the "weenie" hitting on a minor on FaceBook.
I love it! Going after a kid!
Hot_Single_Dude: Sad story but it is not happening in America only and there are a lot chances this family receives a propper amount later on when courts deciding and specially now when more of the car industry is running again and things are much better and they got the money to pay these kinds of dammages. What you talk a bout is from before and soon under control.
Ain,t gonna change the fact that Obama administration have done a great job and a great favor to millions of american families borrowing money to car industry and have helped one of America,s most important industries almost totaly back on track and actually this industry will get better than before Recession experts say, casue it have learned to work on fuel saving technologies and is playing a major role in benefit of american environment and american export by now.
I really hope your four wheel driver becoming forbidden to drive in some day and any body running a Stupid fuel eater monster goes to jail... imaggining ur face behind bars because of being an anti environmental crook... I know! It will never happen but the thought is soooooooooooo funny!
Ain,t gonna change the fact that Obama administration have done a great job and a great favor to millions of american families borrowing money to car industry and have helped one of America,s most important industries almost totaly back on track and actually this industry will get better than before Recession experts say, casue it have learned to work on fuel saving technologies and is playing a major role in benefit of american environment and american export by now.
I really hope your four wheel driver becoming forbidden to drive in some day and any body running a Stupid fuel eater monster goes to jail... imaggining ur face behind bars because of being an anti environmental crook... I know! It will never happen but the thought is soooooooooooo funny!
I take it the 4 wheelers that GM makes?
UNDOUBTEDLY ANOTHER HATEFUL DEMOCRAT:
Hot_Single_Dude: Sell it or give it a way Freddy! GM does not want you to buy their car
Rest assured, I wouldn't buy a government motors car. Nor would anyone I know as they're real Americans.
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By Jeremy Lemer and Christine Spolar
Published: June 9 2011 00:23 | Last updated: June 9 2011 00:23
US military operations in Libya are on course to cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than the Pentagon estimated, according to figures obtained by the Financial Times. Robert Gates, the outgoing secretary of defence, said last month that the Pentagon expected to spend “somewhere in the ball park of $750m” in the 2011 fiscal year as part of efforts to protect the Libyan people.
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Gates criticises five allies over Libya - Jun-08Plans sought for Libya post-Gaddafi - Jun-08Gaddafi troops shell Misurata - Jun-08Editorial Coment: Making plans for peace in Libya - Jun-08Gaddafi defiant as Nato strikes intensify - Jun-07In depth: Libya uprising - May-14But according to a Pentagon memo which includes a detailed update on the progress and pace of operations, by mid-May US operations in Libya had cost $664m, a figure confirmed by the Department of Defence.
The document, entitled the “United States Contribution to Operation Unified Protector’’, adds that US costs are running at a rate of about $2m a day or $60m a month. The memo has been circulating on Capitol Hill since last week. The DoD declined to comment on the increased costs of the operation.
The pace of spending is higher than reported by the DoD comptroller’s office in late March. In a congressional hearing, Pentagon officials said the US had spent about $550m on Libya, at a rate of about $40m a month.
If spending remains at the increased rate until the end of the recently extended Nato authorisation period, the DoD could face an extra bill of about $274m to pay for a combination of air strikes, refuelling operations and intelligence-gathering missions, putting further strain on its budget.
Any extra spending will further strain the DoD’s budget, which is under pressure from cost overruns on procurement programmes and under threat from significant cuts as part of Congressional efforts to address the federal deficit.
Despite continuing to press the White House for additional funding for Libya operations, in his May comments Secretary Gates suggested that “in the case of Libya, unfortunately, we’re fundamentally having to eat that one.”
Any additional costs could also add to pressure on the US to limit its mission in Libya. Last week, the House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution demanding that President Obama explain the US involvement in Libya, forestalling a more radical measure seeking an end to US involvement.
Although it is working under Nato, the US is by far the largest contributor to operation Unified Protector. As of mid-May it was conducting 70 per cent of reconnaissance missions, over 75 per cent of refuelling flights and 27 per cent of all air sorties.
The US has about 75 aircraft, including drones, involved in the operations and since the end of March has conducted about 2,600 aircraft sorties and about 600 combat sorties. In addition the US military can call on a number of naval assets in the Mediterranean.