American government is always frugal in the extreme in the matter of social services, but not so much when the Pentagon comes around with its hand out.

Give us a break - the deficit is attributable to the "conservative" policies of George W. Bush, for whose administration this toady labored mightily. Now he has concerns about "good policy." Was the invasion and occupation of Iraq "good policy?" It was good for the defense contractors and the oil companies, but not the rest of us and most emphatically not for the Iraqis.

This column is pure claptrap, and this columnist is a mouthpiece for the most...]]>