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In reply to the discussion: House passes bill undoing defense cuts [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,306 posts)32. Sometimes, you just have to go Godwin:
Attributed to Hermann Goering, 1936 radio broadcast: "Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat." Earlier that year Joseph Goebbels stated: "We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns."
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"While the legislation has no chance of clearing the Democratic-controlled Senate or surviving
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#4
Ryan's Sequester Replacement bill barely passed--and 16 Republicans voted against it.
flpoljunkie
May 2012
#12
As with everything else this 'Do Nothing' obstructionist bunch of wankers have done...
truebrit71
May 2012
#30
No, it was more like they lit fireworks off and did cartwheels and then toasted each other
cstanleytech
May 2012
#35