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Demeter

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55. WTF?

Reply to NeoConsSuck (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2013, 06:13 PM

May 2013

This insanity and cynical slapping the poor around has got to stop.

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White House Rescinds $4.9 Billion in 2013 Spending Cuts [View all] NeoConsSuck May 2013 OP

Meals On Wheels? DJ13 May 2013 #1

Afghanistan gussmith May 2013 #2

ever watch "charlie wilson's war"? madrchsod May 2013 #7

So only the poor and needy end up getting squeezed MotherPetrie May 2013 #3

Speaks to the kind of nation we are becoming. madfloridian May 2013 #24

my how christian of him..... madrchsod May 2013 #4

Methinks Obama fell asleep during Rev. Wright's sermons DerekG May 2013 #58

Was there ever any doubt that the Pentagon would get the money? zeemike May 2013 #5

I saw numerous DU posters who predicted/saw this coming, GoneFishin May 2013 #6

Aha! Newest Reality May 2013 #8

chances it will actually benefit WE THE PEOPLE? Skittles May 2013 #9

Don't worry ...the Pentagon is protecting our elderly ...from getting older. L0oniX May 2013 #51

Yep, definately waited to his second term to show his true colors. Arctic Dave May 2013 #10

! robinlynne May 2013 #12

Until every politician is tripping over themselves to get to the bottom of THIS boondoggle: magellan May 2013 #11

So, instead of just complaining on a message board.. Cha May 2013 #13

they don't care demwing May 2013 #14

Yes, they Do Care. I will not buy your Cha May 2013 #15

That's fine - I'm not selling their lack of care demwing May 2013 #18

If they "cared" we wouldnt have to sell them on helping those most vulnerable. It's obvious. rhett o rick May 2013 #22

90% wanted background checks and all the calling didnt doa damn thing leftyohiolib May 2013 #28

Just a bit of balance to the FAA issue Lordquinton May 2013 #19

Exactly, Lordquinton, it was not only passengers that were delayed that Cha May 2013 #20

What about the issue of food safety due to FDA cuts magellan May 2013 #38

Dupe delete magellan May 2013 #39

They know how we feel caseymoz May 2013 #34

Wrote RoJo and Ron Kind Lifelong Protester May 2013 #54

Hey...it's not like we did not see this coming. Right? *Crickets* Safetykitten May 2013 #16

Shit. nt Poll_Blind May 2013 #17

Chessmaster AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #21

No not, because cuts to the poor will be permanent. caseymoz May 2013 #23

Wait a minute! Unknown Beatle May 2013 #25

Only some. Igel May 2013 #40

The "left" has nothing to do with this. Le Taz Hot May 2013 #41

If we are so desperate to cut back..... Half-Century Man May 2013 #26

Obama's Hope And Change Is A Distant Memory - His Legacy - Compromise And Contrition For The 1% cantbeserious May 2013 #27

Why is everyone so freaked out?? This sounds like just an accounting issue. DCBob May 2013 #29

could you explain please or is it in the full article leftyohiolib May 2013 #30

its clearly in the article.. DCBob May 2013 #31

Interesting that Recalculaton were only Le Taz Hot May 2013 #42

He's the Commander in Chief of our Military. Congress is where you BlueCaliDem May 2013 #52

It's called the bully pulpit for a reason. Heywood J May 2013 #57

thanks for taking the time to respond ... what they said sounds like tap-dancing to me- leftyohiolib May 2013 #44

Bipartisanship Of, By & For the Military-Industrial-Complex, in this we trust. nt mother earth May 2013 #32

I wish this surprised me. Now watch it become permanent. Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #33

No shit? Seriously? MannyGoldstein May 2013 #35

I'm shocked like a electified hooded suspect in a foriegn hidden military torture room. L0oniX May 2013 #50

anyone with a brain knew the Pentagon would get their money back Doctor_J May 2013 #36

So predictable jsr May 2013 #37

Nothing for the poor people! santamargarita May 2013 #43

turns out he WAS playing 3d chess - on us leftyohiolib May 2013 #45

Why not $3.7 billion to the needy not to the Pentagon? Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #46

Everybody calm down! bvar22 May 2013 #47

Yea LMAO ...but then ...it's really not funny ...is it. L0oniX May 2013 #49

Selective austerity for the rich ...congressional MIC stock holders. L0oniX May 2013 #48

So military hard ons are bipartisan think May 2013 #53

WTF? Demeter May 2013 #55

Immoral and just plain sickening stuffmatters May 2013 #56

good, I don't want these budgets to be etched in stone. let them adjust within the 'rules' . Sunlei May 2013 #59