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In reply to the discussion: Selective Shutdown Over for Pentagon. The Light just got turned on the Kabuki Theater Stage [View all]DevonRex
(22,541 posts)66. Why delay an operation because of the lazy Republicans?
A perfect operation like that has been planned for months. It's execited when everything looks favorable for a successful mission. The other results are icing on the cake.
Anyone who even tries to act like the mission was done in haste to score political points must be a Republican or a Libertarian. Or Ted Cruz, whatever the fuck he is.
We'll just laugh at them. Poor things just don't know who they're up against.
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Selective Shutdown Over for Pentagon. The Light just got turned on the Kabuki Theater Stage [View all]
leveymg
Oct 2013
OP
But of course that's at sequestration levels of funding... exactly. So, who wins? Austerians in
leveymg
Oct 2013
#55
He's not a full-blown deficit hawk, obviously, but he's the one who continues to bring up
leveymg
Oct 2013
#72
You seem to skip right over that point. The CR budget is lower than the Sequester. How did we win?
leveymg
Oct 2013
#39
General disgust and revulsion at Budget Austerity by Default seems pretty much bipartisan.
leveymg
Oct 2013
#40
Republicans' actions prove they're terrorists. They should lose big. Agree? n/t
ProSense
Oct 2013
#44
Those who are convinced of that are already convinced of that. Where's the net gain?
leveymg
Oct 2013
#51
Exactly. A military-industrial police state with liberal credentials. Almost a perfect blend of
leveymg
Oct 2013
#11
Something BIG is in the works. I question how much Obama knows and or is in control.
Junkdrawer
Oct 2013
#12
The Cheney/Bush administration was the closest we ever got to direct rule by the Deep State.
Junkdrawer
Oct 2013
#61
To the contrary, I think they (whoever that may be) are getting pretty much everything they want
leveymg
Oct 2013
#62