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Obama lashes defense establishment, Congress
breitbart ^ | 8/17/09 | Liz Sidoti

Posted on 08/17/2009 11:23:10 AM PDT by Nachum

PHOENIX (AP) - President Barack Obama took on both the defense establishment and freespending lawmakers on Monday, saying they were draining the defense budget with "exotic projects." "If Congress sends me a defense bill loaded a bunch of pork, I will veto it," he declared in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He accused members of Congress of using the defense budget to protect jobs back home, including on wasteful projects he said were diverting money needed for U.S. military forces battling everything from nuclear weapons to "18th century style piracy and 21st century cyber threats."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defense; establishment; lashes; obama
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1 posted on 08/17/2009 11:23:11 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

it is ALWAYS some one else’s fault, in the world of the obamanation


2 posted on 08/17/2009 11:25:19 AM PDT by bareford101 (Be loud! We have nothing – NOTHING - to apologize for in fighting for our Country!!)
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To: Nachum

White House spiraling downward mode: Attack, grasp straws, and lash out at anything and everything in the hopes of halting said spiral downward.


3 posted on 08/17/2009 11:25:21 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Nachum

He should know about cyber threats with his snitch line and sending out SPAM emails. What next? The WH sends out a virus?


4 posted on 08/17/2009 11:26:30 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn/Rubio - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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To: Nachum

And what are YOU doing throwing our money away on trillion dollar bailouts, clunker programs, and now - a massive government takeover of healthcare??


5 posted on 08/17/2009 11:26:35 AM PDT by rjp2005 (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: Nachum

Looks like Barry wants to change the subject yet again.


6 posted on 08/17/2009 11:27:13 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: Nachum

WHAT A DAMN HYPOCRITE!...He supports Polosi’s stimulus bill packed with pork! I guess military pork is a different matter, right Odinga?......


7 posted on 08/17/2009 11:28:02 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: PhiKapMom

Don’t give them any ideas!


8 posted on 08/17/2009 11:28:08 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Unreconstructed Catholic Texan)
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To: Nachum

I guess none of the Porkulus Projects were “exotic.” Here we go into the One World, Can’t We Just All Be Marxists Together Defense Budget — a couple of mediators and a time-out chair.


9 posted on 08/17/2009 11:29:23 AM PDT by July4 (Remember the price paid for your freedom.)
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To: Nachum
"If Congress sends me a defense bill loaded a bunch of pork, I will veto it,"

Of course, if Congress sends him a 'stimulus' bill loaded with a bunch of pork, he'll sign it before the ink dries.

10 posted on 08/17/2009 11:29:35 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Nachum
"If Congress sends me a defense bill loaded a bunch of pork, I will veto it,"

What the Communist in Chief failed to mention is that if his democrat buddies send him ANY bill loaded with ACORN requisitions or other anti-American garbage, he will greedily sign the sucker.


11 posted on 08/17/2009 11:29:47 AM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Nachum

I have absolutely no respect for this President or his family, none.


12 posted on 08/17/2009 11:30:09 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("It (Gov't) can't make you happier, healthier, wealthier, and wise" - Sarah Palin 07/26)
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To: Nachum

Amazing how our military has survived all these decades without a man like Obama in charge.


13 posted on 08/17/2009 11:30:21 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: bareford101

>It is ALWAYS some one else’s fault, in the world of the >obamanation

First rule of taking advantage of affirmative action:
It is ALWAYS some one else’s fault.


14 posted on 08/17/2009 11:30:24 AM PDT by oldpass
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The idea is right, but I don’t trust the source in the slightest. That teleprompter is a habitual liar.


15 posted on 08/17/2009 11:31:25 AM PDT by villagerjoel (1. Implement socialist policies 2. ??? 3. Heaven on earth)
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To: Nachum

Oh, we now morphed into the Champion Against Wasteful Spending.

That should fool everyone... NOT!


16 posted on 08/17/2009 11:32:10 AM PDT by MrDem (From Morning in America to Mourning in America...)
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To: Chi-townChief

And where are the calls for investigations of people like Murtha, BO? You guys control the entire legislative and budgetary process. As a so-called “Constitutional scholar” you should know this BO.


17 posted on 08/17/2009 11:32:33 AM PDT by easttennesseejohn
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To: Nachum
“”If Congress sends me a defense bill loaded a bunch of pork, I will veto it,” he declared in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars”

LOL!
Is this clown for real?
Hey 0bama, that $787 Billion PORKULUS bill was stuffed full of every kind of pork known to man, including billions of tax payer dollars to your corrupt ACCORN pals. If you are so keen on vetoing pork, why the heck didn't you veto that one?

18 posted on 08/17/2009 11:32:36 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Chi-townChief

And where are the calls for investigations of people like Murtha, BO? You guys control the entire legislative and budgetary process. As a so-called “Constitutional scholar” you should know this BO.


19 posted on 08/17/2009 11:33:18 AM PDT by easttennesseejohn
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To: Nachum

What a freaking jerkball. A complete embarassment.


20 posted on 08/17/2009 11:33:24 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (What kind of organization answers the phone if you call a suicide hotline in Gaza City?)
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