http://defensetech.org/2007/02/05/pentagons-big-ass-budget/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 25 May 2012 14:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2007/02/05/pentagons-big-ass-budget/#comment-60066 jaw Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:07:17 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3460#comment-60066 picture picture

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/02/05/pentagons-big-ass-budget/#comment-156052 Stuart Harrold Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:06:39 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3460#comment-156052 Well, you could say, that the Department of Defense is never satisfied. You could say that all during the cold war. It is the same budget we had during Raygun. But there is something that is right, until I find out that it is mis-informatation later, and they spent the money on something else. And that is the money allocated for emergencies. You see, it went up--40 billion--in one year. Maybe they are spending some money the right way for a change. Boy, that would be great. You see, the one real feather in the Department of Defense's cap these days is this. Everytime there is a disaster (earthquake-Packastan) or a tidal wave (Bangladesh) it is "our" military that responds. We actually use our military--to help people. Sometimes we don't have much--we go anyway. Somwetimes it is just a drop in the bucket, but our military still goes. You see, they are making friends in foriegn countries sometimes, it is that simple. Our military shows up, they help, they make a few friends. But in other parts of the goverment, hell, they do less than that. So in a way, the military of the United States of America is pretty cool. They call it "peacetime operations" and they are very right for doing that. I hope to god they have some money budgeted to keep doing that. We end up being welcome in some places. Now there are other countries, France sends people'Spain sends tents, Germany might help. But it is our military, that loads up truck,planes, fork lifts, ships--damn, we just go. This is definately to our credit. In a way, America's reputation around the world has been damaged. But when there is a disaster, the military just shows up, and they end up helping our reputation--through the military. Interesting. I guess that is why they call it peace time. s Well, you could say, that the Department of Defense is never satisfied. You could say that all during the cold war. It is the same budget we had during Raygun. But there is something that is right, until I find out that it is mis-informatation later, and they spent the money on something else. And that is the money allocated for emergencies. You see, it went up–40 billion–in one year. Maybe they are spending some money the right way for a change. Boy, that would be great. You see, the one real feather in the Department of Defense’s cap these days is this. Everytime there is a disaster (earthquake-Packastan) or a tidal wave (Bangladesh) it is “our” military that responds. We actually use our military–to help people. Sometimes we don’t have much–we go anyway. Somwetimes it is just a drop in the bucket, but our military still goes. You see, they are making friends in foriegn countries sometimes, it is that simple. Our military shows up, they help, they make a few friends. But in other parts of the goverment, hell, they do less than that. So in a way, the military of the United States of America is pretty cool. They call it “peacetime operations” and they are very right for doing that. I hope to god they have some money budgeted to keep doing that. We end up being welcome in some places. Now there are other countries, France sends people’Spain sends tents, Germany might help. But it is our military, that loads up truck,planes, fork lifts, ships–damn, we just go. This is definately to our credit. In a way, America’s reputation around the world has been damaged. But when there is a disaster, the military just shows up, and they end up helping our reputation–through the military. Interesting. I guess that is why they call it peace time. s

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/02/05/pentagons-big-ass-budget/#comment-156051 James Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:58:11 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3460#comment-156051 That's easy, it's called the national debt. That’s easy, it’s called the national debt.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/02/05/pentagons-big-ass-budget/#comment-60061 Marshall Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:21:24 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3460#comment-60061 I love how this budget is so mammoth that you can actually have a $5.2 billion "Misc" category. I love how this budget is so mammoth that you can actually have a $5.2 billion “Misc” category.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/02/05/pentagons-big-ass-budget/#comment-60060 markg8 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:01:15 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3460#comment-60060 Where are we going to get the money to pay for all this? Where are we going to get the money to pay for all this?

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