It's one thing for Obama to forgive Lieberman for his attacks; it's quite another to offer his Homeland Security chairmanship as an olive branch. The Department of Homeland Security is requesting a 2009 budget of $50.5 billion dollars. To put that in perspective, the military budget for Iraq and Afghanistan for 2009 is $200 billion. |
Read the rest of the story HERE:
At www.alternet.org
Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.