It is easy to cut defense when your goals are the same as Islam, destroy America and turn the country into a tyranical socialist euro utopia, complet with pockets of sharia controlled areas (Detroit) that endanger any Christian who might be so bold as to venture in there. The Marxist Statist controlled Democrat Party is a treasonous entity that will enslave and destroy the usefull idiots who vote for them.

I have heard many stories of waste in the military, such as, "Sergeant, we have not spent our budget, so go bury that whole bucnh of (whatever) and we will order new equipment."

Poor leadership causes this sort of behavior. On the other hand, our technology has kept us well ahead of the bad guys, who are plenty numerous. It is our technology that costs a lot to keep on the cutting edge, and Obama wants to slash our technological advantage to the point where we have no advantage. We do not need to be on the ground slugging it out and losing fine young men when guys with joysticks in safe locations (like Nebraska) can take the fight to the enemy in their country. Our aircraft carriers put the fear of God into the bad guys because they deliver death from above. We need a bunch of carriers, and I would prefer we park one next to each rogue country, and dare them to spit on the sidewalk. Write a note to your representative and senator and tell them to cut entitlements, not military spending. Yes, that spending includes retirement and medical benefits, but I have not seen too many Army colonels or Navy captains driving around Lincolns or Cadillacs while serving in their respective services. Military life is not a bed of roses.

WE CAN TAKE IT,Inc.

David

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, will be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."

- George Washington

My congressman here in St Petersburg, FL is chair of the House Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations. He has the power, not you or I to make Defense cuts in February!

I have been asking Congressman Bill Young him to sponsor now cosponsor legislation that would bring back the "Tree Army" the one that began you fathers career in the Army and was backed mostly by the funding of the Dept of the Army back then under General Douglas MacArthur and his aide de camp Major Ike Eisenhower.

I am also a veteran and was in intervention in the Republic of Panama in 1989. After the service I did a stint as a summer temp park ranger in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (now racked with 9% unemployment). It was a nice relief to enjoy nature for awhile. It help settled my nerves after being in a combat area. We have returning vets that are committing suicide every 40 hours now and this may help many who saw combat to get re-acclimatized back into society by doing a good project in natural surroundings for our communities and nation. I have been advocating for the Civilian Conservation Corps for years now. I imagine your father enjoyed the 3 C's more than the Army. Out of the 3.5 and 1/2 million support staff only 50,000 are alive today and are living treasures. Your Dad is a national treasure for his service in the Civilian Conservation Corps!

Many young American and veterans are 'leading lives of quiet desperation' as they did 8 decades ago in the Great Depression. Citizens are one paycheck away from being HOMELESS!

In broad terms, I assert that modern society, acting through its government, owes the definite obligation to prevent the starvation or dire want of any of its fellow men and women who try to maintain themselves, but cannot. ~ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The Civilian Conservation Corps demonstrated that there was absolutely no conflict between the preservation of the environment and the creation of jobs! It was the most successful federal work program in history, and the government's most lasting environmental effort as well.

Public works employment generally achieves two critical goals for the U.S. -- a much-needed employment boost in the short term and the establishment of new and lasting national infrastructure in the long term. Mind you all that our policy of exploitation of others natural resources will lead us in to maybe WW3 and will not be fought over OIL but over H2O. Are we going to ship our water overseas too like we do our 1,000 year old red woods for the cost of a big mac?

VETERANS there is legislation in Washington calling for the re-establishment of the CCC!

The bill is called the 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act [H.R.494] sponsored by one who sits on the same Appropriations subcommittee - Ohio Representative Marcy Kaptur, of the is a job creation program that re-establishes a Civilian Conservation Corp that puts to work unemployed and underemployed civilians to advance useful public works projects aimed at safeguarding natural resources and developing new transportation and infrastructure.

As president and founder of a grassroots non-profit named - We Can Take It, Inc. We Can take It ask you all to do something that is PROACTIVE to make contact your Member of Congress at (202)224-3121 and tell you want your representative to co-sponsor HR 494. we still need a bill in the US Senate and you can contact your two Senators to create a bill that will reflect HR 494 in the Senate. For more information visit http://www.wecantakeit.org. Your support greatly appreciated. My contact information is on the website if you are interested in pushing the bill through.

Jay D,

Sorry I can't get on the band wagon for a FDR type program. Our government is too large, and we need to shrink everything except the Military. The government can't fix all things, and shouldn't try.

Jay D,

Sorry I can't get on the band wagon for a FDR type program. Our government is too large, and we need to shrink everything except the Military. The government can't fix all things, and shouldn't try.