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America: Going Like a Lamb to the Slaughter?
The Wide Awake Cafe — ... and in many ways are now living in a September 10 state of mind. So far, this has been a September 10 election. Without security there is no economy as we learned September 11th, 2001, and yet, we came back from it. Americans are better than sheep. We need not follow each other off the cliff. Do the American people believe it is important to have a man of good character in the Oval Office? Are they aware that Obama and the Democrats are planning to downsize the military as much as 25%? Many Americans may say, give Obama a chance. After ...

The Struggle for Transformation
TPMCafe — ... Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has called for a 25% reduction in the defense budget. We can do this without any decrease in our national security and it will be necessary to do so as part of any real economic rescue plan. But even talking about it will provoke howls of protest from those benefiting from the stream of contracts pouring out of the Pentagon and the ideologues tied to them. ...

Today in The Nation: Smart Defense
The Nation: Top Stories — ... Frank "incredibly irresponsible." House Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee ranking member John McHugh (R-NY) labeled the proposed reduction "unconscionable." Democrats--especially those on the House Armed Services Committee --didn't exactly embrace Frank's target, either. But Congressman Frank isn't backing down. In an e-mail to me yesterday he wrote, "Much of the reduction will come from ending the war in Iraq and from cutting unneeded weapons systems. I believe that it's appropriate to reduce defense spending, and this is a goal I wanted to set. I don't have specific ...

Today in The Nation: Smart Defense
The Nation: Top Stories — ... Frank "incredibly irresponsible." House Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee ranking member John McHugh (R-NY) labeled the proposed reduction "unconscionable." Democrats--especially those on the House Armed Services Committee --didn't exactly embrace Frank's target, either. But Congressman Frank isn't backing down. In an e-mail to me yesterday he wrote, "Much of the reduction will come from ending the war in Iraq and from cutting unneeded weapons systems. I believe that it's appropriate to reduce defense spending, and this is a goal I wanted to set. I don't have specific ...

Today in The Nation: Bread v. Bombs
The Nation: Top Stories — ... "? A budget that represents 54 percent of all discretionary spending ? The Congressional Progressive Caucus will no doubt organize around Congressman Barney Frank's call for ...