The cuts are part of the Budget Control Act of 2011.

Which the GOP voted for.

Remember when they were crying cut the debt.

The GOP tea party voted for these cuts.

Cheney warns GOP lawmakers against allowing defense cuts

Hey Congress, don't @!$%# with my Haliburton money!!!!!

Obama/Biden 2012

Majority Leader Harry Reid said it was Cheney's ties to Halliburton that were motivating his concerns over defense cuts.

That's all it is Leader Reid!

CBO report – If the sequester is allowed to go into effect after the end of this year Defense spending would still be larger than it was in 2006 in the middle of 2 wars and with Republican in full control.

http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43428

RedSuxReTurd,

As Sandy point out,

The cuts are part of the Budget Control Act of 2011.

Which the GOP voted for.

Your team could not reach an agreement with our team and that is the deal.

[sandy, they are because the libby's wouldn't compromise]

So in other words, the GOP caved? So you admit they are weak?

Well, that may be news to you, but not to REAL Americans...

B-Job, I see you took my advice and got a fourth grader to proofread your posts. Your welcome.

If Obama had the slightest leadership ability the 'teams' would have reached an agreement. But since he does not, and seems intent on letting this country fall in to ruin we have this result.

Try again.

Google Budget Control Act of 2011.

The GOP voted for these cuts.

We can't have defense cuts because Republicans plan a lot more useless wars. It's important that Haliburton makes money no matter how many brave men and women have to lose their lives in unnecessary wars. It's the GOP way!

Obama/Biden 2012

Poor Sandy, typical libby having trouble with facts.

RedSox - you have never posted a fact in your life - just GOP lies and deceit. And you back one of the worst war criminals of our time - Dick Cheney - who can't travel outside the US because he will be arrested for war crimes.

Pitiful. You shouldn't talk about anyone!

Budget Control Act of 2011

House Vote

The agreement, entitled the Budget Control Act, passed the House on August 1, 2011 by a vote of 269–161; 174 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted for it, while 66 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted against it.

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Senate Vote

The Senate passed the agreement on August 2, 2011 by a vote of 74–26; only 7 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_Control_Act#House_vote

Really insanity? I post nothing but facts, but you have trouble with facts, so you just try to wish them away.

How about the war criminal Obama? He has assassinated numerous individuals. Are you going to say the same about him, or are you going to be the typically libby hypocrite.

I thought so. LMAO

@ RedSoxRule

Try reading the facts in Dennis's post.

I am a taxpayer who wants the budget cuts.

My trouble with the facts --- mad the GOP does not want to stand by their vote.

@ Dennis Thanks for posting the facts.

Hmm, as I recall the story about lack of compromise it went something like this . . .

http:// www. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14098593

www. reuters.com/article/2011/06/23/us-usa-debt-cantor-idUSTRE75M3SA20110623)

http:// swampland.time.com/2011/07/10/no-grand-bargain-boehner-walks-away-from-big-deficit-deal/

One side offered significant cuts to programs that they have historically protected and supported, another side refused any tax increases or the removal of any tax loophole of any kind. In fact, the cuts offered were far larger than the revenue increases sought.

You figure out which side refused to compromise.

Advice from Cheney, really, seriously? Lest voters forget, here is an excellent review (by Rachel Maddow) of the Lost Decade thanks in large part to Cheney:

You know what was a really bad time? The George W. Bush presidency
was a really bad time. And not just if you were a liberal and you
disagreed with George W. Bush, just if you were an American.

The George W. Bush presidency, the Bush/Cheney years were bad years for us as a country. The national unemployment rate went from a little over 4 percent when he took office to nearly 8 percent by the time that he left. We went from a budget surplus of more than $200 billion to a budget deficit of more than a trillion dollars.

After decades of U.S. household income climbing during the 1980s and 1990s, household fell off a cliff during the Bush years. After poverty declined in the 1980s and declined in the 1990s, in the Bush years, poverty went up.

By the time George W. Bush left office, 6 million more Americans were
added to the rolls of Americans who did not have health insurance. Wall Street in the Bush years collapsed. The country was plunged into the worst depression since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

The Bush/Cheney years were a disaster. They were also a series of
embarrassments. Remember when they were going to put Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court? Remember when they were going to put Bernie Kerik in charge of Homeland Security? Remember that? Remember Bernie Kerik? Before he went to jail?

Remember when they trolled the reject list of interns from the
Heritage Foundation to find people to put in charge of a nation named Iraq? You, college student, the one who applied to be an intern, are you against abortion? Good, do you want to run the Iraqi stock exchange?

Do you remember soldiers in Iraq having to salvage hillbilly armor for
their Humvees from junkyards? Do you remember when Cher -- Cher, the celebrity, Cher -- had something called "Operation Helmet" because Bush and Cheney never got around to getting soldiers bullet proof helmets before they started the war? So Cher had to do it, instead. Seriously? Cher, she had to care of that because the government didn`t.

In the Bush/Cheney years, American`s approval rating among our allies dropped by 20 points, by 30 points, by 40 points, and those are the people that like us.

You know, there was the start of two of the longest wars in American
history. Both of which were started by the Bush administration, one of
which was started under false pretenses and both of which were still raging when they left. It was the drowning of a great American city during hurricane Katrina.

Remember mission accomplished? Remember 9/11, torture? Remember Armstrong Williams? Remember the presidential adviser caught shoplifting repeatedly from Target? Remember that guy?

Do you remember the vice president of the United States shooting a guy in the face?

There`s a reason George W. Bush left office in January 2009 with the
lowest approval rating for an outgoing president since Gallup started
asking that question back in the 1930s. And frankly, the vice president, Dick Cheney, would have killed to get numbers that high. His approval rating was 13 percent when he left office.

I mean, part of the headwind that John McCain had running in 2008,
trying to run as a Republican after George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. I
mean, the country was happy to see them go for pretty understandable reasons.

So, now, four years after the Bush/Cheney administration, the new
Republican Party nominee, Mitt Romney, has made precisely zero public appearances with George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. And, you know, this is at a meta-level. This is still the most interesting thing in American politics, right?

I mean, the reconstruction of the Republican Party post-George W. Bush and post-Dick Cheney is as yet incomplete and it`s still the most interesting thing to watch at a meta-level in our politics. What`s the new Republican Party going to be after that?

I don't give a rat's arse if you like Maddow or not. Please tell us what is not factual in the above excerpt if you want to hold a b!tch session about it. But suffice it to say Cheney and his Military Industrial Complex of war profiteering via Halliburton is only more of the same we see with Romney.

sandy,

It appears that you have been accidently reverted back to “new user” – cannot post links.

Contact Newsvine “Report Bug” and ask them to restore your standing if you wish to post links or grow your Vineacity tree.

http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/cms/info/contact

Try reading the facts in Dennis's post.

Sandy,

This dum@!$%# is not hear to read & learn anything...

He is here for one purpose only and that is to agitate while attempting to knock people off message!

PS: I have been enjoying your comments! ☺

So true Feisty.

@ Dennis and Feisty

Thanks. I am not the best at typing.

However I can read and learn the facts.

I just wish the GOP would stick to their vote.

My husband served in the U.S. Navy for 25 years.

There is way too much waste it the military.

And they ALL still refuse to compromise. It really p!sses me off that the people WE pay to represent US are only representing themselves, their respective parties and the special interest groups. Both sides of the aisle are acting like children fighting in a sand box. They think they know more and are better than the average citizen because they are in positions of power. Well, until I see the clothes disappear and magically reappear on their bodies or see them walk on water, I will continue to put self righteous people like that into what I call the Three P Category. They are nothing more than pimples on the pen!s of posterity. Screw them all. Vote them all out. Enough is enough. I'll be voting the alternative across the board this time, excluding the obligatory communist party candidate.

Thanks. I am not the best at typing.

No worries - we all have our days! ;o)

Cheney was the only senator who voted for Reagan's Iran-Contra scheme. What does that tell you? Cheney and McCain -- They never saw a war they didn't like.

True Patriot, I also remember the dismal appearance of the Veterans Hospital used by veterans in the DC and Northern Virginia. Shameful, yet Republicans fought any money for veterans or the VA.

When you read the idiot posts of the libs on here you see why the country is going down the tubes. Why don't you people wake up? I know you think it is a badge of honor to be the worst person you can but stop it already.

The cuts are part of the Budget Control Act of 2011.

Which the GOP voted for.

Those are the facts.

"no insults"

Google Budget Control Act of 2011

Remember raising the debt ceiling debate.

Again with the really bright name calling . . .

President George W. Bush and his puppet-master/VP Dick Cheney were unanimously convicted of war crimes by a five panel tribunal

Looks like you've got GOP amnesia too . . . .

Oh, this ought to be good! Any mention of Cheney and the liberals go

apesht!

Brian -

I know, that Cheyney is such a great guy..LOL!!

Oh well, He did shoot a lawyer. Gotta give him that...

Obama/Biden 2012

We only go after Cheney because he is a war criminal and has not done one thing that is positive for the American people. (Corporations are not people)

Brian, find a job yet? Or are you still holding out for a "management position"...

Well, here's one you might be interested in...I hear there will be an opening since Romney didn't like the way he held the chair:

http://duckduckgrayduck.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/romney.jpg

That would be something you could be good at...you know...instead of sucking at Mamma Gubment's teat like you do.

Anyone who would side with Dick Cheney is the lowest form of life on the planet!

Brian, find a job yet? Or are you still holding out for a "management position"...

Mick - Do you think Brian could handle that position as NitMitt's "Chairman"? LOL!

[Do you think Brian could handle that position as NitMitt's "Chairman"?]

He probably could...I mean, it's such a SIMPLE task...but he won't get healthcare...Romney's suddenly against healthcare.

Cheney left office with only a 13% approval rating. No one likes him.

Goes to show how well you understand why TP. All you see is the low number and you think everyone disapproved of him for the same reason. Narrowminded and petty.

Advice from Cheney, really, seriously? Lest voters forget, here is an excellent review (by Rachel Maddow) of the Lost Decade thanks in large part to Cheney:

You know what was a really bad time? The George W. Bush presidency was a really bad time. And not just if you were a liberal and you disagreed with George W. Bush, just if you were an American.

The George W. Bush presidency, the Bush/Cheney years were bad years for us as a country. The national unemployment rate went from a little over 4 percent when he took office to nearly 8 percent by the time that he left. We went from a budget surplus of more than $200 billion to a budget deficit of more than a trillion dollars.

After decades of U.S. household income climbing during the 1980s and 1990s, household fell off a cliff during the Bush years. After poverty declined in the 1980s and declined in the 1990s, in the Bush years, poverty went up.

By the time George W. Bush left office, 6 million more Americans were added to the rolls of Americans who did not have health insurance. Wall Street in the Bush years collapsed. The country was plunged into the worst depression since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

The Bush/Cheney years were a disaster. They were also a series of embarrassments. Remember when they were going to put Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court? Remember when they were going to put Bernie Kerik in charge of Homeland Security? Remember that? Remember Bernie Kerik? Before he went to jail?

Remember when they trolled the reject list of interns from the Heritage Foundation to find people to put in charge of a nation named Iraq? You, college student, the one who applied to be an intern, are you against abortion? Good, do you want to run the Iraqi stock exchange?

Do you remember soldiers in Iraq having to salvage hillbilly armor for their Humvees from junkyards? Do you remember when Cher -- Cher, the celebrity, Cher -- had something called "Operation Helmet" because Bush and Cheney never got around to getting soldiers bullet proof helmets before they started the war? So Cher had to do it, instead. Seriously? Cher, she had to care of that because the government didn`t.

In the Bush/Cheney years, American`s approval rating among our allies dropped by 20 points, by 30 points, by 40 points, and those are the people that like us.

You know, there was the start of two of the longest wars in American history. Both of which were started by the Bush administration, one of which was started under false pretenses and both of which were still raging when they left. It was the drowning of a great American city during hurricane Katrina.

Remember mission accomplished? Remember 9/11, torture? Remember Armstrong Williams? Remember the presidential adviser caught shoplifting repeatedly from Target? Remember that guy?

Do you remember the vice president of the United States shooting a guy in the face?

There`s a reason George W. Bush left office in January 2009 with the lowest approval rating for an outgoing president since Gallup started asking that question back in the 1930s. And frankly, the vice president, Dick Cheney, would have killed to get numbers that high. His approval rating was 13 percent when he left office.

I mean, part of the headwind that John McCain had running in 2008, trying to run as a Republican after George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. I mean, the country was happy to see them go for pretty understandable reasons.

So, now, four years after the Bush/Cheney administration, the new Republican Party nominee, Mitt Romney, has made precisely zero public appearances with George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. And, you know, this is at a meta-level. This is still the most interesting thing in American politics, right?

I mean, the reconstruction of the Republican Party post-George W. Bush and post-Dick Cheney is as yet incomplete and it`s still the most interesting thing to watch at a meta-level in our politics. What`s the new Republican Party going to be after that?

I don't give a rat's arse if you like Maddow or not. Please tell us what is not factual in the above excerpt if you want to hold a b!tch session about it. But suffice it to say Cheney and his Military Industrial Complex of war profiteering via Halliburton is only more of the same we see with Romney.

Just because Romney doesn't openly affiliate with Dubya (like Donald Trump is better?), doesn't mean he wouldn't be a sequel to the above--in fact on steroids. Most of Romney's team are from Dubya's administration. Been there, done that, don't need to do it again.

FORWARD - Obama/Biden - 2012!

(Sorry for the repeat but the Team Romney/Karl Rove Collapse Nazi's are out tonight.)

The Republicans are the proven racist.

They the majority of the right wing don't love or even like Willard. They just see him as a possible tool to get rid of that darn black guy that is smarter than them all.

Is blood sucking parasite now a racist term?????? That's some funny stuff there RedSox!

Fisty, you are funny. Obama being the executioner of numerous targets is ok with you though.

Redsux -

@!$%#in-A! The more the better.. O is gettin a job done that you pussy Repubes just couldn't handle. He's one bad-ass dude!!!!

Give O a few drones and some terrorists to shoot at, and we won't have a need for Homeland Security any longer. Think of the money we'll save.

Obama/Biden 2012

Is blood sucking parasite now a racist term??????

I know... right?

In their feeding frenzies they have a tendency to get confused! lol

This blood sucking parasite should be rotting in hell by now with a stake through that black heart of his!

Hell already has his heart, they are waiting for the rest of him to show up.

Majority Leader Harry Reid said it was Cheney's ties to Halliburton that were motivating his concerns over defense cuts.

Ha! THis is the problem with the Republican Party, you never know if they support a policy because they think it's right for the country, or because their big donors direct them to do it. Was the Iraq War fought to overthrow Saddam, or to protect the profits of oil companies while enriching the companies supplying the troops? Republicans are thoroughly entangled in the military-industrial complex.

Hell already has his heart, they are waiting for the rest of him to show up

I'm sure there is a very special place reserved for him!

When that day finally arrives I will do a happy dance like never before!

I have truly hated very few people in my life, however, this POS, is at the top of my list!

The man is PURE EVIL & that daughter of his (Lizzard) is the spawn of Satan himself!

Nah, Ol' Dick will be going to Limbo, Heaven won't accept him and Satan is afraid he will turn a hostile takeover!

Of COURSE Cheney is against cutting his, I mean, the Military's budget, he has his fingers too deeply into that pie to ever let go.

You don't have to roll over a rock. You just say his name three times, looking in a mirror on the night of a new moon...

Scott and Angel ... PERFECT! Still laughing! :) I'm glad he keeps his butt in Wyoming ... we're full up of crazy here in Utah!

well, the Republicans are floating Condi Rice's name for VP, I guess the rehabilition of the Bush-era figures has begun.

Ames -

I'll believe that when I see Bush and Cheney on the stage with the rest of the crowd in Tampa. In prime time. With the lights on.

Hope GW Bush shows up in his flight suit. He's so cute when he plays dress-up!

Put Romney in control of your taxes

when you do not know how he does his.

Great Plan.

why would any American want to give more TAX money to an "incompetent" Democratically controlled Congress??

We don't have a democratically controlled Congress. However, it would be nice to see Congress to eliminate all those tax payer funded coal subsidies along side all those Haliburton tax payer funded services.

It is time for us to stop supporting wars that are caused specifically for Corporate Profits. We had Iraq contained, Heavy duty no-fly zones and their major ground forces decimated, they could not have attacked anyone near them, let alone us or Israel if they wanted to. The ONLY reasons we attacked were for the oil (remember the first name of the coalition: Operation Iraqi Liberation, or OIL Anyone?, very quickly changed when they realized that they were telegraphing their intentions) and the unlimited billions in No Bid Contracts specifically for, Oh My, Dick Cheney's very own Halliburton, which Whitehouse Staffers told reporters that he never did let go the reigns of that company, running it even as V.P.

Besides, why are we being upset that Iran MIGHT develop the Bomb, and yet we say nothing at all about the nation most likely to make a first strike, as they have several times, and that being Israel who has at least 400 of the damn things, and refuses to admit to the world that they do, and is NOT signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as Iran is?

Could it really be all the OIL that Iran controls?? Could it be that all of the war profiteers see HUGE, long term profits from such a war? Could it be that the importance of CORPORATE Profits have risen well above actual Defense and our own, legitimate National NEEDS. Our Military is here to DEFEND us, not to go out and defend corporations profits nor to steal the resources of other Nations so that our Corporations can move in and control and profit from them, yet that is EXACTLY how the GOP has used our military, time and time and time again!

To let Cheney, the war criminal, financial criminal and who held back the Air Force from stopping the terrorists on 9/11, give advice on ANYTHING is to let the devil himself in on your doings, and if Romney is that stupid then he deserves to hang with the rest of em!

Why hide Cheney when the very policies of Cheney are the ones Romney wants to bring back.

Romney has hired back most of bush's old advisers and Romney's plan is like bush's bigger tax cuts for Romney, Cheney and their rich friends and a war with Iran now.

What a con job by the republicans. The rich are doing fine, but let's give them even more tax cuts for the jobs they didn't create.

More con. The surcharge on millionaires second million to create jobs will cause irreparable harm to the millionaires. Somehow the hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to buy the election for the republicans is not hurting the millionaires one bit. In fact the republicans are bragging of record halls.

Think about it hundreds of millions to buy elections and not one dime for jobs.

So were the republicans just pushing a phony story to protect the rich and didn't care about the American people and the republicans were purposely trying to keep the economy down?

I just wanted to point out that President Obama is working to raise his own taxes for a better America for all and Romney is working to lower his taxes and take food out of the mouths of children. Which one do you think is more American?