It got crazy while you weren't looking

The amount of money wasted by the federal government:

Department of Education Tripe

Forget calculus, study unicorns and rainbows.

On Friday the Department of Education had a press release which include only a little more than the following *(emphasis added);

The Department of Education today announced the release of its draft Environmental Justice (EJ) strategy. The Department’s draft EJ strategy focuses on healthy learning environments for students, energy-efficient school facilities, sustainability education and environmental literacy, and energy efficiency in the Department’s facilities. This draft EJ strategy is the Department’s plan to address environmental justice concerns and increase access to environmental benefits through the Department’s policies, programs, and activities.

CBO shows how bad it is

According to the Congressional Budget Office, President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been an absolute boon for climate change research funding.

From 1998 through 2009, appropriations for agencies’ work related to climate change totaled about $99 billion (in 2009 dollars); more than a third of that sum—$35.7 billion by CBO’s estimation—was provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (see the figure below). During that period, the nation’s commitment to climate-related technology development increased significantly, as has the forgone revenue attributable to tax preferences. Funding for climate science and international assistance, by contrast, stayed roughly constant.

Here it is graphically;

Or if you prefer, here it is visually;

Obama - cutting defence spending

From Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the U.S. government was paying too much for things it did not need and ordered a crackdown on spending "plagued by massive cost overruns and outright fraud."

The Democrat, under fire from Republicans for the $3.5 trillion price tag for his 2010 budget plan, also took aim at predecessor George W. Bush and noted the cost of government contracts had doubled to more than half a trillion dollars over the past eight years.

THINGS IT DOESN'T NEED????????? That's the pot calling the kettle...wait, can I say that?

You just passed an $800 billion questionable stimulus package and now you are talking about a $400 Billion omnibus bill and you want to cut defense spending because it's wasteful?

Hypocrite. Hypocrite. Hypocrite. Hypocrite. Hypocrite.

Just come out and tell the truth - you don't like the military. You don't want to spend money on the military. The middle-of-the-road facade is falling faster than the Dow Jones.