[hinckley buzzard]

those conservatives for whom the war trumps everything and peripheral piffle like "No Child Left Behind" can be argued over when the jihad's been seen off

That's me.

The whole point of the article is, you shouldn't have to choose. You can have responsible and frugal public spending at home AND prosecute a war on terrorists.

[ExGeeEye]

shouldn't have to

Do we really have to list all the things that shouldn't be, but are, and we must learn to live with them and overcome them, and that's part of being an adult?