[HRoarke]

You sound like Kerry, Dean, pick em "Raising taxes on the rich will pay for schools, healthcare, etc etc." 2+2 doesn't equal 4 there.

I personally wouldn't spend a red cent on the NEA but I'm willing to hear what the actual plan is before I get fired up about it.

An aside: V a V guns in the cockpit, if it was allowed tomorrow the pilots would all buy their own by the next day. The gov wouldn't have to spend a dime. The dudes making 250 large could pick up their own tab or the company that wants to charge me $4 a beer on the plane.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

IMO you commentary was not well reasoned. First, I don't believe I came across as "Kerry, Dean...", whatever THAT means. Second I don't believe in "Raising taxes on the rich will pay for schools, healthcare, etc etc." or 2+2 doesn't equal 4 there. And maybey I agree that guns in the cockpits could be had for far less than I suggested.

But I was merely drawing loose comparisons to make a point regarding NEA funding vs national security issues. Could you really be so dense that you missed that altogether? Jeeez.