[Bahbah]

The folks up on the Hill remind me of teenagers with mom & dad's credit card

And, as we know, part of the backup for that credit card is the income from SS decuctions which the evil Bush is trying to deprive them of. I guess I'm just feeling unusually disgusted with the lot of 'em today.

[OXENinFLA]

UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

_________________________________________________

There will be a meeting of the Committee on

ARMED SERVICES

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

9:30 AM

Room SH-216, Hart Senate Office Building

OPEN



To receive testimony from combatant commanders on their military
strategy and operational requirements in review of the Defense
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2006.


General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC
Commander, U.S. European Command and
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

General John P. Abizaid, USA
Commander, U.S. Central Command

General Bryan D. Brown, USA
Commander, United States Special Operations Command

Audio link here.

[OXENinFLA]

Durbin up now talking about "Payday Lenders" that are around Militery bases.