We're broke, but the GOP found 500k to defend DOMA...

[heliochrome85]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerst ... fense.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2ch ... _blog.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov ... 7434&tsp=1
http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerst ... e_Act.html

i find it interesting that with all this screaming about how bad government spending has become, this passes muster as a justifiable expenditure. Oh, and they want to take that money out of the DoJ's Budget. To their credit, after campaigning on jobs and yelling about jobs, 4 months into their term they finally created a job.

[stebo0728]

Might be the first job created under Obama too. Way to go big 'O!

[heliochrome85]

Might be the first job created under Obama too. Way to go big 'O!

except for all the other jobs created under obama.

troll fail.

[stebo0728]

Of course with them all being temporary government jobs, do they even count?

[heliochrome85]

Of course with them all being temporary government jobs, do they even count?

troll harder.

[Cold_Zero]

So, the White House asks S&P not to downgrade the rating on United States Treasuries. Where there is smoke...

Jobs smobs. If Obama cared about jobs, he would not have passed Student Lending legislation in the Health Insurance Reform act last year.

[IBCoupe]

How would that indicate that he cared about jobs?

[IBCoupe]

As easy a target as this makes the GOP, the money was going to be spent. I don't know if it would have amounted to $500,000, but DoMA's in the Court, and whether it's the Department of Justice or independent counsel, the lawyers defending the law have to be paid.

Something about thirty pieces of silver or some such.

[stebo0728]

There was self hanging some time later wasnt there?

[Cold_Zero]

An interesting article about EU Skepticism and the trending right (of center) for certain EU member nations.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/eur ... 83,00.html

Until now, the small country in the far northeastern corner of the continent was seen as a model member of the European Union. It was known for its successful export-oriented companies, liberal social policies and the best-performing school students in the Western industrialized world. It is ironic that it is here in Finland -- a part of Europe that always seemed eminently European -- that a movement is now coming to power that inveighs against immigrants and abortions, considers Brussels to be the "heart of darkness" and rejects all financial assistance for what it calls "wasteful countries," like Greece, Ireland and Portugal. "We were too soft on Europe," says Soini, adding that Finland should not be made to "pay for the mistakes of others."

The author goes on to draw a comparison this movement to the TEA Party movement (something which the European media dont really understand), but I think Europe and the US are going through introspection about what our governments are engaged in.

[AZhitman]

Might be the first job created under Obama too. Way to go big 'O!

except for all the other jobs created under obama.

troll fail.

Dunno, Tariq - it's not trolling if you're, in essence, wrong.

Counter it with some jobs data instead.

DOJ has plenty of unallocated funds. They're sure as hell not processing illegal aliens with it.

[AZhitman]

As easy a target as this makes the GOP, the money was going to be spent. I don't know if it would have amounted to $500,000, but DoMA's in the Court, and whether it's the Department of Justice or independent counsel, the lawyers defending the law have to be paid.

Something about thirty pieces of silver or some such.

Shekels? Wha...?

Isaac's right. AND, to add to his "correctness", just because it's something that we all kinda think could go by the wayside doesn't mean it doesn't warrant defending. If, after vigorous defense, it still falls, then that will indicate that it's time for it to go.

Whether you approve of the goal of DoMA is thoroughly irrelevant - In fact, the subject matter of the Act has no bearing on the expenditure. DoMA still has some legitimate and valid issues that still have to be hammered out, and it has supporters who vote.