$1.7billion for star wars, but nothing for port security???

[LSK]

Is that right?? Randi is talking about this now...

[MadMaddie]

1. This is insane....especially after the bandaid has been

pulled back and has shown that the Ports are not protected at all.....

This should piss some more Americans off..

[leftchick]

2. repukes blocked funding

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x679160

[NewJeffCT]

3. Why do you hate America?

How can you question our Fearless Leader and his crack anti-terror team?

[acmejack]

6. That is Feckless Leader. (sp)

[flamin lib]

4. Link to OP and LTTE about this topic.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=685930&mesg_id=685930

[enid602]

5. Only $1.7B?

I thought there was $10B budgeted for Star Wars this year. And much more for other conventional war hardware development which has little to do with the type of warfare we face (thanks to *) these days.

[LSK]

7. i've heard we only need $5billion for secure our ports

[FloridaPat]

8. Yep. Priorities. Money for star wars goes directly to the military

industrial congressional pockets, whereas money for port security might actually go to a working stiff. Besides, no one will notice that star wars doesn't work as long as N. Korea or Russia don't attack us. However, we do have a possibility of something getting through our ports and that would make the administration look bad.