Billion With a B
The war in Iraq that was a bargain at only US$4.4 billion per month has nearly doubled in upkeep costs. In the coming year we’ll spend 8.4 billion each month:
During testimony at a House Budget Committee hearing, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England said that nearly four years into the war, the Pentagon’s war costs were [...]
When is a Right Not a Right?
When the US Attorney General says it doesn’t apply everywhere, not even to all Americans, and he says it right in the Senate’s faces:
[Sen.] Specter: Now wait a minute, wait a minute. The Constitution says you can’t take it away except in the case of invasion or rebellion. Doesn’t that mean you have the right [...]
