>>I have to admit: it was a funny bill but the idea is sound:
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/15/house-prepares-chop-spending-remainder/>
>What idea ??
>Someone actually proposed ending Afganistan/Iraq wars and consecutively cutting military budgets by half ?? {g}
>Thaat could indeed make whole world of difference in curbing your enormous deficits! (Never mind avoiding ww3 and making whole world much better/safer/happier place)
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>Or we are heading in completely different direction ;
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http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/empire/2010/10/20101025152732205454.htmlWhat would make the world an even happier, safer place is if Pakistan completely caves to the folks in ISI who brought us the Taliban and starts selling, losing or using the nukes ! Cool. No worries about the quick reaction force no longer being at Baghram - that will be controlled by the Taliban. But I'm sure India has a contingency plan.
Upshot may not do much for global warming, but it will definitely change the numbers for those worried about over-population.
Or is Cyprus ready to step in and fix things?
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