So President Bush says we can't afford to spend an extra $30 billion over five years to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. But, he wants to spend another $42 billion more just next year for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(side note -- this would raise the total spending on the Iraq war alone to more than $600 billion -- or TWELVE TIMES the $50 billion cost the Pentagon estimated in 2002)
I wonder if the president's request includes money to fix this:
That's an aerial view of a U.S. Navy barracks in Coronado, Calif. It's been that way since 1967.
Since it was not visible from the ground, officials decided not to make any changes.Glad we have our priorities straight.
But aerial photos made available on Google Earth in recent years revealed the buildings' shape to a wide audience of computer users.
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