| Major Weapon Systems Are Another Victim of Iraq
But a more damning set of figures emerge if one examines what has happened within the procurement accounts. In 2001, big ticket procurement items such as Navy shipbuilding and Navy and Air Force aircraft procurement, totaled nearly $35 billion (in 2007 dollars). Those activities accounted for about half of all defense procurement. By 2007, spending in those three categories accounted for only $38 billion, or less than 5 percent of the $60 billion inflation-adjusted increase in procurement spending. Where is the rest of the money going? Procurement for the Army and Marine Corps grew from $12 billion in 2001 to $55 billion in 2007—an increase of 350 percent. The single category of greatest growth was "Army Procurement Other," which includes among other things, trucks, mine protection equipment, and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles.
January 2003
Jackson Murphy says this past week's protests against a possible war in Iraq weren't impressive in numbers and certainly not in logic. They were, he writes, ignorant to today's realities
Pro-lifers must change more than the law: When it comes to political activism, the anti-abortion movement can claim many successes. W. James Antle III says while that's fine, the movement needs to do more
Control the language, control the debate: Israel may hold its own militarily but Avi Davis says it's the Palestinians who are winning the worldwide war of words
Anti-gobalization: The left's violent assault on global prosperity: Edwin A. Locke says we should ignore the anti-capitalist protestors and welcome global capitalism as the best means of creating worldwide freedom and wealth
Single federal code redux: Bruce Walker responds to W.
Liverpool 2 - 0 Internazionale
But then a new chapter starts: a better manager: more money: real success with a decent team: the hateful arrogance of twenty years ago re-surfacing : THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE AT ANFIELD. AAAAGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! So what's a Manc to do? Enjoy and gorge on the vast and immediate pain, or pray for a little more drawn-out suffering that a win and renewed hope might bring El Beard? Am I a would-be executioner or torturer?" Meanwhile Barrie has calmed down. "Yoga is a wonderful thing," he lies. "I'm interested to hear your take on things at Anfield. Since you seem to think Rafa is for the chop, who would be your preferred replacement?" Why you're in any way interested in my opinion is beyond me, Barrie; I should refer you to the second paragraph of this report. Though since you're asking, and seeing the Reds need someone with the nous to antagonise and destabilise a nearby larger and richer arch-rival...
City may move homeless from underpass to shelter
Mayor Ray Nagin's administration appears to be preparing to move the city's biggest homeless colony, a highly visible collection of people and bedrolls just off Canal Street, to a Central City emergency shelter. Some City Council members and leading advocates for the homeless say they are not aware of the plan, although the director of the New Orleans Mission confirmed that the city accepted his proposal on Friday. Nagin alluded to a plan for the homeless last week during an appearance on WWL-TV. He said he had recently seen a man in the encampment on Claiborne Avenue beneath Interstate 10 "drinking beer and just flipping the bird to citizens." Calling the scene "a mess," Nagin said that before the end of February, the city will begin enforcing its "habitation laws." "We've got more mental cases out there," the mayor said.
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