Fear Monger Like It's 2004

Fuck this guy:

LIEBERMAN: I want to indicate today to my colleagues that Senator Coburn and I are working again on a bipartisan proposal to secure Social Security over the long term, we hope to have that done in time. To also forward to the special committee for their consideration. So, bottom line, we can’t protect these entitlements and also have the national defense we need to protect us in a dangerous world while we’re at war with Islamist extremists who attacked us on 9/11 and will be for a long time to come.

I guess he has a point - what use is a safety net if we're all DEAD from 9/11 times a thousand?! We won't have a future if we don't fight to protect its very existence through spending a trillion dollars annually on defense!

Sometimes the stupid gives me migraines.


UPDATE: Greenwald notes that our stalwart new defense secretary (confirmed by unanimous Senate vote), also thinks that we should fuck over our citizenry to finance more freedom bombs and our ridiculous bloated military complex:

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday of dire consequences if the Pentagon is forced to make cuts to its budget beyond the $400 billion in savings planned for the next decade.
Senior Pentagon officials have launched an offensive over the past two days to convince lawmakers that further reductions in Pentagon spending would imperil the country’s security. Instead of slashing defense, Panetta said, the bipartisan panel should rely on tax increases andcuts to nondiscretionary spending, such as Medicare and Social Security, to provide the necessary savings.

We are just screwed.