"Gimme, Gimme"

Bush wants $25 billion more for the Defense budget. Apparently, he's discovered that at least 10 kids in Ohio are still getting a decent public education while 7 elderly people can still afford tuna, so he wants to hurry to correct this situation.

Remember, too, that Mr. Rumsfeld has been allocating money without any oversight. Unlike predecessors, he wants every dollar paid into a general account from which he can then divest funds quietly.

We're also the country who spends the most on defense - and look at what it buys us: 9/11 and sodomized Iraqis, while the GIs don't have proper armor and routinely run out of ammunition during fierce gun battles.