Tom Toles for March 05, 2017

Ironic since the military is up near the top in pollution rates and damage to the environment.

OTOH, the Pentagon ordered its officials in January 2016 to start incorporating climate change into every major consideration, from weapons testing to preparing troops for war. And of of course, Republicans are proposing an amendment that would bar the Pentagon from spending money on adapting to climate change.

But it WILL order them to spend more on American steel, from plants that no longer exist, with workers who are unemployed. Funny, with all the “buy American” in place, I did not hear ONE legislator stand up to decry the closing of Columbus Castings, one of the few AMERICAN plants making rail car carriages.The new “owners” said they want to turn a nearly 100 year old manufacturing area, with massive brownfield clean up needed, into a multi-use shopping/housing area.That plant will now be an eyesore for generations due to Trumpies’ intention o demolish the EPA.

THEIR BUDGET: WRONG, WE ADJUDGE IT {a rhyme}

Trumpsters and Rightists misjudge it,

the world’s situation.

So their grounds for an ill-fated budget

will cause our ruination.

The set of facts they smudge it

with their stupid fixation

on money-making schemes

in Neo-Cons’ dreams

‘bout military expansions

and plutocrats’ mansions

which are built by Wall Street and Oil,

while everything else roils in spoil.

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Best pun ever !!!

Yeah, who needs clean water, air, and food when we can have trillion dollar air craft carriers.

You know, at least a few Republicans are starting to admit that climate change is real, although their movement seems to be at a glacial pace………

Mexico will pay for Trump’s budget defecit

Apparently, T Rump thinks the end of the Cold War is what caused Global Warming..?(To the extent he believes in Global Warming, that is.)

Once tRump orders a nuclear strike on N Korea, all will be irrelevant.

That’s why he wants a bigger Navy. Once the glaciers melt, sea level will be higher, which means less land and more ocean. And you thought that he didn’t know how to plan.

The working hypothesis seems be that if you don’t allow people to hear about climate change .. it will go away.

And on the simple budget thing, Trump wants to add $54 billion to defense, while GAO showed that the military had wasted over $120 Billion, last year.