I know this is an old thread to respond to but AFAIK the link you provide says that is is in fact over 60% when you add it all up. Specifically keep in mind the "one time only" emergency spending bills (usually in the tens of billions of dollars) that are often coming up in congress, they are not part of the official budget and make the books lok better then they are. From the bottom of the article:
"The total requested military budget for 2007 was $699 billion.
U.S. Military Budget[3] - DoD Base Spending: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has the single largest budget of any government agency in the discretionary budget. This department is responsible for four (4) separate branches of the United States Military - the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. This includes the cost of base administration, pay for military members, and the costs of repairing and procuring equipment. Last year (FY 2006), Defense Department base budget expenditures were $411 billion, nearly half of net discretionary spending. This year (FY 2007), it has increased to $430 billion, still about half. Next year (FY 2008), it is projected to grow to $481 billion, or 52%. This budget is the basic level needed to keep the DoD in readiness.
U.S. Military Budget - War on Terror Base Spending : The War on Terror (WoT) incurs additional costs by other departments. When added to the DoD base spending, the amount comes to: $474 billion in FY 2006, which is 56% of net discretionary spending, $505 billion in FY 2007, and $554 billion in FY 2008, nearly 60% of discretionary spending.
FY 2006 Supplemental Funding : The Defense Department base budget also does not include "one time only" costs attributable to the War on Terror, which are submitted as Supplemental Funding. In FY 2006, an additional $153 billion in Supplemental Funding was added to the base budget - the War on Terror received $120 billion, while $33 billion went primarily for Hurricane Katrina. As a result, 60% of last year's discretionary spending went to DoD/WoT.
FY 2007 Supplemental Funding : For FY 2007, $70 billion has already been approved, while the President's FY 2008 Budget requests an additional $102 billion. If approved by Congress, total FY 2007 spending for DoD/WoT would be $673 billion, or 64% of the net discretionary budget. FY 2008 Budget Proposal : For FY 2008, the President has requested the following: The Defense Department Base Budget - $481 billion. WoT(non-DoD) Base Budget - $73 billion. Supplemental Funding for WoT - $145 billion. Total requested Dod/WoT spending is $699 billion, or 65% of total net Discretionary spending."
Thats funny, because I head about a company making body armor for our troops that is making most of the product (except some final steps) in China. I think they were located in the NE USA (MA, CT or some state like that).
You can blame my ancestors (French) for that. I know many French people who when presented with fried bits of potato ask for mayonnaise. I don't find the mix of fried potato and mayonnaise bad tasting, but I have never tried the potato chips you mention.
No, but I did go for DVD-RAM once it was out, and in many ways it is like MO. The main place I saw MO implemented was in storage arrays that had to be write once by law.
The net result has been that most Meth is now made in large factories in Mexico and it's even cheaper, stronger and easier to get then when the majority was made by local idiots.
I fail to see the improvement of the situation outside the benefits to meth users getting stronger, cheaper and better supplied.
Look, I didn't claim it was all there was to it, but I was pointing out that's part of why Firestone was saying it was not simply a flaw in the tire design.
From what I remember and can read in a quick Google around, at least 3 different things were stated as part of the problem (tire failure leading to rollover in Ford Explorers), and not just they made these tires bad. Some people who were "victims" claimed they were told by dealerships to under inflate to improve the ride.
If you want to know why a differently designed vehicle using differently designed tires does not have problems talk to people in the tire/automotive industry, I dont have those kind of answers. Firestone said that Ford made changes in overseas Explorer models design and requested a different version of that tire for those markets.
If that's the case why didn't Ford change things here? From what I can tell some of the blowouts were directly traced to people doing highway speeds on poorly inflated tires, but I am not claiming that is the only things that happened.
Companies do sometimes go with a recall when either the cost of not doing them is too high (lives or money) or for PR reasons. IMO in this case Firestone was doing the latter.
The first set of tires that came with my car were recalled so to problems with abnormal inner edge wear (I saw the problem myself), so it's not like I am a fan of Firestone/Bridgstone and am giving them a free ride on the issue.
I liked how they took a page from the vice presidents playbook and got Mattel to offer a public apology for damaging the reputation of China, and that it was a shoddy design on Mattel's part. I have doubts that there was a line item in the design sent over stating "use lead paint".
This is part of what the Chief Executive officer of worldwide operations (for Mattel) said: "But it's important for everyone to understand that the vast majority of those products that we recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel's design, not through a manufacturing flaw in Chinese manufacturers."
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Originally it was given to Argent to give to us.
Cash did a cover of NIN with Hurt.
;-).
I wouldnt want you to live a life like mine thinking "A horse with no name" was a Neil Young song. Thats why I hate America
I know this is an old thread to respond to but AFAIK the link you provide says that is is in fact over 60% when you add it all up. Specifically keep in mind the "one time only" emergency spending bills (usually in the tens of billions of dollars) that are often coming up in congress, they are not part of the official budget and make the books lok better then they are. From the bottom of the article:
"The total requested military budget for 2007 was $699 billion.
U.S. Military Budget[3] - DoD Base Spending: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has the single largest budget of any government agency in the discretionary budget. This department is responsible for four (4) separate branches of the United States Military - the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. This includes the cost of base administration, pay for military members, and the costs of repairing and procuring equipment. Last year (FY 2006), Defense Department base budget expenditures were $411 billion, nearly half of net discretionary spending. This year (FY 2007), it has increased to $430 billion, still about half. Next year (FY 2008), it is projected to grow to $481 billion, or 52%. This budget is the basic level needed to keep the DoD in readiness.
U.S. Military Budget - War on Terror Base Spending : The War on Terror (WoT) incurs additional costs by other departments. When added to the DoD base spending, the amount comes to: $474 billion in FY 2006, which is 56% of net discretionary spending, $505 billion in FY 2007, and $554 billion in FY 2008, nearly 60% of discretionary spending.
FY 2006 Supplemental Funding : The Defense Department base budget also does not include "one time only" costs attributable to the War on Terror, which are submitted as Supplemental Funding. In FY 2006, an additional $153 billion in Supplemental Funding was added to the base budget - the War on Terror received $120 billion, while $33 billion went primarily for Hurricane Katrina. As a result, 60% of last year's discretionary spending went to DoD/WoT.
FY 2007 Supplemental Funding : For FY 2007, $70 billion has already been approved, while the President's FY 2008 Budget requests an additional $102 billion. If approved by Congress, total FY 2007 spending for DoD/WoT would be $673 billion, or 64% of the net discretionary budget. FY 2008 Budget Proposal : For FY 2008, the President has requested the following: The Defense Department Base Budget - $481 billion. WoT(non-DoD) Base Budget - $73 billion. Supplemental Funding for WoT - $145 billion. Total requested Dod/WoT spending is $699 billion, or 65% of total net Discretionary spending."
Where does the arcade version fit into this?
Horses fit in the tubes just fine as long as you send some lottery/bingo balls down the tubes to clear them of poker chips first.
Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate(GHB)!=Flunitrazepam(Rohypnol).
Thats funny, because I head about a company making body armor for our troops that is making most of the product (except some final steps) in China. I think they were located in the NE USA (MA, CT or some state like that).
Why do you think people will NEED them (1080P games and blue-ray)? Want, I can understand but need seems a bit much.
If I learned one thing from Dr. Emilio Lizardo it is that "Home is where you hang your hat.".
You can blame my ancestors (French) for that.
I know many French people who when presented with fried bits of potato ask for mayonnaise.
I don't find the mix of fried potato and mayonnaise bad tasting, but I have never tried the potato chips you mention.
You didn't used to have it pointed to goatse did you? I remember many years ago someone having a sig like yours linked to it.
It was also published under the title Mechasm.
No, but I did go for DVD-RAM once it was out, and in many ways it is like MO.
The main place I saw MO implemented was in storage arrays that had to be write once by law.
What can Lotax bring to it outside of an unhealthy obsession with Marlin Brando's internal organs (colon I think it was)?
The net result has been that most Meth is now made in large factories in Mexico and it's even cheaper, stronger and easier to get then when the majority was made by local idiots.
I fail to see the improvement of the situation outside the benefits to meth users getting stronger, cheaper and better supplied.
Thai Iced Tea.
MO drives are quite often used in jukeboxes. I believe tape based jukeboxes have won out in the long run.
ESDI = Easy Sexual Deviant Intercourse?
"Think magneto optical drives. Almost guaranteed to be available in your lifetime."
Gosh I hope so, seeing as quite a few companies claim to store medical records with them.
Thanks to "Baldrics guide to Turnips" I can report "It's just like Goldy or Bronzy but made of Iron".
If you read his post, he clearly states he is not omnipotent. So why the AC?
"This produces a bright chrome finish, which has much better corrosion properties."
Damn you planned obsolescence!
Look, I didn't claim it was all there was to it, but I was pointing out that's part of why Firestone was saying it was not simply a flaw in the tire design.
From what I remember and can read in a quick Google around, at least 3 different things were stated as part of the problem (tire failure leading to rollover in Ford Explorers), and not just they made these tires bad. Some people who were "victims" claimed they were told by dealerships to under inflate to improve the ride.
If you want to know why a differently designed vehicle using differently designed tires does not have problems talk to people in the tire/automotive industry, I dont have those kind of answers. Firestone said that Ford made changes in overseas Explorer models design and requested a different version of that tire for those markets.
If that's the case why didn't Ford change things here? From what I can tell some of the blowouts were directly traced to people doing highway speeds on poorly inflated tires, but I am not claiming that is the only things that happened.
Companies do sometimes go with a recall when either the cost of not doing them is too high (lives or money) or for PR reasons. IMO in this case Firestone was doing the latter.
The first set of tires that came with my car were recalled so to problems with abnormal inner edge wear (I saw the problem myself), so it's not like I am a fan of Firestone/Bridgstone and am giving them a free ride on the issue.
I liked how they took a page from the vice presidents playbook and got Mattel to offer a public apology for damaging the reputation of China, and that it was a shoddy design on Mattel's part. I have doubts that there was a line item in the design sent over stating "use lead paint".
This is part of what the Chief Executive officer of worldwide operations (for Mattel) said:
"But it's important for everyone to understand that the vast majority of those products that we recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel's design, not through a manufacturing flaw in Chinese manufacturers."
"(2) I have a quick-heat soldering iron with which to stab out my eyes."
Lets see what Handy has to say.
"Well that was an Oedipal moment... Sophocles?... Oedipus Tyrannus?... The guy plucks his own eyes out... Read a Book!"