Billions and billions...

Commander Cuckoo-Bananas sent his budget to Congress yesterday (all 15 pounds of it)

Not surprisingly, Shrub proposed a defense budget that is the largest ever (and slashed the budget for pretty much everything else) with farmers, teachers and doctors pissed as you know what.

Why are they pissed? In pushing for his massive defense budget, Bush is cutting other group's money in an effort to stave off the deficits his administration has bred.

More to come later...

UPDATE: In a previously released statement, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Chief Patricia Harrison said she was disappointed in the Bush(Whacked) administration's budget proposal that would cut $53.5 million from the $400 million due to be doled out to public TV and radio stations in 2007 and another $50 million in 2008 (it should be noted that Harrison is a past co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee)

With this news comes a very strong statement from Jeff Chester who is the Executive Director of the public-interest group Center for Digital Democracy. Upon hearing news of the CPB’s cuts, Mr. Chester stated “The Bush White House is taking an axe to help chop off Big Bird's head and turn Elmo out into the streets.” (Nice imagery there Jeff)

Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) released this statement on his website, “In a world of fast-and-furious television with content often inappropriate for young children, the public broadcasting system represents the last stronghold of quality, child-oriented programming -- we owe this free over-the-air resource to America's children and their parents.”

Stay tuned as there is still more to come...