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Where did they find the money to send troops to Jordan?
By Michael Collins, on April 20th, 2013

That’s your Sunday moment of Zen. We have sent troops to Jordan, specifically to the Jordan – Syria border.

The United States budget is in an state of disarray. The crazies and the sleepwalkers in Congress can’t engage in rational analysis and planning, so we’re forced into robo-budget cutting. Even without the histrionics of historic proportion, it is time to pay close attention to expenditures based on priorities for the vast majority of citizens.

The real unemployment rate is 23% when you count all those once employed who would work and those forced into part time employment. Our neglect of the environment and de facto stupidity has advanced climate change beyond the point of no return unless very prompt action is taken to correct the situation.

So what do those in power do? Send troops to Jordan.