@georgetakei Well, Mr Takei, I think the place where we of the commentariat can best put our energies in these trying situations is to think of ways that such budgets will harm and will help, concrete ways that is, and put those thoughts loud and clear on the record. Then when the s**t hits the fan later, post our predictions to every conservative ear we can reach. The problem these days is how deaf our media allow those ears to be.