Obama calls for budget cuts

Well, whoopadeedoo! Obama wants a 10% cut in budget proposals for 2010. Now, what part of the FedGuv budget could he want these cuts in? Could it be Social Security, which is now nearly a quarter of the budget? Could it be some of the failed “Great Society” programs which together consume more than a third of the budget? Perhaps the Department of Education, which has done more to damage the cause of educating Americas children than anything else in history?

Let’s see…

Defense Official: Obama Calling for Defense Budget Cuts

Oh, of course.

The Obama administration has asked the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon’s budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 percent — about $55 billion — a senior U.S. defense official tells FOX News.

Last year’s defense budget was $512 billion. Service chiefs and planners will be spending the weekend “burning the midnight oil” looking at ways to cut the budget — looking especially at weapons programs, the defense official said.

Let me guess. Missile defense? F-22? F-35?

So, in summary: