Bush is spending money like he's a drunk liberal

Headline: "Defense bill to top $1 trillion." I wish the first two paragraphs of this story would surprise me, but gaining that feeling is tough in this day and age.

As Congress moves ahead with a huge new defense bill, lawmakers are making only modest changes in the Pentagon's plans to spend well over $1 trillion in the next decade on an arsenal of futuristic planes, ships and weapons with little direct connection to the Iraq war or the global war on terrorism.

House and Senate versions of the 2005 defense authorization measure contain a record $68 billion for research and development - 20-percent above the peak levels of President Reagan's historic defense buildup. Tens of billions more out of a proposed $76 billion hardware account will go for big-ticket weapons systems to combat some as-yet-unknown adversary comparable to the former Soviet Union.

If what I read is true, then that means this bill will blow wads of defense cash on weapons that we can't use in the war on terror. The money will be spent to fight an, ahem, "as-yet-unknown adversary."

What the fuck is that shit about? As-yet-unknown? Are we going to draw their name out of a fucking hat or something? Will Bush have a bingo ball in the Rose Garden, crank the handle a few times and then pull out a ball? "And the lucky winner is... Micronesia! Prepare for war! Don't mess with Texas!"

Excuse me while I bury my head in the sand for the next decade. I just can't take it anymore.