Read between the lines – An exercise.

[BuyerWillEPB]

Sometimes I feel like I have a talent for “reading between the lines,” or gleaning extra meaning out of the information fed to us in the media. I submit an example for your review.

Yesterday, as I read the WSJ article about Obama’s “New Era of Responsibility” budget recently enacted, one thing jumped out at me at first glance.

Try it for yourself and see if you notice it…

(Note: it works better with the print version as all the graphics are easier to see. In this online version, just be sure to scroll over to the right to see all the amounts. PDF format)

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Did you see it?

The item that stuck out like a sore thumb to me was the fact the almost every government department is having their spending expanded by huge percentages. There were a couple agencies that were basically flat. But notice the ONLY agency that received a major cut was … the Justice Department.

Hmmmm, interesting. The one department that could uncover all the rampant mortgage fraud, Fannie – Freddie corruption, banking misdeeds, and Corporate crime is being cut drastically. Since we all know the current economic crisis was a criminal fraud perpetrated from the very top on down, this smacks of another attempt at hiding all the corruption in Washington.

Oh sure, they included a little side note in there about increasing spending for the FBI to “combat financial fraud.” Meanwhile the overall DOJ budget is cut by 6.3%

I don’t buy it for one second.

[barnaby33]

And you are surprised how? What I like about Obama so far is that maintenance of the status quo, now has a black face.
Josh

[barnaby33]

And you are surprised how? What I like about Obama so far is that maintenance of the status quo, now has a black face.
Josh

[barnaby33]

And you are surprised how? What I like about Obama so far is that maintenance of the status quo, now has a black face.
Josh

[barnaby33]

And you are surprised how? What I like about Obama so far is that maintenance of the status quo, now has a black face.
Josh

[barnaby33]

And you are surprised how? What I like about Obama so far is that maintenance of the status quo, now has a black face.
Josh

[BuyerWillEPB]

I just noticed something else.

Dept. of State | 40.9% increase in spending

“The White House said it would… double
spending on foreign aid”

WTF

[BuyerWillEPB]

I just noticed something else.

Dept. of State | 40.9% increase in spending

“The White House said it would… double
spending on foreign aid”

WTF

[BuyerWillEPB]

I just noticed something else.

Dept. of State | 40.9% increase in spending

“The White House said it would… double
spending on foreign aid”

WTF

[BuyerWillEPB]

I just noticed something else.

Dept. of State | 40.9% increase in spending

“The White House said it would… double
spending on foreign aid”

WTF

[BuyerWillEPB]

I just noticed something else.

Dept. of State | 40.9% increase in spending

“The White House said it would… double
spending on foreign aid”

WTF

[AK]

Hey, that foreign aid budget keeps Pakistan afloat … otherwise their nukes fall into the hands of even bigger nutjobs. They’re officially “too big to fail” now.

[AK]

Hey, that foreign aid budget keeps Pakistan afloat … otherwise their nukes fall into the hands of even bigger nutjobs. They’re officially “too big to fail” now.

[AK]

Hey, that foreign aid budget keeps Pakistan afloat … otherwise their nukes fall into the hands of even bigger nutjobs. They’re officially “too big to fail” now.

[AK]

Hey, that foreign aid budget keeps Pakistan afloat … otherwise their nukes fall into the hands of even bigger nutjobs. They’re officially “too big to fail” now.

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