The Clampdown

Well, no, not really, but I’m sure that’s how the Associated Press is playing it. Obama has released the details of his massive 3.4 trillion dollar budget. Included in that are cuts and eliminations of several programs amounting to $17 billion dollars.

The arrogance of the Administration drips like slime from a slug off of every defense of the paltry amount being cut in this Washington Post article.

Say it with me: 0.5 percent budget cut, about half of which comes from (surprise, surprise) the Defense Department.  Chump change. And the taxpayers are the chumps.

More allegations are coming out of the woodwork about the Obama administration’s handling of dissent among the creditors to GM and Chrysler. Again, none of this is coming as that much of a shock. This is politics, Chicago-style.

The Business Insider has more.

If these allegations are true, this is a shocking look into a White House that is consumed with its own power. And though I’m no expert on the law, it might also well be illegal.