Talk about counting your chickens before they’re hatched: Republicans have had to roll over $20 million from last year’s Pentagon budget designated for a national day of celebration for victory in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gee, I wonder why they haven’t spent it yet. Oh, right, turns out they spent more time planning for the victory celebration than planning for the actual victory. Oops.
I sure hope that money’s accruing interest. Those “Mission Accomplished” banners don’t come cheap. And someone tell the aircraft carrier to keep circling the block. Dubya’s been, um, delayed…
