Hell mixed with futility
Oh, the normalcy of militarism! Our annual financial hemorrhage to this complex menagerie of institutions -- from the Pentagon to Homeland Security to the Nuclear Security Administration to the CIA and its secret expenditures -- must not be seriously questioned in the corridors of Congress, even though, all things considered, it comes to almost a trillion dollars annually.
Call it the Defense budget, smile and move on.
Even the current "liberal revolt" in the House of Representatives over the Dems' proposed budget isn't a serious questioning of the American way
