Militarybudgetcutsnow.org Blog

The latest New Yorker magazine profiles James Hansen, one of the early conscientious scientists who warned us about global warming (and later stood up to the Bush Administration). He's a gutsy scientist, he says we're not doing enough to combat climate change, and he's begun to try civil disobedience to make his point.
If we were serious about "national security," this is where we would be spending our next trillion dollars, rather than on more useless F-22s, on F-35s that aren't even fully tested, on missile defense for Eastern Europe that doesn't work and which they don't want, and on various helicopters, Presidential planes, and hundreds of overseas bases...
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/29/090629fa_fact_kolbert