dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

travelwp Loc: New Jersey

You could add: the War on Poverty, Obamacare and many parts of the foreign aid handouts program. Also, the department of Education sure has made our schools #1..... and the Department of Energy sure has weened us off of foreign oil........

ole sarg Loc: south florida

One should do some research before speaking:

Commentary: War on Poverty: Large Positive Impact, But More Work Remains

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=4074

Foreign handouts are better and cheaper than foreign wars. Also, foreign aid has various purposes such as gaining overflight privileges from Uzbekistan or curing the spread of AIDS.

see:
Does Foreign Aid Work? Efforts to Evaluate
U.S. Foreign Assistance
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42827.pdf

Department of Education

U.S. Department of Education - OVERVIEW, INTERNATIONAL ROLE

Read more: U.S. Department of Education - OVERVIEW, INTERNATIONAL ROLE - Office, Federal, Programs, and National - StateUniversity.com http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2527/U-S-Department-Education.html#ixzz31PvwNPH9

I am not sure you even know what the department of education does! You know it has no control over local education.

The General Education Provision Act, the Department of Education Act, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. These statutes give states autonomy over education and prohibit the U.S. Department of Education from exercising any direction or supervision in the selection of textbooks or instructional materials or in the control and administration of curriculum.

In non-local control states, citizens have the right to lobby their state board of education and elected officials to remove the state from Common Core.
http://eagnews.org/school-districts-in-local-control-states-like-wisconsin-can-dump-common-core-standards-without-financial-penalties/

Department of Energy:

Do you know what it is supposed to do? I think not!

Overview
The Department of Energy (DOE) is a cabinet-level agency that has both important energy- and national security-related missions. DOE’s roots go all the way back to World War II and the Manhattan Project, the top-secret program that launched America’s effort to develop and stockpile nuclear weapons. DOE’s predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, managed the country’s nuclear weapons complex until the 1970s, when the Energy Department assumed that responsibility upon its creation. Today, Energy officials still oversee the laboratories that were once primarily responsible for creating weapons of mass destruction, along with implementing policies geared toward strengthening the United States’ sources of energy. The DOE carries out policies ranging from nuclear power to fossil fuels to alternative energy sources. Under the current administration of President Barack Obama, U.S. energy policy has focused primarily on “clean energy” initiatives and technologies, a departure from the policies of former President George W. Bush, whose DOE provided considerable support to nuclear power and oil development, which provoked criticism from environmentalists and those on the left.

Also, I suggest you look at the research the DOE funds. Have an MRI or a CAT scan - DOE funded much of this research.

It is easy to read bumper stickers and not realize the absurdity of the conclusions you have drawn from them.

Speak but verify!

Bazbo Loc: Lisboa, Portugal

People like tracelwp are animated by mythology, not evidence, facts or reason. Presenting them with facts to counter the mythology is as fruitless as trying to teach a pig to sing.

bvm Loc: Glendale, Arizona

Too bad ole sarg doesn't take his own advice.

The "Viet Nam" type war on poverty was a colossal failure.
Good intentions but was sabotaged by politicians who see it as their own private gravy train.

To this day, the urban politicians, who never had a real job, drain these cities for millions of $$$$$.

AND yell " See what I've done for you and anyone who wants to clean it up is RACIST!"

According Ole sarg all these " wonderful" things were done by democRATs, yet he forgot AIDS, Poverty, Drug addiction,
failing education system, and now we have a White House, President, and Senate that is scandal ridden and can't tell the truth.

VA, NSA, IRS, Fast and Furious, DOJ, DoS, BENGHAZI top the list of democRAT successes.

travelwp Loc: New Jersey

The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s SECURITY and PROSPERITY by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.

Security: I thought that was the job of the Department of Defense, or the Department of Homeland Security.

Prosperity: most citizens know that if we drill on our own soil, we would provide jobs. Obama put some solar panels on the WH but it is just a show. Until Air Force One flies with solar, we will be dependent on oil.


There are five homeland security missions:
1. Prevent terrorism and enhancing security;
2. Secure and manage our borders;
3. Enforce and administer our immigration laws;
4. Safeguard and secure cyberspace;
5. Ensure resilience to disasters;

#2, do you really think our borders are secure.

Big government has failed us and everything is does costs lots of extra money.

bvm Loc: Glendale, Arizona

GEE, the Mexican side is safe!

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

won't have to worry about poverty after RW CRAZIES get their hands on things. they will just mark as non existent.