Lyin' Ryan & others in Congress who voted for the sequester didn't think this through, because their voting is all about P.R. and spin, with no thought to actual consequences.

As the real-world results of that brainless sequestration stunt come into view, stand back and watch Congress scramble to weasel out of its solemn "automatic" commitment -- while trying to pretend that they didn't ask for it in the first place.

Frankly I'm disappointed that the administration hasn't had more "public hangings," a term we used in tech firms to call out non-team behavior. The administration should be making bluntly clear some of the defense contractor waste that's built up ever since 9/11, especially with the fiascos in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. And you think that "ending the wars" has cut the budget? Of course not!

Just give the public a little refresher on the 'star wars" missile program that the Pentagon itself tried to kill (billions for something that doesn't work, never did work and never will work). Or show them just an everyday scene in the life of a defense contractor sales exec (typically retired senior officer spending lavishly on oodles of goodies for congresspersons). Or show the sheer number of dollars spent by Defense on a handful of companies for things like "logistics services" (computer systems designed to be so complex that they get a 10-year run on service contracts at $$millions/year and NO ONE can describe what benefit there is to safety & security).

The fiscal cliff is coming and these are the things that Washington will fight over - NOT the jobs impact as the article states. And the fighting will be brutal because we've allowed so many to get onto the big fat juicy end of the defense te@t.

The White House should have "playing cards" like they used in Iraq to identify the top-50 bad guys, but in this case the top-50 ripoff-artist-contractors. Hand them out to taxpayers and let us play games with them. Maybe someone will play a hand that lends us taxpayers some logic.

Everyone knows Obama and Liberals hate rich people, rich companies, and especially Defense contractors, so I am sure they are thrilled with news of Americans being laid off.

Politico writes: "Defense giant Lockheed Martin, which backed off Monday from an earlier threat to issue thousands of layoff warnings later this month just as voters were preparing to go to the polls, said it welcomed a notice from the Office of Management and Budget that affirmed vendors could bill Uncle Sam if “contract actions” next year meant they were forced to close plants and lay off employees."

Why did the writen claim that Lockheed backed off an earlier threat? A threat of what.... following the law? I guess the law is only followed if it helps Obama, and if Obama doesn't like the law he just ignores it.

http://thehill.com/blog...

Is it possible to even imagine the shrieks from the corrupt media if this were a Republican administration aiding and abetting what is clearly an illegal action by encouraging numerous defense contractors to violate long standing labor law by ignoring the 60 day notice requirement of the WARN act while offering to pay any costs incurred BUT ONLY if they don't send out the notices? When a Senator, Obama wanted to increase the WARN notification period to 90 days from its current 60 days - but, of course, he didn't have any skin in the game back then.

IMHO, this rises to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor - an impeachable offense.

Posted at 05:38 PM ET, 09/27/2012

TheWashingtonPost Patty Murray complains GOP senator blocked vets’ COLA increase

The liberal press and this administration won't tell you that layoffs have already started in most of these defense contract companies in the Washington DC area - affecting people of ALL backgrounds and walks of life - not just white people.

Another blocking maneuver by this administration in order to insure votes - at the cost of the American taxpayer - so transparent.

Hey POLITICO:

Your incredulous spin on the layoff notice fiasco orchestrated by the WH is despicable.

The president is paying companies to break the law with taxpayer money...to make the Obama economy look less dead than it is.

POLITICO SUCKS BIG HARRY DONKEY BALLS.

They "called his bluff" because they thought they could weasel out of it and as to date have not. Not sure how you figure that it put our national defence in jeopardy. Worst case scenario is we go back to a national defence instead of a national offence.