The real death panel

Over at AlterNet (chuckle), Medea Benjamin and I note that the so-called "Super Committee" tasked with slashing federal spending -- including, we're told, spending on empire -- is composed of Congress' most reliable defenders of the military-industrial complex. The committee co-chair, Washington Democrat Patty Murray, is even openly campaigning for another term, not on the basis her long career of service on behalf the public (another chuckle -- no, belly laugh), but on behalf of Boeing.

Check it out. Or if you don't feel like sending AlterNet traffic or would prefer a different font, go read it at Antiwar.com.