Analyst's note:  Absolutely must read.  Where is my yard sign?  During a time of war the Congress and Mr. Obama has just created another call for automatic "gun control" ... just at a higher level.  Think about it.  I recommend an internal site search on the term "gun control".

Yes, the Pentagon needs to do its part in finding efficiencies, but "automatic" cuts because the progressives don't want their name tied to the cuts is absolutely unacceptable!  Who's side are these people on? 

My only regret is that we have not yet found a way to take away the life-long benefits of Congress that they walk out with after their "service" .... public servants my foot.  Congressional pay and benefits should be "automatically stopped."  You can be sure that an automatic cut to Congressional paychecks is NOT in their legislation. 

Have you had enough yet?  Never mind, that answer has already been established. Just remember, it will soon be time to vote these scoundrels out.   Semper Fidelis.

Automatic spending cuts in the agreement are a “doomsday mechanism” that would “do real damage to our security, our troops and their families, and our military’s ability to protect the nation,” new Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said on Thursday.

Tuesday’s deal puts the Defense Department on track to lose more than $345 billion over the next 10 years, and if politicians still can’t come up with a different solution soon, the deals indicates an additional $1.2 trillion will be taken in automatic cuts. Half of those cuts would come from the Pentagon budget.

Those cuts in place now are manageable Panetta says, but the automatic ones that come into play only if lawmakers cannot reach an additional agreement, go beyond thrifty budgeting.

“It is an outcome that would be completely unacceptable to me as secretary of defense, to the president and I believe to our nation’s leaders,” Mr. Panetta said. “Most importantly, it would be unacceptable to the American people.”