To be fair

Most of the headlines are focusing on President Bush signing the new war funding bill and the cost of the war.  Rightly so, that is where the focus should be.  However, the President did make some compromises by signing the bill.

The package approved by Congress includes a doubling of GI Bill college benefits for troops and veterans. It also provides a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits, $2.7 billion in emergency flood relief for the Midwest, and tens of billions of dollars for food aid, anti-drug enforcement, Louisiana levee repairs and many other items.

The war is going to be funded... no matter what.  That is an undeniable truth.  President Bush knows that.  So give credit where credit is due.  The President did compromise and we got unemployment extended, flood relief, food aid, etc.

I still think we are funding the wrong war. (I do believe we are in a war but it's not conventional)  I would prefer the larger sum went towards fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and for social program that will help the communities in the Middle-East.  You know... help the people like you and me that just want to live life.