American Pie

In my recent searches for Ben & Jerry's new "Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream" flavor, I found myself surfing around the Ben & Jerry's website. Beside all the information on their many ice cream flavors, their site also features numerous sections expanding upon their political/social goals and philosophy.

One section-- 'American Pie'-- focuses on the unbalanced federal budget.

The section is a fun and interesting way to remind people of some uncomfortable truths about our nation's priorities. As most people know, the the majority of our federal budget goes to military funding (much of which is just pork, fraud, and waste... the much-heralded troops get a mere fraction, I assure you). We could/should be spending it on improving the quality of our nation, but that would be, like, totally gay.

Some interesting reading while you're wolfing down a pint of Phish Food.

[PS- Some more of our tax dollars at work.]