Make levees, not war

President Bush's record $2.77 trillion 2007 budget proposes a 34 percent cut in the Army Corps of Engineers construction budget while asking Congress for a 7 percent increase in defense spending.

Note that the budget proposal doesn't include the special appropriations the Bush administration will undoubtedly seek -- like the reported 125 billion request for additional spending in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, Bush is digging an ever deeper hole in which to bury future generations -- the 2007 budget is $423 billion in the red.