Some of that promised regional content....

A tip of my American Legion blue cap to Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) who managed to get a little bit of lemonade out of Shrub's $87 billion lemon. Apparently she managed to add language to the appropriation that says that the Pentagon has to start counting the activation of Reservists and Guard members at the time they're actually called up instead of waiting until they've been deployed overseas. That can cut months off the time these men and women are away from their jobs and families.