The Ignorant Axis “Lobstergate” Nonsense

March 13, 2026 / Jack Marshall

I’m going to rely heavily on Michael West’s commentary on this morning’s Open Forum, because 1) I was all set to post on this when my computer crashed 2) when I finally got it up and (sort of) running, I saw that he had covered the topic well in the first entries on our weekly ethics free-for-all.

The National Review, still a pit of NeverTrump die-hards, did a good job covering the latest desperation Axis bile, the petty criticism of the Trump War Department for giving the troops steak and lobster dinners. A disgusted veteran on the staff wrote in part,

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4 thoughts on “The Ignorant Axis “Lobstergate” Nonsense”

CEES VAN BARNEVELDT

March 13, 2026 at 12:28 pm
A couple of angles here.
- a) I wish that the Democrats and MSM were so upset about all the waste, fraud, and abuse discovered by DOGE, or the daycare center fraud in Minneapolis valued at 9B USD cost for the tax payers.
- b) A commenter at RedState noticed the context. “Comments all over the place on this one. The bottom line seems be that few really know how public budgeting works or the eternal conundrum that goes with the problem. First a ‘budget’ is constructed, then the budget is ‘funded’ and finally, the money is actually spent. It works like this – suppose one is in charge of a ‘department’ with a budget of $1,000,000. But the fiscal year that just ended, and they only managed to spend $900,000. So, some bright spark politician of course says this proves the department should only get $900,000 allocated next year. So, if one actually figures out how to really save money, they get punished. Was thus and ever this way – since the days for the budgets in ancient Egypt.”
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- John Paul
  
  March 13, 2026 at 2:39 pm
  
  There was a whole office episode that covered this in terms explained to a five year old.
  
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Chris Marschner

March 13, 2026 at 12:29 pm

I was unaware of the tradition but nonetheless felt it was owed to those going into battle as being similar to a last supper.

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Michael West

March 13, 2026 at 12:37 pm

And I’m 100% certain the progressive hope here was to craft an image of a cabal of harumpfing generals and admirals enjoying luxury in opulent gilded palaces moving map pieces across a board, pausing only to adjust their monocles and re-tighten their Bismarckian mustaches.

But here’s the extra bit- for the extra cost of giving the soldiers this little bit of extra niceness: the DoD is still forced to be price conscious- these aren’t top tier grade A steaks or lobsters. They were all purchased on a tight budget and then overcooked to meet federal regulations to ensure no part of the meat is underdone. (Meaning these steaks weren’t grade a cooked to medium-rare delicacy)

So spare me the pearl clutching democrats.

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