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It's no bloody use right now!

* We can't maintain one-boat-at-sea at all times, because they're falling to bits - they can't even complete readiness drills reliably

* We can't use it anyway : From the House of Commons Defence Select Committee (in 2006) : "the only way that Britain is ever likely to use Trident is to give legitimacy to a US nuclear attack by participating in it"

In short, it's just a way to siphon money into the pockets of defence contractors.

Jeremy's heresy is that he wants to use those resources to build infrastructure to better all our lives instead of just a few rich warmongers.

canadian naval maintenance guys are buying repair parts on ebay http://www.theglobeandmail.com...
but as the saying went, http://www.northernsun.com/ima...

Coincidentally, I happen to wearing a parody today.

True story. I once had one go off on me because I said I liked the Marx Brothers.

You should get a copy of the "Sure, I'm a Marxist!" t-shirt. They're right there, Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Karl. I'd bet you'd get a lot of attacks from so-called "conservative" political types if you wore that one.

For half a billion dollars, we could have had half a stealth bomber.

Yeah, but something tells me this isn't what the hippies had in mind when they said "It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber"...

It doesn't matter whether the procurement chain diverts the money to defense contractors or for texbook publishers: a bureaucracy's first order of business is to protect itself by expanding its mandate - and by extension, its budget.

http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/0016.html

Mutants for Nuclear Power!

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The quote in your sig is close, but here's the real version:

The constitutional right to be entertained must remain in force

That's what the Right to Arm Bears is all about :)

What are you talking about? That's the American way!

Just to complete that thought, here's the original quotation:
It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber.

Here's the famed Bake Sale poster, with the lovely kids-on-fullerene-contraption art. It's the slogan of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.