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How the Pentagon Wasted $10 Billion On Military Projects
schwit1 writes: In the past decade, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has wasted $10 billion on defense projects that were either impractical and impossible.
It's hard to choose a single quote showing the absurd stupidity of these projects — the article is filled with too many to choose from. Read it all and weep. However, here's one quote that typifies the attitude:
"Henry A. Obering III, a retired director of the Missile Defense Agency, said any unfulfilled expectations for SBX and the other projects were the fault of the Obama administration and Congress — for not doubling down with more spending. 'If we can stop one missile from destroying one American city,' said Obering, a former Air Force lieutenant general, 'we have justified the entire program many times over from its initiation in terms of cost.'"
We get the government we deserve. Until we stop electing candidates (from either party) who promise pork, we will continue to get pork, and waste, and a society that is steadily going bankrupt.
"Henry A. Obering III, a retired director of the Missile Defense Agency, said any unfulfilled expectations for SBX and the other projects were the fault of the Obama administration and Congress — for not doubling down with more spending. 'If we can stop one missile from destroying one American city,' said Obering, a former Air Force lieutenant general, 'we have justified the entire program many times over from its initiation in terms of cost.'"
We get the government we deserve. Until we stop electing candidates (from either party) who promise pork, we will continue to get pork, and waste, and a society that is steadily going bankrupt.
"We get the government we deserve. Until we stop electing candidates (from either party) who promise pork, we will continue to get pork, and waste, and a society that is steadily going bankrupt."
There's no such thing. Like a woman with good looks who cooks and cleans.
Hurry up and kill each other
-Aliens
Yup. Recall the whole point of SDI was to get the USSR to spend itself into oblivion. Mission accomplished. Now we are doing it to _ourselves_.
Aye, 'tis a sad story...
Obama quickly figured out all those dead people could keep him in power forever. So he started championing Zombie rights, and decrying their current depiction in video games. At first, the living resisted, but eventually they were made to see how Zombie discrimination was harmful to social welfare. Zombie's don't need to eat (much), and are basically free labor, if a little slow. Businesses jumped right on board, with Starbucks leading the way with their "Die together" initiative.
Eventually, the living allowed Zombies the right to vote. Younger Zombies still bristling about FDR only being elected for 4 terms, so they and their older brethren have passed constitutional amendments to repeal the 2 term limit for president, and later to allow Zombies to run president, so long as they are at least 36 zombie years old.
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