I would have to agree that throwing a $10,000 part over the side of a ship is a waste, any idea why it was done?
At the same time, not excusing such waste as you witnessed with your own eyes, I think number 4 below might be a slightly bigger problem with our naval services.
Federal...
I suggested putting the support in place prior to an incident. If it was already in the embassy, I would imagine it might have a chance to arrive on time. I'm pretty sure that running away from terrorists hasn't helped much. Sure, they've only destroyed one building and killed about 3000 people...
LOL, if you can't defend your ignorance, find someone more qualified that made a statement equally as ignorant.
As for waste in the DoD, I said it is easy to criticize it when you aren't required to come up with a better alternative. I didn't ever say their wasn't waste in the DoD, especially...
Who did Fox threaten and when?
This is an irrelevant argument anyway. It's there club, they can invite who they want as their guests to their party. Flip it around an ask yourself if you want the GOP dictating the policy for the Democrats? Yeah, that's what I thought. Get over yourselves and...
I wouldn't want CNN or any other agency to once again influence a debate with factually incorrect information. I wouldn't want ANY debate moderator to make ANY candidate look like a dumbass regardless of whether the information is factual or not. That isn't their job. It's a bad precedent, and...
The fact that we are here today to debate raising Americas debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government cant pay its own bills. ... I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase Americas debt limit. Then-Sen. Barack...
Yes, with increased security, increased cooperation with the host nation, and response teams on standby.
No, what happened was that they ignored the last one after cutting the security detail the month before. No one suggested that we ignore the threat, simply that we respond to it in a manner...
Not possible, and not feasible. Outside of that, CNN was one of the networks that refused to have press conferences at the White House when they decided to refuse Fox News entrance. What the GOP does at their convention is one thing, to try to interfere with CNN being at the debates is a...
Not a fan, though for what it's worth, Oreilly claims to be non-partisan. I've seen more people getting cut off on ABC and NBC by political talk show hosts than I have on Fox. I won't argue that the talk show hosts on Fox don't cut in when someone who is supposedly being interviewed goes into a...
I've always found the difference between the left and the right to be that the right generally listen to your arguments before rejecting them, and the left will interrupt you in the middle of your argument and start screaming at you for being so stupid. The difference is that the left still...
Raise the debt limit how far? When do you stop? It's easy to criticize how almost every government agency in the country is budgeted when you aren't obligated to propose an alternative method that will limit waste more than the current system does, and by the way, I'm not working for the...
We do have our own security forces. There is no reason we shouldn't be able to increase our security, and work with the host nations to ensure we are ready and capable of defending our embassies. In the event that a host nation is uncooperative, fine, close the embassy, pull any aid, and leave...
More than likely the security threat is real, but the reaction is overblown. It's also a very non-confrontational approach to the problem. It looks like...no, we are running away from the threat, whatever it is. I can understand many of these closings, but Bahrain? Bahrain is the home of the...
I didn't say it was smart fiscal policy, I said it's the structure that, as far as I know, is being used. I'd also like to point out that it is a fairly common structure for a government agency, and that the DOD does a better job of monitoring it than most. We aren't seeing clips of DOD...
The US military is far more thrifty than it has ever been. Most of what ends up looking like waste is R&D that didn't pan out and was cut by the DOD. There are several factors that make out-sourcing a better option. The most important is that a company like Boeing is ideally suited to R&D, can...
The problem with this is that their is no guarantee that those countries will do the things we want them to, and once we start sending them aid, we almost never stop. We send aid to Pakistan (2 Bil/yr), and our relations with them are frosty to say the least. We send military aid to Egypt(1.3...
There is a difference between acting unethically and criminal action. Something is only criminal if their is a law prohibiting it and it falls within our sovereign rights to act upon it. I won't argue that laws weren't broken, or that fraud didn't happen, rather I would argue that in the wake of...
There will always be pork. To believe otherwise is unrealistic. That being said, what I consider pork, and what you consider pork, and what someone without any political affiliation thinks pork is will always be different. Sure, we will all be able to look at the grossly undefendable spending...
The finacial crisis was brought about by the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act which allowed consolidation among banks, brokerage firms, and insurance companies. It also repealed the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 and portions of the 1956 Bank Holding Act, which had kept banks out of the...
I agree with this. Buying allies is a failed policy. I won't say I think I should know where every single dollar is spent, but I think discretionary spending should be a very small part of the budget, and only available to select agencies. Giving money away to foreign interests while claiming to...
I would suggest you seriously think about what you said here.
First, it looks like you're suggesting that putting Americans out of work in red states would help the Democrats. This is exactly what would happen if you shut down more military installations inside CONUS. Congress and the DOD have...
Ummm...
Debt is debt. Yes, there is a difference between household debt and government debt, but it's still debt. We still pay interest on that debt. The result of those interest payments are higher taxes, because the interest is an additional burden on the budget. When this happens, our taxes...
So bitter, so hostile. Would it kill people to be respectful and polite? You all sound like a bunch of sore losers. Was it that you didn't win the house that has you so rankled? You do realize that it's pretty rare for one party to be in complete control right? Obama did win the election, so why...
So by this definition, it is a responsible action to run up credit card debt until you can barely manage to pay it. Sometimes you have overtime and get a little extra money, sometimes your hours get cut and you have to find a way to get through it, but as long as the debt is paid, all is well.
I'm aware of the first paragraph of the constitution, I don't believe the founding fathers meant Welfare when they were talking about welfare. I don't see a lot of domestic tranquility, especially under the current regime. The Obama administration is the most divisive administration I have ever...
The Federal Governments intended role was to provide protection from external threats and protect the rights of the American people. It wasn't to build roads or redistribute wealth, or create social programs. Traditionally, the only thing the Federal Government does well, is spend money. I agree...
Looks to me like better optimization in software would fix most of the power needs. I recently upgraded from a core 2 duo (E8400) to a 3770k and I can definitely tell the difference. I've yet to overclock it, but I'm not in a rush, taking my time and doing my research first. Besides, I have a...
I'm sorry. I was under the impression that we're all human. If this is the case then how can you say we don't know what THAT aspect of life feels like? Are you inferring that we have different emotions because of our skin tone? Let's stop making excuses for people. You aren't superior to any...
I agree, AMD's profits will likely go up in the third and fourth quarter due to XBox One and PS4 production. Both systems will be using AMD chips and are projected to be released for the holiday season.
Why Oh Why Have Good MMORPGs Died?
They haven't, but don't expectto see anything new and great any time soon. I might be surpised, but I doubt it. The reason MMO's are being developed cautiously at the moment is because of the rise of free to play games. Once the market for free to play becomes...
There are other sources of oil being exploited in the US outside of liquid crude, and while I will agree that we aren't likely to reach previous records of oil production, it doesn't mean that our oil production which is up, isn't having an effect. The stagnant economic recovery and engineering...
Might wanna look at this one if you're interested in getting a wireless N900 dual band with gigabit ports.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Currently on sale at amazon for $62.99 down from $180.00
According to smallnetbuilder, it has decent throughput and most of the...
I was looking as well. After scrolling through smallnetbuilders router charts for a few hours, I found this gem on sale at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/N900-Dual-Rout...6/ref=pd_ybh_1
For $65 an N900 router is difficult to pass up. I really just need the gigibit ports (it has 7) for when I...
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