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Author:  Tas [ Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:41 pm ]
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From the Newspaper:

At 81, Fola Coats, of Magnolia Arkansas, might seem a little old to join the US Navy. But the great-grandmother recently received a letter inviting her to enlist in the Seabees of the Naval Reserve.

"I laughed when I got the letter," she said. "I told my family, I can't wait to get my uniform." Coats's husband served in World War II and two of her sons were in Vietnam.

"I guess they figured we were a great military family," she said.

"The worst part of all of this is I don't even like water. I won't even go swimming."

:D Go US Navy!  :laugh:
Author:  dafrca [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:15 am ]
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I love when these kinds of stories come out. :laugh:

You remember the one where they US Government sent a reminder note to a cat that it needed to send in it's Draft Registration? Seems two smart boys were registering extra names at the local ice cream joint?s Birthday Club. They would get extra Free Ice Cream Certificates that way. Well the Government seems to have bought some lists and used them to compare to the registration roles. Sent notes out to those not on the roles.

I love our government, fools that they are.

dafrca
Author:  Tas [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:59 am ]
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I hadnt heard that one... thanks!

Beaurocracy can be so amusing, until you remember whose tax dollars they are wasting...
Author:  dafrca [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:10 am ]
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Quote (Tas @ 27 2005 June,16:59)
Beaurocracy can be so amusing, until you remember whose tax dollars they are wasting...

You mean like the 20 million dollar train station they built up in Alaska on a line that has not been used in more then 15 years?

Or the tires our Marines were buying and stocking across this great nation even though they had given up any vehicles that used that size almost 10 years earlier?

Or the....  :L

Yep, like I said: I love my government, fools that they are.

dafrca
Author:  Dwarf Supreme [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:51 pm ]
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Quote (Tas @ 28 2005 June,00:59)
I hadnt heard that one... thanks!

Beaurocracy can be so amusing, until you remember whose tax dollars they are wasting...

Let's not forget the billions of dollars spent (make that squandered) on the B-1.  :p  Desert Storm, they flew how many sorties?? Oh yeah, NONE!  :p  And the plane it was meant to replace will outlive it!
Author:  Legion 4 [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:56 pm ]
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Yes, the US Gov't is known for that kind of stuff ... believe me, I know...  However, the B-1 is/was flying successful missions in the ME/SW Asia... well at least it was not a complete waste ...
Author:  primarch [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:58 pm ]
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Hi!

Sorta like the millions squandered on that super cannon they ditched. The US government has always spent money on weapons it then never used or fully developed.

But think on the flipside, such "squandering" has led to the use of weapons and tactics that make the US military pretty formidable.

Imagine if they didnt spend the money on stealth.....

Primarch
Author:  Tas [ Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:28 am ]
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Money on R&D is seldom wasted.  Even if the original design isnt adopted or as successful as hoped, much is learnt that is put into new projects, not all of them military
Author:  Mojarn Piett [ Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:36 am ]
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Quote (Legion 4 @ 28 2005 June,14:56)
Yes, the US Gov't is known for that kind of stuff ...

Show me a government that isn't and I'll show a government that is not run by humans.  :(
Author:  dafrca [ Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:52 am ]
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I do not mind the R&D or even money spent on weapons that are not needed later on.

I hate the money spent on stupid things that can not have any real value at all. For example, they gave a man in Texas $400,00o grant money for the history of little leage in his city. Give me a break, it was not need at that price.

Buy his book for a library at $15, fine.

True Pork Spending is what bugs me.

dafrca
Author:  Dwarf Supreme [ Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:33 pm ]
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Quote (dafrca @ 29 2005 June,06:52)
I do not mind the R&D or even money spent on weapons that are not needed later on.

I hate the money spent on stupid things that can not have any real value at all. For example, they gave a man in Texas $400,00o grant money for the history of little leage in his city. Give me a break, it was not need at that price.

Buy his book for a library at $15, fine.

True Pork Spending is what bugs me.

dafrca

Gotta agree with you, as usual, dafrca.
Author:  dafrca [ Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:48 am ]
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Quote (Dwarf Supreme @ 29 2005 June,07:33)
Quote (dafrca @ 29 2005 June,06:52)
I do not mind the R&D or even money spent on weapons that are not needed later on.

I hate the money spent on stupid things that can not have any real value at all. For example, they gave a man in Texas $400,00o grant money for the history of little leage in his city. Give me a break, it was not need at that price.

Buy his book for a library at $15, fine.

True Pork Spending is what bugs me.

dafrca

Gotta agree with you, as usual, dafrca.

Why thank you Sir.  :D

dafrca
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