government waste

OK, I work for the DOD. Where *I* work, people generally try to do the right thing, and not waste (not to sound trite, but it's so true) your taxpayer dollars. (My naivete' is being tested lately, and I am all too frequently reminded that greed is a basic aspect of human nature that is celebrated and rewarded by many, much as it was in the eighties and as it has been through history.) Still, this shit just frosts me.

Bush, McCain and company pander to voters' fear so we'll continue to vote for the big daddy who will best see us through crises both current (the Iraq war that the Bush administration bamboozled us into) and future (watch out for Iran!). I'm so much more afraid of the morally bankrupt climate in Washington that allows the Air Force top leadership to be addle-pated enough to spend counter-terrorism funds on '"comfort capsules" to be installed on military planes that ferry senior officers and civilian leaders around the world, with at least four top generals involved in design details such as the color of the capsules' carpet and leather chairs.' Here's the clincher: 'Changing the seat color and pockets alone was estimated in a March 12 internal document to cost at least $68,240.'

Were I religious, I'd pray this mess is a career ender for all who are involved with this shameful waste of money.

I won't get started on the war profiteers who should be jailed...