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7. Funny, I don't feel safer.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2014, 08:54 AM

May 2014

Now if we had Medicare for All I would feel safer. Also if our bridges and highway overpasses weren't crumbling.

But expensive military toys? Not so much.

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Why The Pentagon Is Spending So Unbelievably Much On The F-35 [View all] xchrom May 2014 OP

I'm guessing ... GeorgeGist May 2014 #1

Yes OLDMDDEM May 2014 #6

company held accountable? seabeckind May 2014 #15

Because it's all they've got to fend off the cheap unmanned drones. nt bemildred May 2014 #2

yeah there is that. nt xchrom May 2014 #3

I find the article lacking. Laelth May 2014 #4

Nah, it's 'cause some rich fuckers bought our government and are running it to get richer. Scuba May 2014 #5

Precisely. Laelth May 2014 #9

Funny, I don't feel safer. Scuba May 2014 #7

+1 xchrom May 2014 #8

Because they don't need a toll Booth? Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #10

... xchrom May 2014 #11

That's it? All it does? seabeckind May 2014 #12

As I thought about it... seabeckind May 2014 #14

"The tail fins scatter particles in the very high frequency electromagnetic spectrum" oldhippie May 2014 #13

The late-Victorian physicist Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #16

Thanks .... oldhippie May 2014 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #18

The article doesn't discuss the cost issue tammywammy May 2014 #19

presumably it's to soak up anything that WOULD help americans--real healthcare (not "Medicaid plus MisterP May 2014 #20

We need this overpriced bit of tinware to protect us....from what? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #21

But but but...toll roads on freeways! Erp...burp...fart... Rex May 2014 #22

Somewhere in the next life Howard Hughes is having a chuckle... Blue_Tires May 2014 #23