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what the carnival loses on the swings, the carnival makes on the roundabouts. marasinghe Dec 2011 #1
Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing own the US. They didn't win anything. Monk06 Dec 2011 #2
MD merged with Boeing back in the late 90s. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #3
I thought MD kept it's name in that merger. Anyway Boeing and Lockheed Martin Monk06 Dec 2011 #28
I can't ever forgive those McDonnell clowns on the board for systematically tearing apart Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #43
Got that. And deficit? What deficit? Not for them. freshwest Jan 2012 #36
more Star Wars crap. "When will they ever learn?" wordpix Dec 2011 #4
I am perfectly ok with missle defense systems. Muskypundit Dec 2011 #5
Like the Defense Department is used for defense? trusty elf Dec 2011 #17
Do they stop box cutters? bahrbearian Dec 2011 #29
do these missile shields actually work? Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2011 #6
Not so far. Archae Dec 2011 #7
then why are we wasting money on things that don't work? Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2011 #8
Have you never heard of building something new? We succeeded in going to the moon, pnwmom Dec 2011 #9
The United States has been working on missile defense since 1956 PuffedMica Dec 2011 #15
Indeed. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #16
Because, Rincewind Dec 2011 #10
well they had better get it right quickly for that amount of money Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2011 #11
So they can make money... They_Live Dec 2011 #31
Endless cycle... freshwest Jan 2012 #37
Uh, no. boppers Dec 2011 #32
Mixed, you be the judge FogerRox Dec 2011 #12
They have been testing hese here in Hawaii with good success Islandlife Dec 2011 #22
It used to be a scam, but now... Capn Sunshine Dec 2011 #13
Even if it does "work" it's still a horrid waste of resources. Magoo48 Dec 2011 #14
...but spending on a public health system..."SOCIALISM"!!!! SHRED Dec 2011 #18
3.8 billion for missle defense, zero dollars for social programs. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #19
We're not spending ANY money on social programs? hughee99 Dec 2011 #23
Thank god Gringostan Dec 2011 #20
+1 sarcasmo Dec 2011 #25
I guess I'm slow... What do we, as taxpayers, get for $3.48 billion? begin_within Dec 2011 #21
Yeah, slow Monty22001 Dec 2011 #26
Who's slow? It's also called Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. patrice Dec 2011 #30
I guess locking your house invites robbers too. Monty22001 Jan 2012 #35
That's an absurdity, unlike how threatening & insulting others causes them to react as an enemy. patrice Jan 2012 #38
Apparently you are an enemy then. Monty22001 Jan 2012 #40
Deflection. We were talking about foreign policy based upon insults & threats. I'm sorry you patrice Jan 2012 #41
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"You probably . . . " think I'm dumb enough to go for this feint. Here's a surprise for you, patrice Jan 2012 #44
As I expected Monty22001 Jan 2012 #45
The Machine War cometh: Drones -> anti-Drones/Missiles -> Missile-shield -> anti-Missile-shields ->? patrice Dec 2011 #24
That's humanity.. Monty22001 Jan 2012 #34
"That's humanity.." = "cut and dry." At least some humans are capable of creativity. Some ARE patrice Jan 2012 #39
One reason there isn't peace in the world.... The U.S. arms the world... Yooperman Dec 2011 #27
What a waste of freakin money ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2011 #33
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