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31. So they can make money...

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 05:33 PM

Dec 2011

to make sure they can buy their candidate...
who will change the laws...
so they can make more money...
to make sure they can buy their candidate...
who will change the laws...
so they can make more money...
to make sure they can buy their candidate...
who will change the laws...
so they can make more money...
to make sure they can buy their candidate...
who will change the laws...
so they can make more money...

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Boeing wins $3.48 billion U.S. missile defense contract [View all] Zorro Dec 2011 OP

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