tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286024989073514983.post576782876992653145..comments2023-05-31T04:11:58.328-05:00Comments on Rawrahs... Shouting into the Abyss: All about the Benjamins. -OR- Relativity PeekRehctawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995444077162800445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286024989073514983.post-50767882231046958502009-04-02T18:00:00.000-05:002009-04-02T18:00:00.000-05:00Nice dissection!Re-allocation of resources away fr...Nice dissection!<BR/><BR/><I>Re-allocation of resources away from non-priority, non-productive, non-essential and/or redundant expenditures frees up funding for the future and/or paying down the debt.<BR/><BR/>We've done it before. Never on this scale, but the principle applies.</I><BR/><BR/>Or reelect them.<BR/><BR/><I>Getting out doesn't interest them. YET. Why? Because it won't enrich them.</I><BR/><BR/>That's the same thing now that I think about it.<BR/><BR/><I>The only difference between military cost overruns and the bailouts is our conditioning to accept one while being goaded into hating the other for political gain.</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for covering this. As a former project manager who lost her job in the defense industry (which is not run by librul types) because I had the bad habit of doing good work on time, I've been trying to publicize this to disbelieving ears for years.<BR/><BR/>Overruns are the name of the game. Even when the contracts were awarded for three times the costs.<BR/><BR/>And now they are done by H1-B untrained workers and others who were just hired and now need to get some edication.<BR/><BR/>But I'm not bitter.<BR/><BR/>SCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286024989073514983.post-59137819623647518702009-04-01T10:53:00.000-05:002009-04-01T10:53:00.000-05:00I hear ya Woody.I'm not holding my breath either, ...I hear ya Woody.<BR/><BR/>I'm not holding my breath either, but I'm not widoid ricsas-sing like the neo-surrender monkeys of the right-wing noise machine.<BR/><BR/>The first step for any clean-up project is to assemble the resources.<BR/><BR/>The first step in any battle plan is to acquire superior fire-power.<BR/><BR/>The SECOND step into any minefield is the dicey part.<BR/><BR/>My cynical self thinks some think they've left behind an impossible mission. For which they will be able to blame on the usual suspects and ride in as the cavalry to save the day. <BR/><BR/>To their great shock and disappointment, the script is undergoing a re-write.<BR/><BR/>I see an exit strategy and victory as one possible future. I'm also on the look-out for BOHICA.<BR/><BR/>Seen enough defeats snatched from the jaws of victory to be conspicuously wary, but won't let it stop me from urging progress.Rehctawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995444077162800445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286024989073514983.post-17185486992274878802009-04-01T10:32:00.000-05:002009-04-01T10:32:00.000-05:00Re-allocation of resources away from non-priority,...<I>Re-allocation of resources away from non-priority, non-productive, non-essential and/or redundant expenditures frees up funding for the future and/or paying down the debt.</I><BR/><BR/>It also threatens the status quo/Establishment.<BR/><BR/>"thePrez" is a dyed-in-the-wool creature of those interests.<BR/><BR/>Ergo, I shall not hold my breath...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.com