Who gives a shit about the defense budget? At least it does something.
All these other fucked up fuckin programs are fucked.
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Who gives a shit about the defense budget? At least it does something.
All these other fucked up fuckin programs are fucked.
Ok, well, umm - I don't wanna run your country anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
I hate to disagree with Mxy (especially with the probability of his pulling out numbers to own my ass), but the question I would ask is how much of that huge number goes to that other R&D type stuff and how much is spent on the traditional war machine things.
And I do care about military spending. It seems about as wasteful as any other area, if not more so, and I honestly don't believe it always "does something".
There's a fair bit of oddly-scattergorized stuff hidden behind the DoD budget, by design. Check out the act for yourself:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/.../~c111eVeBMu::
You tell me -- are chiropractor clinical trials something the DoD should do for defense? In some cases, the spending is possitioned as "national security", but the relationship is tenuous at best, mostly designed to slip into the DoD budget which nobody can deny. You have to follow the money, and the bill is simply a starting point. "Maintain xyz missile program" equates to "upgrade a bunch of computers which happen to be in the general vicinity of missiles."
Is this the right link? I can't get it to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
Doh! It looks like one of those temporary "result of a search" links that exists for a short time but not long enough to be useful. Try:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2647:
Basically, there's oodles of sections, and some of it is self-referential. A few will stand out as clearly being "that's a military function?". Others you have to dig a bit to find out what the real deal is. Sometimes, it smacks you in the face if you think about it. Today, I read something about how the Army Corps of Engineers' civil works failures make them liable for Katrina damage. Check out just how much of the USACE budget is for civil work vs. military work... it's non-trivial.
This fuck is another murdering jihadist and you libs will all be crying about what 'we' did wrong to cause this.
Jeezas y'all are sumpin.
Quick question Tahoe:
Are all muslims terrorists?
You just fuckin surpased Mxy with his dumbass sentence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharaoh
You fuckin guys are...frankly the most prejudice peeps in the world.
Dude it's just a simple question.
If you don't wanna answer that's cool.
For YOU to ask the question says a lot about you.
WTF?
It's a simple question dude.
Yes or No answer.
Shit, just type Y or N if you want.
And I'm just bored - ain't no new replies on the NBA board so thought I'd come visit you. But if you're gonna cry about shit I'll just bail.
Are you a fag, P?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharaoh
Its a simple question.
Yes or No answer.
Shit, just type Y or N if you want.
No, I'm not a fag. But thanks for asking.
Since I answered your question are you gonna answer mine?
^ Are you sure?
I'm sure.
You still gonna cry and not answer my question?
Cry?
So you are saying you are not a fag?
I told ya I'm not a fag. I'm certain of that fact.
I also told ya I'd bail if you kept crying.
Catch ya next week, T.
I'm sure you'll be in here whining about the Libs
Tahoe, if you're looking for liberal dumbassery on this subject, try:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=120545573
Quote:
From what is publicly known about Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused killer of 13 in a rampage at Fort Hood, he had no accomplice — unless you count the Internet
Tahoe, don't piss off Pharaoh. You don't like the Scottish when they're mad.
jk, P. I still know you're from New Zealand.
And don't fuck with a Kiwi:
We'll throw phones at you
Russell Crowe is a kiwi
Quote:
Formal negotiations in an effort to make a megafight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the first part of 2010 will open Monday
Knockout wants this done!!
The new Sun Made chick is hot. Not even worth "To hit it, or not to hit it." We would all hit it.Quote:
'Sun-Maid girl' makeover sparks controversy
by Brett Michael Dykes
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
In the annals of advertising imagery, few brand symbols are more iconic and recognizable than the Sun-Maid raisin girl.
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/26/21/30.jpg
Nevertheless, Sun-Maid recently decided to join Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth's in giving the female face of their product a substantial makeover from a young, early 20th-century girl into a buxom, modern young woman, leading some to say that the newly made-over raisin girl looks like a Barbie Doll in Amish attire
Since 1915, the face of Sun-Maid has been Lorraine Collett Petersen, who, according to the company's website , "was discovered drying her black hair curls in the sunny backyard of her parents' home in Fresno, California." Petersen was then asked to pose for a watercolor painting holding a basket of grapes while wearing a sunbonnet. In the years since, the company has tweaked its trademark design occasionally to keep up with the times, but every variation has always been based on the original pose by Petersen. The new computer-animated version of the Sun-Maid girl currently featured in television advertisements is a departure from the classic design that harkened back to a time when "life was much simpler, more rural, a lot less hectic."
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/26/21/28.jpg
Naturally, the revamped look hasn't gone unnoticed, rankling both ends of the political spectrum. The blog for conservative magazine The Weekly Standard noted that the new Sun-Maid girl looks "as if Julia Roberts decided to don a red bonnet and start picking grapes," while the feminist website Jezebel.com remarked that it looks as if she's had “some implants.”
Though the new look for the raisin girl has been garnering attention of late, the changes to the 90-year-old icon were actually introduced three years ago. At the time, Sun-Maid president Barry Kriebel said that the decision to make changes was inspired by the desire to educate consumers about healthy living choices.
"This is as good a time as any to get on the wave of health and nutrition,'' he said. Kriebel also noted that he felt the new look was a reasonable modernization, saying "You're not going to see her dancing or kicking up her heels out in the vineyard, but have her do what is appropriate for her to do, based on her history but also being a contemporary person living in the 21st century.''
Additionally, there's been talk that the new Sun-Maid girl might be given a name and featured in future advertisements doing some of the things modern women typically do, like going to the gym, shopping at the market, and speaking multiple languages, particularly languages native to countries where Sun-Maid, the world's largest producer and processor of raisins and other dried fruits, sells raisins. However, the image on all Sun-Maid product packaging will remain the same, as the new version will only be featured in product advertisements.
It's a much better sales pitch - who do you want eating raisins off your junk: the hot 18-year-old amish barbie, or some ancient bitch that hasn't had action since 1922?
Time to go buy some raisins...
mmmm, Amish Barbies
I wonder if there's Amish porn out there on the internets.
They just jack off to the Sun-Made picture.
^insensitive.
This is an event?
It's a momentous occasion. Quit being nit-picky and roll with it.
1 more post after this and the front page is my bitch
Hot raisin chicks.
http://images.southparkstudios.com/i...cters/170a.jpg
I was waiting for that.
Woke up to some snow on the ground. It'll be gone in a hour or so. We get snow here every 10-15 years. Supposed to be like mid friggin 20s tonight.