Archives by Tag 'military'
What it takes to be a lousy General
LT Gen David Barno, USA, Retired was recently quoted as saying, "Generals who can’t handle dealing with the media aren’t very good generals.” I was struck with that – the likes of General “blood and guts” Patton and Admiral Bull Halsey… We were wrong – they were not very good after all. Granted, the General’s [...]
The Littoral Combat Ship Debacle
FoxNews broke this story on Saturday – The Littoral Combat Ship’s (LCS) construction is way behind, and its construction costs have doubled. Yes, instead of the 225 Million Dollar ship we envisioned, we now have a 550 Million Dollar ship. And instead of 15 ships under construction, we only have 2 or 3. Oh gee, [...]
That we don’t see, we look upon with indifference
This just in! Pharmaceutical companies do testing on animals. And although I cannot speak of first-hand knowledge, I assume that they inject these animals with every manner of disease, and then, at some critical moment, they introduce a cure. And sometimes the cure works, sometimes it doesn’t. Animal testing. Its how humanity solves the problem [...]