Rumsferatu Is Still With Us

[Jcrowley]

A Billion Here... Donald Rumsfeld Over There...


Washington D.C. - Imagine. If you were to spend a dollar per second for every minute of every hour of every day, it would take almost 32 years to spend a billion dollars. Now imagine spending $1.7 billion and 10 years to develop a new fighting vehicle, only to scrape it all in the end when it is discovered that the new vehicle doesn't even work. Welcome to the wonderful world of the Pentagon. And for a kicker, how about we give the contractor responsible for developing this new dysfunctional fighting vehicle, in this case General Dynamics, an $80 million bonus. According to a recent report in the Washington Post, the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle breaks down an average of once every 4-1/2 hours, leaks and sometimes veers off course. And now for the kicker in the ass, our very own favorite former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has his hand up to the elbow in the cookie jar as well, bringing in a cool $11 million when his company was sold to General Dynamics in 1999. Anybody here feel like screaming? WHAT THEY SAID...

At General Dynamics, we work with some of the best minds in the country to deliver cost-effective, low-risk, high-performance solutions on time and on budget. – A statement from the General Dynamics website.
WHAT THEY MEANT TO SAY...

At General Dynamics, we work with some of the best minds in the country to deliver cost-effective, low-risk, high-performance solutions on time and on budget… NOT. – A statement from the General Dynamics website

http://www.whattheymeanttosay.com/

[Prophet 451]

1. Someone stick a stake in him! n/t