Government efficiency at its best. Two US Navy ships are both headed for the scrap heap, having never sailed.
Business Insider reports:
…The USNS Bejamin Isherwood and the USNS Henry Eckford were commissioned in 1985 at the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co. to carry fuel to the Navy’s fleet around the globe.
When the company defaulted on its Navy contract in 1989 the 660-foot ships were sent to Florida for completion, but cost disputes terminated that contract in 1993.
Since then, the vessels have sat 95 and 84 percent complete at the mouth of the James River as part of the mothballed ghost fleet.
Embroiled in legal battles, the ships remained nearly done for years. Now they’re outdated and being sold for scrap.
That’s enough to give anyone with fiscal sanity a headache, isn’t it?
July 17, 2011 at 5:10 am
The United States accounts for 47% of the world’s total military spending, however the U.S.’s share of the world's GDP is only 21%. Meantime, China isn't killing us or taking us over, they're just producing and selling us everything, contributing to the demise of the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, politicians in the U.S. stubbornly stick to their partisan positions while our nation is getting economically screwed by other economically developing nations that are barely spending a fraction of dollars on their defense budget compared to the overwhelmingly HUGE amount of money the U.S. pours into its military budget – thanks to partisan hacks at both ends of the partisan spectrum. To make matters even MORE disgusting, the U.S. has spent on wars since 2001 – more than $1,221,975,000,000 and growing by the second. If you don't believe me, go here and look for yourself!
http://costofwar.com/en/
By the way, did the Holy Father have any thoughts about the war in Iraq or Afghanistan?
July 18, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Dear Anonymous. If America reduces the Budget for the Dept of War, then we will really be in peril.
Sure, the Dept of War completely misled the country about the strength of The Soviet Union and was totally shocked and unprepared by the collapse of the Soviet Union and, sure, the War Dept didn't defend America on 911 but, remember Grenada?
If it wasn't for the profound leadership of of one Ronald Wilson Reagan (Hey, each name has six letters..hmmmm…) then many of us would have to drink our Singapore Slings without Grenadine Sauce, right?
No, the more one looks at the actual perversity of America and how it has operated, since the rise of the malevolent mercantilist, the despicable tyrant, Lincoln, and witnessed how it has been run by Banksters, Big Bullet, and Bullet-Headed Bohunks the more one sees the need for Singapore Slings.
Oh, btw, America will continue to be run by the Big Three Bs no matter whether the Stupid Party or The Evil Party Candidate wins.
So, other than the fact your vote does not count and you have no say in what America does, how's it going?