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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 10:11 AM
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY (learning curve and the $$ wasted)



he is talking of the report today--which says that we wasted LOTS OF $$$--from sunday's NYTIMES.com

From the Nytimes newsletter I got today: (articles on line)

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"After 9/11, we had to show how committed we were by spending hugely greater amounts of money than ever before, as rapidly as possible. That brought us what we might expect, which is some expensive mistakes. This has been the difficult learning curve of the new discipline known as homeland security."
REP. CHRISTOPHER COX, a California Republican who is the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.

and........
U.S. to Spend Billions More to Alter Security Systems
By ERIC LIPTON
After spending more than $4.5 billion, the federal government has concluded that much of the antiterrorism equipment is ineffective.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 10:15 AM
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1. that's right...
full speed ahead... don't worry about that cliff....
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rock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 10:32 AM
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2. Fire, Ready, Aim!
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