Crap Throwing Monkey

You're right...it'll probably be closer to $200B, when all is said and done. But that's the way the system works: it's easier to justify spending lots of money at once to fix what breaks than spending less money over time to keep it from breaking in the first place. (Actually, it's less "the system" than it is the American psyche). I'm sure you see the same thing where you work, I know the public healt system in this country's designed around it, most of the government works that way (BIA's doing just that right now, NASA is an excellent example as always, so's USACE judging by everything EII and my sister-in-law tell me.) No one will ever put enough money into maintenance as long as maintenance is scorned upon by American society.

But given our legislative process, it's easier to justify paying $110B in a year to fix something that breaks than it is paying $40B over 20 years to keep it working, for the simple reason that the people that make the budgetary decisions for the most part don't know sh-- about anything. The risk analysis in budget legislation is akin to the risk analysis in the Space Shuttle program: "Well...this (O-ring blow-by, or levee maintenance) didn't cause a problem last time, so it shouldn't cause a problem this time...so we can probably get away with cutting funding."

You're BF's dad?

Consensus now is the height of the storm should hit right about when my sister is saying "I do"...

For that matter, how many times are you going to spell "guilty" with a !@#$ing "Q"???

Like reading cromagnum's posts and expecting them to make sense?

So the "best case" is that the Bills will lose to Miami in Miami in September...and lose worse to Miami in Buffalo in December? What the !@#$ is this stupidity? And that ludicrous bar graph... This looks like a ridiculous attempt to make predictions he doesn't have to be held accountable for...

"The bidding started getting rough, the lower bids were tossed. If not for the service of my credit line, the Minnow would be lost..."

Too much cowbell.

Can you perceive the difference between "Q" and "G"?

Catherine Zeta-Jones, I believe...

On the other hand, maybe he actually means they were too busy making quilts while Katrina hit...

Quilty???

Not even yours?

"Quilty"? Try to remember: ethanol good, methanol bad...

And they all drive Honda Fits...

Probably. But what can I say? I'm attracted to my wife. Although choosing between her and Morgan Fairchild...tough choice. I'd probably still go with the wife. Her and JLH...the wife, no question. Her and Catherine Zeta-Jones...Catherine, and the wife knows it.

Probably R. Rich.

Actually, he did fix the boat, I believe in episode 2 or 3. Gilligan wrecked it again. Really, their problem was that no one had the guts to kill Gilligan. If they had, they'd have been off that island in a week...

Or should I call you Khagendra? When'd you move to Nepal and change your name? http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060828/od_af...at_060828201843

Morgan's the perfect example of what I said in the other thread: some prefer Ginger, some prefer Mary Ann... ...and apparently, The Dean prefers Gilligan.

Easy for you to say. No natural disasters in The Shire...

That was actually a month later, somewhere else, I believe. Funny as sh--, though.

Damn, if that ain't one happy kid...

Well...Secretariat was suspected of a drug-related double homocide once...