736 million dollars

for a pile of steamin' shite. i've written about it before and i'm sure i'll be writing about it again. we built a 736 million dollar white elephant (i'm almost certain WE paid MORE than that though). no one is accountable. by no one i mean king george and his court. i don't mean a low level fall woman or man. how much would 736 million have helped the gulf coast victims? stem cell research? how many books would it buy for school systems? how many meals for the elderly? how many job training programs would it fund? you get the picture

yet king george is STILL on the loose and NO ONE is doing a DAMN THING ABOUT IT
Baghdad Embassy Is Called A Fire Risk
'Serious' Problems Were Ignored, Says State Dept. Official

By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer
The firefighting system in the massive $736 million embassy complex in Baghdad has potential safety problems that top U.S. officials dismissed in their rush to declare construction largely completed by the end of last year, according to internal State Department documents, e-mails and interviews.
Some officials assert that in the push to complete the long-delayed project, potentially life-threatening problems have been left untouched. "This is serious enough to get someone killed," said a State Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he feared retaliation. "The fire systems are the tip of the iceberg. That is the most visible. But no one has ever inspected the electrical system, the power plant" and other parts of the embassy complex, which will house more than 1,000 people and is vulnerable to mortar attacks. ......