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. ......

592 MILLION

yes i said MILLION. it will end up being WAY more than that though. you know it and i know it.

592 million and children living in the us (even in connecticut) are going hungry. 592 million and millions in the us lack health care. 592 million and the us education system sure could use a giant boost. 592 million and there are still thousands displaced from natural disasters such as katrina. 592 million and our vets aren't being treated right at several va hospitals including walter reed.

592 million and the justice department already has an eye on the building contractor.

592 million and they can't even turn an effing stove on

592 million

Construction Woes Add to Fears at Embassy in Iraq


By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer

U.S. diplomats in Iraq, increasingly fearful over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Zone, are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the U.S. Embassy construction project in Baghdad as signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months ahead.
A toughly worded cable sent from the embassy to State Department headquarters on May 29 highlights a cascade of building and safety blunders in a new facility to house the security guards protecting the embassy. The guards' base, which remains unopened today, is just a small part of a $592 million project to build the largest U.S. embassy in the world.........