Let's say, hypothetically, that it takes another ten years and another trillion dollars to achieve 75% of what was promised when the program was originally sold to/by Congress. Is that acceptable?

Ok, what "details" would make the fact that our primary fighter's fuel supply must be contained in bright white trucks in environments it is likely to be deployed in, something other than evidence of poor planning?

You appear to be saying that if you are not an engineer involved in this program, you aren't able to have an informed opinion about whether this weapons system was a good decision, or whether it appears likely that it will meet any of its purported goals in anything resembling a cost-effective manner. That is not a…

I'm all for standing against the racist and militaristic nature that is all too pervasive in law enforcement, but...

Exactly.

You could say that, if you were a dummy.

We know how those people are, don't we?

Evidence does not lie.

Huh? Please re-read my comment and try again.

All of which were put on by a prosecutor acting as a de facto defense attorney for Wilson. He put on affirmative defenses for Wilson (which is so far outside the norm it is hard to explain to someone not familiar with the normal grand jury process), he let Wilson testify essentially as a friendly witness, and he…

Yeah, that would be hilarious to see a thoughtful, intelligent person get the shit knocked out of them!

It sure would have been nice to have an actual trial to prove through evidence and witnesses what happened, rather than the prosecutor, wouldn't it?

But it's a pain in the ass to consider them as human beings with their own agency, and part of the larger world.

I assume you get just as perturbed when the NFL honors veterans before the game, right?

I'm a politics/news junkie, but sometimes I want a break.

His defenses have broken nearly every Nebraska record it's possible to break for ineptitude over the last couple years, and this is a team that's been around for a century.

I'm sure I will never be in that position, and of course it's easier to spend other people's money than your own, but I really can't imagine something more amazingly fun as a millionaire than slapping 15k down and telling a bunch of kids who could use a break to just go nuts.

Wait wait wait wait...you think Bo Pelini is a good coach?

Those kids will probably enjoy the hell out of that stuff. In any event, it's more than you did today.