waste

As if it wasnt enough that almost £500 million (thats around a $billion) of taxpayers money was spent on just negotiating the contracts for the privatisation of the tube- the boss of 'Tube Lines' has just been given a £100,000 bonus (all funded by the taxpayer and the passenger, who are often...

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/18/1215234&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=146&tid=99 This while massachusetts spends millions on radio ads that feature young children discussing budget cuts that force them to give up pencils and books-- all because democrats feel that you and me are not...

There was a big uproar up in Boston when Kerry floated the idea of delyaing his nomintaion so he coudl do more fund rainsing. Local officals complained that to do so would mean the convention would be nothing more than a big pep rally. Isnt that what they are anyway?? GW and Kerry are locks...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119035,00.html ...full article Not to diminish the importance of this, but why does the ACLU pursue these types of things when real infringements on civil rights are occurring? Shouldn't they devote more resources to the more important battles?

i was just musing to myself that, if a god/goddess/gods exist/existed, why would they waste their time with us? would a deity really spend its time going "hmmmmm. you had sex outside of marriage. you go to hell. hmmm, you irritatingly spread the word of jesus amongst the heathens. you...

Isn't the time ripe, that we pass some legislation forcing people to turn off lights in their house, or their radios and tv's when they run up to the store, and...well, you get the point. With the energy crunch that we are facing once too often, again...isn't it about time we wake up and do...

California AG wastes $2m to punish a citizen for the state's mistake Yay for Big Government inefficiency and ineptitude! Luckily, Ahnold, for all his other problems, is actually intervening on this woman's behalf. I bet that just drives law-and-order conservatives crazy! This case shows...

Apparently someone has created a fuel cell that can generate electricity from human excrement (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3499006.stm). This gives me a horrible vision of how people might go about "recharging" their mobile phones or laptops in the distant future... :p

In terms of advancing science, wouldn't the billions of dollars spent landing that thing on mars have been better served if distributed as research grants to medical-- and other-- researchers around the country? Could that money maybe have cured diabetes (for example?) Not that science won't...

I'm a big fan of space exploration and research, but I'm starting to question the value and viability of manned missions. So much of what we do in space can be accomplished robotically. Is it worth the extra effort to support human life out there? If we were able to devote those same resources...