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by anamax 6276 days ago
> Forgive me if I'm not scared about Obama firing CEOs of bailed out firms. ... If we're going to bail out these firms, getting rid of the incompetents who brought them onto the dole seems like the obvious first step.

Getting rid of incompetents sounds like a great idea. Too bad that Obama isn't interested.

We're still waiting for the politcal class to take a hit. (Barney Frank anyone?)

Heck - we're still waiting for Obama to fire advisors who ran Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into the ground.

> What's the point of pouring money into a nonexistent technology

It's unclear how being able to hit and destroy ballistic missles in certain cases is "nonexistent technology".

Nope - it's not deployed, but ....