And, yes, I DO take it personally: Yet ANOTHER means to pump money to the crony-ridden defense industry

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Monday, September 18, 2006

Yet ANOTHER means to pump money to the crony-ridden defense industry

no, no, don't buy THEIR stuff, buy OUR stuff...

If Northrop Grumman Corp. gets the multibillion-dollar contract to secure America's borders, the sky above the Rio Grande would be thick with drones.

Cellphone maker Ericsson Inc. thinks drones are largely a waste and would focus instead on giving Border Patrol agents wireless devices capable of receiving live video.

Boeing Co. would build high-tech towers, lining the borders with 1,800 of them.

For Lockheed Martin Corp., blimps are a big part of the solution. And for Raytheon Co., the key is letting agents watch incidents unfold on Google Earth.

politics, power, and money... i thought it used to be love that made the world go 'round...

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