The US also built the Pentagon and invented nuclear weapons, more or less during that same period.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of G Mann > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 12:12 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] I am about to be ill > > *Putting things in perspective.* > > > *WWII and the Website* > > *March 21st 2010 to October 1 2013 is 3 years, 6 months, 10 days.* > > > *December 7, 1941 to May 8, 1945 is 3 years, 5 months, 1 day.* > > > *What this means is that in the time we were attacked at Pearl Harbor to > the day Germany surrendered is not enough time for this federal government > to build a working webpage.* > > > *Mobilization of millions, building tens of thousands of tanks, planes, > jeeps, subs, cruisers, destroyers, torpedoes, millions upon millions of > guns, bombs, ammo, etc. Turning the tide in North Africa, invading Italy, > D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Race to Berlin - all while we were also > fighting the Japanese in the Pacific!!* > > > > > > *And they can't build a webpage. ........ think about that > !!.............. > No, really think about that. Do we have an incompetent government > employing > idiots.........or what?????* > > *Seems Donald Trumps tagline phrase suits best: "You're Fired"* > > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Rich Thomas < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > > > Independent of whatever political views one might have on the whole > mess, > > this article is interesting if only for the graphic from the McKinsey > > report. THis is consistent with my (dated) understanding of software > (or > > any kind really) projects -- PADDIS -- plan analyse design develop > > implement support, with some loops in there. Looks like they started > > somewhere in the middle and never got to the end, understandably. After > > nearly $700M on a sole-source contract with politically-tied principals, > > 60-70% "complete" after 3 years. > > > > --R > > > > > > On 11/20/13 8:18 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > > > >> Alex wrote: > >> > >>> Ha! I'm not touching that one. > >>> > >> Tim - thanks for the link to ars article. It seems that politically > >> the complexity of the new systems should have been highlighted as > >> failure happened early in October instead of now. Massive > >> infrastructure, dependencies, etc are understandable and could have > >> been a reasonable explanation to the media about the seeming system > >> failure. Biz extension could have been granted without the buzz the > >> failure produced, I would guess. It is a complex system linking > >> market insco with gov't. > >> > >> Does refuse2enroll still play in these environs? > >> I am odd man out here, but with zero resources and another year away > >> from funding by gov't dictates I will be refusing. Take the high road > >> and realize death ain't the bad thing healthcare makes it out to be. > >> We all gotta get there but being in good health makes that unrealistic > >> for me anytime soon... > >> mao > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
