That sounds like a +1 to me. Humans are fickle meat bags. I want my services provided by a no nonsense automaton. One with a sexy voice, though. It makes my impending destruction at the hands of GoogleBots that much easier to bare.

The answer is quite straight forward...don't vote Republican or Democrat. Or, nominate Democrats or Republicans you actually have, you know, sound ideas to solve our problems. This of course requires the will of the governed.

Actually, since our politicians have power only by consent of the the governed, we really only have ourselves to blame. Decades of apathy, ignorance, and greed (among other factors) have created the abomination that is now the government in the United States. If we really wanted to we could replace every elected official in the federal government within 18 years, but we won't.

Northrop Grumman is only the third largest defense contractor. Lockheed Martin and Boeing are even bigger spenders.

For Chrome users there is an extension that adds a 'Share to Google+' button at the bottom of each post in Reader.

Yes, but only because you have Macs! =P

I was born in Plantation, FL. I've lived in Sarasota, Tampa, Tallahassee, and Melbourne. I have relatives in Ft.Lauderdale and Miami. I've pretty much been everywhere in the state of Florida. Of course many people don't consider Florida "southern", especially south of I-4, but my point still stands. The state government of Florida is worse than the federal government, however hard that may be to fathom. But what should one expect from a state that chooses to elect a governor, Rick Scott, who was at the center of the largest Medicare fraud case of all time? The South continues to lag behind in most quality of life standards. This is not due primarily to the incompetence of the Federal government, but rather the incompetence of the people and governments of the South.

You must not live in the South.

The pedant in me wants to change that 100% to 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999%.

So the tax payer is on the hook regardless. Why not cut the bullshit and just implement single-payer healthcare? At worst it's as expensive and ineffective as what we have. At best it is cheaper and more efficient.