February 25, 2010
— Purple Avenger There's some dangerous places in the world and it apparently costs a LOT to protect our devoted diplomatic corps in them.
So you're wondering where this ultra-high risk embassy would be located, but I don't want to spoil the surprise just yet.
Iraq? No. (that one only cost $700M)
Syria? No.
Pakistan? No. (that one cost ~$850M)
Afghanistan? No.
Sudan? No.
Libya? No.
Congo? No.
Venezuela? No.
Israel? Lebanon? Saudi Arabia? No. No. No.
Its going to be in the most vile, ungoverned, wanton violence infested, pestilence ridden, asshole of the universe nation on the planet where Americans are being ruthlessly gunned down and blown up with car bombs daily by the dozens. A nation where the whole freaking populace is armed with AK-47's, RPG, and all manner of heavy weaponry just itching to render any American who dares poke their head up into a fine pink mist at the first opportunity.
I'm sure you've guessed it by now. Obviously, I'm describing England and our new embassy in London. The good news is -- it will have a real moat like all proper castles do! Presumably this would be a heated moat so it won't freeze and the Piranhas and Crocks don't get all lethargic and start slacking during the colder months.
Since our "special relationship" is so very special, the Brits also want to charge us an additional 17.5% VAT on that cool $1B cost as well. So far we've sac'd up and told'em to get stuffed on the VAT. I'm guessing Obama's spiffy gift DVD collection wasn't much of a bargaining chip there.
Here's an idea - hows about just building a huge poured concrete bunker with 10' thick blast proof walls or welded 12" battleship'esque armor plate?
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Posted by: wherestherum at February 25, 2010 08:02 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 25, 2010 08:02 PM (xwoLE)
Posted by: Luca Brasi at February 25, 2010 08:02 PM (Hj3/Z)
Yeah, guess the Medieval Warm Period kept them from freezing? Actually it's a crock that there were crocks in moats; don't even think they had been discovered yet....
PA, I'm not sure what the point of your post is: that ta fortress isn't necessary in London or than a less expensive one should be built? Both?
Posted by: ParisParamus at February 25, 2010 08:04 PM (flcpl)
Posted by: Naan at February 25, 2010 08:06 PM (j5MTj)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 25, 2010 08:06 PM (dlAc2)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 25, 2010 08:08 PM (XIXhw)
You're bolstering my argument for a dramatically cheaper concrete/steel bunker rather than the "glass palace" they intend to build.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 25, 2010 08:11 PM (gOun+)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 25, 2010 08:16 PM (AZGON)
"Here's an idea - hows about just building a huge poured concrete bunker with 10' thick blast proof walls or welded 12" battleship'esque armor plate? "
Put it all underground. A single phone booth for entry.
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 25, 2010 08:17 PM (ucq49)
Did the hockey final preempt Keith Overbite's Komedy program tonight?
Tomorrow on Countdown: The Fight Against Women's Hockey
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 25, 2010 08:20 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Cooter at February 25, 2010 08:20 PM (Vmyju)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 25, 2010 08:20 PM (AZGON)
I want a whole series of doors like Maxwell Smart had to go through.
And sharks with laser beams on their heads.
Posted by: gebrauchshund at February 25, 2010 08:22 PM (ZTGFz)
Posted by: ThackerAgency at February 25, 2010 08:22 PM (HhRUR)
Posted by: Miss Fluffy McNutter at February 25, 2010 08:23 PM (xMSXs)
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 25, 2010 08:23 PM (ucq49)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 25, 2010 08:27 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: David C at February 25, 2010 08:28 PM (ihhMS)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 26, 2010 12:11 AM (gOun+)
True, the moat's fine but the glass is a joke. If they had any brains they would bury it out near an airport so they can get the hell out of their quickly.
Posted by: Rocks at February 25, 2010 08:28 PM (yguwr)
Posted by: pat at February 25, 2010 08:28 PM (kWx96)
Posted by: newser at February 25, 2010 08:29 PM (D2axM)
Posted by: Rocks at February 25, 2010 08:29 PM (yguwr)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 25, 2010 08:31 PM (AZGON)
"Obama Spoke For 119 minutes, 17 Republicans Combined: 110 minutes"
What was total Dim vs R tomes?
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 25, 2010 08:32 PM (ucq49)
Okay, now the design makes sense. The glass will be great for the laser lights and the moat doubles as a big hot tub. I forgot we would be dealing with the BRITISH diplomats here.
Posted by: Rocks at February 25, 2010 08:33 PM (yguwr)
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 25, 2010 08:34 PM (ucq49)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 25, 2010 08:35 PM (AZGON)
Nathan Graf wrote:
"And no, Mexico is not more powerful than the UK. But its is a developing country which has a great potential to be in the world's top 10 economies by 2050 at the latest. Therefore, America should get to know and forge closer ties with its southern neighbor."
Stop shooting them when they come over the border.
Obviously they don't realize it's actually Mexico that shoots people who try to cross into their country, not us.
Posted by: wherestherum at February 25, 2010 08:36 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Atomic Roach at February 25, 2010 08:39 PM (Oxen1)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 25, 2010 08:41 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 25, 2010 08:45 PM (gOun+)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at February 25, 2010 08:48 PM (Hj3/Z)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 25, 2010 08:52 PM (xwoLE)
Posted by: Atomic Roach at February 25, 2010 08:53 PM (Oxen1)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 25, 2010 08:54 PM (xwoLE)
Seriously, I gave that ungrateful honkey an iPod full of myself. Now she's going to the tabloids about my temple?
Posted by: Barry Soetero at February 25, 2010 09:15 PM (9QLSP)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at February 25, 2010 09:16 PM (muUqs)
Obama probably plans on paying the Brits with a picture of a check taken on an iPhone.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 25, 2010 09:16 PM (gOun+)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 25, 2010 09:18 PM (gOun+)
What was total Dim vs R tomes?
From cnn: (not that their reputable or honest)
Democrats spoke for a total of 135 minutes while President Obama spoke for 122 minutes, for a total of 257 minutes. Republicans, meanwhile, spoke for just 111 minutes, about 30 percent of the total speaking time.
Posted by: beanervt at February 25, 2010 09:20 PM (Jq/zY)
Posted by: gomm at February 25, 2010 09:20 PM (Ibk1S)
Posted by: Rewrite! at February 25, 2010 09:21 PM (d7Px0)
Posted by: benny burn hankie at February 25, 2010 09:24 PM (vBase)
@49
Thx
Did you happen to watch on CNN? I'm wondering the the lib sites were claiming their coverage was totally biased.
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 25, 2010 09:26 PM (ucq49)
I'm not really broken up about this one-
First,
I LIKE the US to have to biggest baddest Embassy on the block. I WANT our country to topresent to best image it can. If that means less money for starving otters in a wastewater ravine off of some chemical plant, so be it.
Second,
The comparison countries chosen do not, I suspect, take in to account the cheaper costs of labor and materials in their respective countries. England ain't a a very cheap place to build anything, thanks to their government (we are where they were in the seventies and getting worse!).
Lastly,
This is (was?) our closest and most loyal ally, absolutely deserving if not our largest embassy our most pronounced presenced.
Seriously, we screw up tons of crap, but this one isn't that big of a deal to me. I would rather us waste it here than on another pile of bricks with Senator Byrd's name on it.
Posted by: Gerry Owen at February 25, 2010 09:30 PM (4Hy88)
Posted by: huerfano at February 25, 2010 09:35 PM (gLSaO)
True. It's too old and too small for all the Stuff that goes on there. Parking is a bitch and the neighbors are snobs. Battersea is.....old school.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at February 25, 2010 09:39 PM (JrRME)
Wherever we process the most visas, trade agreements and such should have the largest embassy. Grandiosity for the sake of grandiosity is just wasteful pompous bullshit. Money spent on a gaudy US embassy will NOT refuel British warships, airplanes, or help supply their troops in the field.
The US has plenty of "presence" in England today.
Lakenheath? Mildenhall? Croughton? Menwith? Alconbury? Perhaps you've heard of them? They're US military bases in England.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 25, 2010 09:43 PM (gOun+)
Posted by: Rewrite! at February 25, 2010 09:49 PM (d7Px0)
54 Did you happen to watch on CNN?
No only have seen conservative sites responce, I just copied that from a blog. A live studio polling with more then 50% bambi voters said the only thing accomplished was Rep's word finally got out and the demtards still are not listening to teh Peoples.
Posted by: beanervt at February 25, 2010 09:54 PM (Jq/zY)
Posted by: Joe Fuckin' Biden at February 25, 2010 09:57 PM (muUqs)
all this chest beating with china also cant be coming from obama, if he was in charge of china policy we'd all be forced to read thomas friedman columns 10x a day and hawaii would already have been sold to beijing.
good thing we got hillary makin movies makin tunes and fightin chinese around the world. i guess.
Posted by: skwiself at February 25, 2010 10:05 PM (lDxdT)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at February 25, 2010 10:07 PM (tPZUr)
Londonistan.
That's all that needs to be said. I'm with Geraghty. It's a lot of money, but some things we really do need to spend money on.
Posted by: hobgoblin at February 25, 2010 10:14 PM (VQmeI)
Posted by: Cousin Sam at February 25, 2010 10:17 PM (mXlfO)
We need to realize that the further in debt we go, the worse off we are diplomatically and especially as pertains to creditors.
We need a cheap embassy. We can build a gaudy palace of glass if we ever pay off all our debt. Until then, take one of the mothballed carriers or battleships and send it to England and use that. Take off the guns first.
Or just build something simple out of concrete. It's not complicated. Our diplomatic core does not need this kind of opulence. Anything truly secret will need to occur elsewhere anyway. There are better ways to respect Britain and show presence than to build a Dubai-esque piece of crap.
Posted by: throwaway handle at February 25, 2010 10:20 PM (dUOK+)
We don't need to borrow anything, let alone this huge amount of wealth we are stealing from our future.
We're like the rich lawyer who has to file bankruptcy. We can have just about everything we want if we can just pay off our debt. In the long run, of course, we can have a lot more if we don't have to pay interest service.
We shouldn't borrow money to pay for this kind of thing. We should stop borrowing and start paying off our debt for the next generation, so that our country persists and prospers. We're so used to deficits that it's just accepted that everything costs billions and we have to borrow to pay for it.
Posted by: throwaway handle at February 25, 2010 11:01 PM (dUOK+)
Posted by: SuperCool at February 25, 2010 11:01 PM (DRsTV)
Meanwhile the country north of us continues to suck at the teat of someone else's prosperity.
Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at February 25, 2010 11:16 PM (hl59p)
Posted by: Popcorn at February 25, 2010 11:41 PM (OOehk)
http://tinyurl.com/2efct6
The embassy would be much bigger, of course, but the proportions are virtually identical--and therefore the first impression that would immediately form in any Muslim's mind upon seeing it, would be: Ka'aba.
We already know that the Obots are very big on symbols---as witness that damn O logo everywhere--and even their own special logo for ObamaCare:
http://tinyurl.com/y87qllp
And while we're on Obama and his symbols, you've got to see this one--it'll give you serious heebie-jeebies:
http://tinyurl.com/yg7ry8p
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at February 25, 2010 11:47 PM (KKP8f)
Posted by: throwaway handle at February 26, 2010 02:20 AM (dUOK+)
Hey, did you know that your throwaway handle links to a Ron Paul site?
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at February 25, 2010 11:48 PM (F09Uo)
It`ll probably be chock full of state of the art tech to snoop on Swiss banks to uncover US tax evaders.
I predict it will be highly profitable and pay for itself within a couple of months.
Posted by: NICK at February 25, 2010 11:51 PM (cejiB)
It is probably all a diversion - we'll play 'round the clock recordings of Obama speeches and that will put their spies to sleep. Clever bastards, CIA.
Our spies are probably all up in East Anglia anyway, looking for proof of global warming.
Posted by: Robert at February 26, 2010 12:06 AM (cd6Ip)
Posted by: throwaway handle at February 26, 2010 02:20 AM (dUOK+)
Hey, did you know that your throwaway handle links to a Ron Paul site?
Posted by: Jim in San DiegoAs hard as it is to believe, no, I didn't know that. I think Ron Paul is a fucking racist and a kook POS with zero executive potential. Probably was making fun of him and forgot about the link.
Posted by: throwaway handle at February 26, 2010 12:10 AM (dUOK+)
The Mos Eisley cantina?
Posted by: FUBAR at February 26, 2010 12:52 AM (1fanL)
The Mos Eisley cantina?
Ok, I'm pretty sure that's RAAACCCIIIISSSSTTTTT! but I haven't figured out how yet.
Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at February 26, 2010 01:31 AM (3wYSZ)
Posted by: This is Amy Fishop, the killer whale who gets away with murdah! at February 26, 2010 02:22 AM (Szkjn)
wow a new twist in the Amy Bishop story!
the DA is investigating her brother's [murder] in 1986. Amy Bishop had newspaper clipping of a story in her bedroom about the murder of Patrick Duffy's [Bobby Ewing of Dallas] parents.
The couple were killed during a robbery by two teens who fled to car dealership looking for transportation.
HOLY SCOT-FREE MURDERER, BATMAN! almost
Posted by: This is Amy Fishop, the killer whale who gets away with murdah! at February 26, 2010 02:33 AM (Szkjn)
After beating the U.S. the Canadian Women's Hockey team celebrated by smoking stogies and swilling beer. This outraged the the libtard community who complained loudly. The IOC says it will investigate.
Is there anything that speaks more loudly to the bullshit of the IOC U.N. type crap that that?
Posted by: Story at Foxic at February 26, 2010 02:43 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: hobogblin at February 26, 2010 02:45 AM (VQmeI)
"We understand that some people may have felt that their behavior was over-exuberant."
reminds me of my libtard sister in law. Whenever my brother nad I would start getting loud and having fun, she would say "Now, John, don't get too excited. . . " in this Cartman's mom voice. Ooooh, sorry, my brother can't have fun now, can he?
ugh. liberals.
Posted by: hobgoblin at February 26, 2010 02:48 AM (VQmeI)
Posted by: hobogblin at February 26, 2010 06:45 AM (VQmeI)
It could be even more blatant than that. I was reading another story about her brother's murder that the first two shots were actually misses and she then killed him on the third shot.
She started shooting at him in her room, and missed, then chased him toward the kitchen, shot again, and missed again, and then finally killed him with the third shot.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at February 26, 2010 02:54 AM (F09Uo)
We grow the damn things in Florida, so it's not like we don't have plenty of them.
Alligators, crocs, what the hell. Lizard things with a lot of big sharp teeth. Either way.
And we are developing the laser beams for the shark's heads, so you had just better watch your step mister!
Posted by: Ugly American at February 26, 2010 03:02 AM (jpf1B)
I AM DOCTOR AMY BISHOP, PLEBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now if THAT wasn't a clue . . . (besides the Obama obsession)
Posted by: hobgoblin at February 26, 2010 03:18 AM (VQmeI)
Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2010 03:39 AM (HaCrJ)
Actually, for any country with enough seacoast, that's a great idea. It would make taking over our embassies harder for "students" and it means we could break diplomatic relations by just weighing anchor.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 26, 2010 03:45 AM (eNxMU)
They're only going to get vaporized when we finally come to our senses and nuke them.
Posted by: Danny Clark at February 26, 2010 03:49 AM (+SZAJ)
From Fox's Speakers Lobby an article about Rangle's Ethics Investigation:
Embattled House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) says the Ethics Committee will publicly admonish him for allowing a private corporation to pay for trips he and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) took to the Caribbean in 2007 and 2008.
Hahahahaha; I'm surprised that they didn't admonish him for chewing gum in class in 1957.
Bernie Madoff should have had his trial moved to the "ethics committe". 18 months of "investigation" and he gets admonished for a trip to the carribean paid for by lobbyists.
Posted by: Story at Foxic at February 26, 2010 04:00 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: GrumpyUnk at February 26, 2010 04:03 AM (9CwYr)
Well, if you ever need a new embassy up here in Canada, do a cost analysis. Might be cheaper to invade, thus negating the need for an embassy.
Posted by: Greg at February 26, 2010 04:05 AM (KsxrY)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 26, 2010 04:09 AM (ucxC/)
Posted by: Sox at February 26, 2010 04:15 AM (MKxON)
Posted by: Looking Glass at February 26, 2010 04:16 AM (IfMnA)
Well, if you ever need a new embassy up here in Canada, do a cost analysis. Might be cheaper to invade, thus negating the need for an embassy.
Posted by: Greg at February 26, 2010 08:05 AM (KsxrY)
Hey - we Americans are not THAT easy to trick. Canada has way too many legacy costs. Plus, who wants to have all those French Canadians in their country? Don't worry - Canada has nothing to fear from the US, at least in terms of military aggression.
Posted by: Reactionary at February 26, 2010 04:20 AM (xUM1Q)
I don't know if it's the only one, but it's one of the few embassy's that we do not own title to the property, we lease it from the Grosvenor estate.
I think we tried to buy it, but the Brits counteroffered to swap it out for some property the Grosvenors lost in that revolutionary unpleasantness. They said we call it "North Carolina"
Posted by: Dave in Texas at February 26, 2010 04:26 AM (WvXvd)
Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 04:28 AM (V8B//)
UNBANNED AT LAST!!!11!11!!!
Posted by: GrumpyUnk
at February 26, 2010 08:03 AM (9CwYr)
Banned for overusing ALL CAPS!
Posted by: The BanHammer of Subtlety at February 26, 2010 04:28 AM (1fanL)
Well, if you ever need a new embassy up here in Canada, do a cost analysis. Might be cheaper to invade, thus negating the need for an embassy.
Posted by: Greg at February 26, 2010 08:05 AM
(KsxrY)
Heh. I have to admit, I covet the tar sands.
Posted by: FUBAR at February 26, 2010 04:29 AM (1fanL)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at February 26, 2010 04:31 AM (tafgh)
Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 04:35 AM (V8B//)
108 President Obama picks his nose on live TV via Instapundit. Posted by: Looking Glass
And he didn't eat it! He may have done a stealthy flick into his mouth. If he did, I'm impressed. He must have. The more I think about it, he did. You can see it in slow motion. This guy's good. I totally would have eaten it.
Posted by: Michael Moore at February 26, 2010 04:36 AM (UA4gE)
Posted by: sTevo at February 26, 2010 04:36 AM (mk+V9)
Posted by: sTevo at February 26, 2010 08:36 AM (mk+V9)
Surface vessels would have more room to partay.
Posted by: FUBAR at February 26, 2010 04:39 AM (1fanL)
Posted by: Fritz at February 26, 2010 04:41 AM (GwPRU)
Posted by: Phinn at February 26, 2010 04:43 AM (GiUTT)
Posted by: Sean P at February 26, 2010 04:44 AM (6EvD1)
More Insanity:
Climate Scientists: January Was 'Hottest' Ever
Despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by blizzards, the pace of global warming continues unabated, climate scientists claimed Thursday.
Hahahahaha; when Reuters uses a word like "claimed" in describing another outrageous liberal lie you know you have lost the debate.
BTW; here in SC the average low was 30.3°F vs normal average of 35°F and the average high was 51.8°F vs a normal avg high of 54°F.
Decemeber was also cold with an average temp below freezing. Although I have seen a few days in Winters past with colder temps I have never seen an entire Winter with consistently cold weather. It was like this last Winter and the Winter before in which we had temps in the 20s all the way into May. People with these numbers you can no longer make any semblance of the "its weather and not climate" argument.
I guess these idiots think we are totally stupid and have no memory.
Posted by: Vic at February 26, 2010 04:45 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: dorkafork at February 26, 2010 04:47 AM (98yel)
http://bit.ly/aZdLHY
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 26, 2010 04:47 AM (BFqyO)
This may have had more to do with it.
"Even by the relentlessly poor standards of the Obama administration, whose doctrine unfailingly appears to be 'kiss your enemies and kick your allies,' this is a new low"
Link broken as required by law. Fix it manually to taste.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100027381/
the-special-relationship-is-under-fire-obama%E2%80%99s
-refusal-to-back-britain-over-the-falklands-is-a-disgrace/
Posted by: Looking Glass at February 26, 2010 04:47 AM (IfMnA)
I'll start the bidding at an even $100 Billion.
Posted by: Looking Glass at February 26, 2010 04:51 AM (IfMnA)
Posted by: steevy at February 26, 2010 04:54 AM (zcHeP)
Posted by: Jean at February 26, 2010 04:55 AM (/8Gs3)
Posted by: Jean at February 26, 2010 04:55 AM (/8Gs3)
Posted by: alexthechick at February 26, 2010 04:57 AM (lvYSc)
Only if they put sharks with freakin' laser beams on their heads in this moat.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 26, 2010 04:59 AM (otlXg)
And we are developing the laser beams for the shark's heads, so you had just better watch your step mister!
And in accordance with our trade treaties, we have to develop at least some of the parts in the UK using UK industries.
Posted by: Muskwa at February 26, 2010 04:59 AM (2sKy5)
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 26, 2010 05:00 AM (BFqyO)
I'm (along with all the other people who endured this Winter from Miss'80sbaby's home) are not going to easily forget - there's about 6-8 inches of global warming in my driveway. And even if I could get out, there are accidents all over the place and I can't get to that place that helps pay for my GoW and pron addictions.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 26, 2010 05:04 AM (otlXg)
Image of brit-skank in public with knickers around her ankles at the link.
Link broken as per Ace's preferences. Manually fix as required.
Posted by: Looking Glass at February 26, 2010 05:05 AM (IfMnA)
Sudden strange urge to immigrate and rejoin with the mother country....
Posted by: Looking Glass at February 26, 2010 05:07 AM (IfMnA)
The Watts Up With That website.
OK, LOL, I have referenced that site but I didn't pick up on the acronym.
I'll check it out today.
Posted by: Vic at February 26, 2010 05:08 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: Speller at February 26, 2010 05:15 AM (o0R2E)
Is that Billion with a "B"?
My question is why? Why do we need to waste money on that shit when we are on the verge of a depression? We're so stupid. Complete waste of taxpayer money. Complete waste.
Posted by: maddogg at February 26, 2010 05:16 AM (OlN4e)
You're right. In the USA a billion is a thousand million. In the UK a billion is a million million, aka a trillion dollars.
Your government, now lying to you in plain sight.
Posted by: Looking Glass at February 26, 2010 05:18 AM (IfMnA)
Posted by: maddogg at February 26, 2010 05:24 AM (OlN4e)
"Former industrial site"???? Wonder what toxic surprises lurk there? Some in the Home Office are probably laughing into their tea thinking of mutant Yank embassy employees.
And the main building is a big black cube. That will play nicely into the crank conspiracy crew since the NSA has such a cube building at Ft. Meade, MD. Echelon anyone? Then there is the passing resemblence to a certain structure in Mecca.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 26, 2010 05:24 AM (eT5oV)
..."10' thick blast proof walls or welded 12" battleship'esque armor plate?
Don't recall where I saw this but they have developed a film that can be applied to walls that will stop a 2x4 at tornado speeds. More layers, more protection.
Posted by: harleycowboy at February 26, 2010 05:28 AM (JKGfQ)
Posted by: ErikW at February 26, 2010 05:47 AM (Y32oW)
Either it'll never be built, or it will ultimately cost double.
If it were in IL or MA, probably both.
Posted by: lincolntf at February 26, 2010 05:56 AM (cGaVN)
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Posted by: GarandFan at February 26, 2010 07:17 AM (6mwMs)
Posted by: O'Shea at February 26, 2010 07:21 AM (mhD2v)
I'm starting to wonder why we even need embassies any more. We have instantaneous global communication. We have electronic data/document storage and transmission. And we have an "ambassador" class that is nothing but a collection of leeches getting government payoff jobs for their campaign contributions. They don't do much of anything useful. We also have a collection of America haters at Foggy Bottom using their positions and budgets to undermine our interests in the name of defending them.
Furthermore, when was the last time diplomacy provided the good guys with any benefit? Diplomacy is the process by which powerful western nations negotiate how much of their wealth and power to give away to the scum of the earth, and at what speed. The only forms of diplomacy we should need are sternly worded ultimatums, and secret offers of various carrots. The trash of the world are motivated only by threats and bribes - we don't need an overpaid stuffed suit to deliver those in person. At most we need a messenger boy.
Posted by: Reactionary at February 26, 2010 07:26 AM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: harleycowboy at February 26, 2010 07:58 AM (JKGfQ)
Posted by: Sheila at February 26, 2010 08:23 AM (3dkqq)
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Posted by: bullwhacker at February 26, 2010 09:27 AM (aMpG9)
Didn't the old embassy get sold for $1,000,000,000?
If so - it's a wash - and we get a moat!
Now to work on sea bass with very nasty attitudes.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at February 26, 2010 11:47 AM (nlRuk)
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Posted by: Tantor at February 26, 2010 01:10 PM (Ek/Oc)
I just don't get why you all think this is a bad thing. I just don't.
Posted by: DOuglas2 at February 28, 2010 07:47 PM (Zxvcs)
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Posted by: Devoted Diplomatic Corpse at February 25, 2010 08:00 PM (5I0Yr)