Saturday, February 23, 2013

"In the military they have $5.2 million they spent on goldfish — studying goldfish to see how democratic they were..."

"... and if we could learn about democracy from goldfish. I would give the president the authority to go ahead and cut all $5 million in goldfish studies." Said Rand Paul. - Althouse

Dead baby mice to be dropped, one by one, by hand, from U.S. military helicopters in Guam. - Althouse
To keep the mice bait from dropping all the way to the ground, where it could be eaten by other animals or attract insects as they rot, researchers have developed a flotation device with streamers designed to catch in the branches of the forest foliage, where the [brown tree] snakes live and feed.
So, they spent more than a decade... doing what? Designing parachutes for dead mice? (Paging Senator Paul.)

From the comments: Gahrie said, Remember, at least 40 cents of every dollar spent on this we borrowed from the Chinese, and obligated our children to repay......