Pentagon Initiated $100,000 Study On Whether 'Jesus Died For Klingons' (weapons, Brown, military)

[Old Army Soldier]

This is what I call wasteful tax dollar spending. I mean let's face it, Washington cronyism is rampant in all parts of government, especially the Pentagon. Studying 'Whether Jesus Died For Klingons Too' is a prime example. I hope one day where the government can get back to 'responsible' spending. But first we need 'responsible' politicians that will do the job.

Pentagon wants to know: 'Did Jesus die for Klingons too?' - Washington Times

the more curious spending was:

• $300,000 spent by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to fund Brown University's research into archaeopteryx, the 150-million-year-old early bird, in which the researchers determined the creature likely had black feathers.

• an Office of Naval Research research project that helped spawn Caffeine Zone 2, an iPhone application that tells people how to schedule their coffee breaks.

• $1.5 million to develop a special new roll-up beef jerky, which Mr. Coburn said was funded by taking money out of a weapons program.

• $100,000 for a 2011 workshop on interstellar space travel that included a session entitled "Did Jesus die for Klingons too?" The session probed how Christian theology would apply in the event of the discovery of aliens

[HappyTexan]

That's ok because we're going to cut medicare, medicaid and remove the mortgage interest deduction from taxes so we can find out once and for all if that bird really did have black feathers.

[le roi]

so it's a bit of a ridiculous story..

but tom coburn is one of my favorite conservatives, and he usually makes good points... like this one..


Mr. Coburn said that over the next decade, the Defense Department will spend $6 billion on non-military research, $9 billion on running grocery stores

the military spends $9 billion/year on grocery stores ?

[MrRational]

Idiots.

Everyone knows it was the Romulans.

[Marshall Gibson LP]

You guys don't actually believe that's what the Pentagon spent that money on.

[EddieB.Good]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

That's ok because we're going to cut medicare, medicaid and remove the mortgage interest deduction from taxes so we can find out once and for all if that bird really did have black feathers.

Lol... when did you become funny?