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tractors treat f r;r;jr tr.cr.g L;3 petpo ci t .. Ir rr pc:::,ta.;yt3
in Congress these days.
Popular sentiment Is rising thirst thca gists because rf
t&Sattcss cf overpayments, wasia ar.d fraud.
V3 think the defers budget is blasted and 8 grossly wasteful
way to spend money that could be put to much mere constructive
uses. Eat if the Urated States is going to sink extra billions into
defer.se, the country should get its money's worth.
Recently, news reports were brimming with $7,000 colfee mak
ers and $100 screws. Screams, wistful editorials and esibarrassed
generals abofinded.
The Pentagon is pointing the b?3 g-ns now we're tdidng
inilliGTis cf dollars in was te. And, for a charge, the govtrr.r.:c;.t is
taking action.
Nomially, the federal gsvermneiit would Lit a civil sdt sgskst
a corporation that had wasted finds or overcharged. This week's
Time reports that when the government fo'nd irregularities in
some General Electric contracts, they referred the cssa to the
Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
The Pentagon accused GE cf deSraading the Air Force cf
$00,003. Time reported that the Pentagon barred GE to fcrthcr
defense contracts and demsnded that GS retain whit it called
excess profits cn contracts, for Air Force and N&vyjot spare parts.
The Pentagon waats $168 million back.
;,. General Dyn&ssics la also under fir. As the nation's biggest
defense contractor, General D)74araics has benifkttsd gre&tly &om
Eeagan's defense build-up. Probably too greatly.
The Pentagon Defense Audit Agency Is questioning about $34
million of Genres! Dynamics charges to the government.
The company has voluntarily offejrod to 'return $23 million..
Some of the charges include, $.14,975 for a party and babysitting
costs for a company official, Time said.
General Dynamics is befng investigated by a Connecticut fed
eral grand jury, a Congress subcommittee end the Pentagon for a
litany of questionable charges and abuses.
The Pentagon's recent crackdown may not be sufficient to turn
the tide of waste and corruption. Time quoted George Spanton, a
former Defense Department auditor, "I can assure you that the
last four years have been the worst that the department has seen.
They ere going after brush fires."
The Pentagon may have been able to afford lenient policies and
closed eyes in past years, but the deficit is growing almost as
fast as the defense department would like to grow. U Congress &nd
the American people think there's waste, the defense department
may have to return to Mr. Coffee and Coast to Coast
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nant piclde causes cumbersome problems
O cy I have a fun spring break. I
almost broke my wrist playing banzai
iU basketball. It turned green and swell
ed up like a pregnant pickle.
And if it wasn't bad enough having a
pregnant pickle for an apendage, people
insisted on making it worse by oooing all
over me with insightful questions like,
"Oooeo, how'd you do that?" "Ooooo, does
it hurt?" "Ooooo, can I see it?"
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Fuss el
- Can you see it? Well sure you can, that's
why i spent 20 minutes gift wrapping it in
these three Aee bandages here, so I can
take them all off again and show it to you.
Forget it.
I mads the mistake cf showing it to one .
person. "Ooooo, that's disgusting," she
sdi "Wrap it up again."
And you thought you had fan over
break? Wfeai, compared to me? Makrky!
Whsra'd you go, Ft. Lauderdale? Padre?
Carsel? So fhat'd you do, froile in the
sun, catch a wsra and fsll in love? Ha. Kid
Dribbling salad dressing cn your
new dress shirt because you haven't quite
mastered eating with your left hand.
Getting up a half-hour esrlier each
morning just to say you tied your shoes all
by yourself.
O Not recognizing yourself in the mir
rorbecauseyouta combed your hair backward.
This is a true story. I told you before,
these tilings just happen to me during
spring break.
My wrist is better now, save far a few
tender tendons, but it was touch and go
there for a while. For me, surviving for a
week without the use cf a right wrist when
I was supposed to be on vacation was a
miracle that made the parting of the Sod
Sea look like a parlor trick.
You never know how you use a certain
part cf your body until you mash it up good
in a basketball game. Then it seems like
you do everything with it.
That's the way it was with ma. First cf
all, I do everything with my right wrist: I
sit with my right wrist, I est with my ri,l
wrist, I -write with my rlgii wrist I even
talk and think with my right wrist I
miking without a ript wris
baby. I'm talking F-U-N, fan the kind of
cry wild-eyed fca ysu jsat don't see every
d;y. Try this hesy-duty entertainment
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Ordinary tasks become holy missions.
There are some things you just don't want
someone else to do for you. Just sleds?! my
Eywas about as easy as Vhmss c a n Mrif a ?
bathrorm. "Efind ycur own business," I
grumbled. "A man's gstta do what a man's
gatta do." And I did in about Hvd
minutes.
And eating. I wasted to do that b?
myself too. One dsy last week I found
myself at a fancy restaurant. Oh, joy.
There I was, awash in ambrosia
crusty French bread, thin-sliced roast
bec melted Swiss cheese, crispy salad,
juicy frdt cup . . .and a pregnant pickle.
Lord, Lord, I was in a bad way, friends.
My mouth was salivating and the French
bread was coo-la-Wsg for butter. And 1
had to est with my Icfl hand. Heck, 1 can
hardly war .with my h hand, Let alone
butter bread or bdasc food on a sharp,
narrow fork asd gi it into ray mouth with
out dr&wirig Mod
I wouldVo glysa my left arm for a right
wrist. As it tented cut, I ato the French
bread dry. Eat, pod nsws, I buttered m
Ace Easdas scsffdrdasdy. You should
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It was embarrassing. My wife wanted to
snow what I was doisa so long ia the 113 pn.
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just like hiking, camping or fishing. Hunt
lag, like these ether outdoor recreate i
activities, prcbaUy helps to exert a "edg
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best by the simple effect cfbeir.g vd
doors and away from daily stress, nst by
cadous killing cf animals.
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vus be the last person to defend wh-t
pes on in their r I
aba wodi fc the lt to c:l! them hun
ters. Peep! 3 Tvto kiU animals in tus
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