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NSA director modeled top secret war room to look like the bridge of Star Trek's Enterprise
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| 15 September 2013
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 09/15/2013 2:23:51 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: Irenic
I see it a bit differently. Yes, it is juvenile and probably unprofessional. And I am not condoning it. But it was also designed by the person who was going to use it instead of some faceless contractor the government hired who would have brought the project in years late, over budget and not what was asked for in the first place.
In addition, it becomes a showplace instead of a cold room with some non descript office. People went there, liked what they saw which meant funding for the department.
Several years back, when I was promoted and given my new office in Manhatan, the big boss said, “here is your office and here is your budget to furnish it. You can do anything you want, as long as it is PC. And keep in mind I hate the Yankees.”
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posted on
09/15/2013 3:21:32 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Make today a great day. Insult a liberal.)
To: Irenic
To switch genres a minute, within the SciFi universe... Cute couple
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posted on
09/15/2013 3:29:09 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
The thieving bum should be transported to prison. What jerk! OPM (other peoples’ money), I guess.
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posted on
09/15/2013 3:33:05 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Vaquero
The thieving bum should be transported to prison. What jerk! OPM (other peoples’ money), I guess.
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posted on
09/15/2013 3:33:05 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
09/15/2013 3:50:23 PM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: Irenic
Air Force Space Command at Falcon AFB did the same thing in that 1980s. It actually makes operational sense to do it this way. Gene Rodenbury was an absolute genius at this stuff!
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posted on
09/15/2013 4:08:47 PM PDT
by
SubMareener
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To: Irenic
Time for We The People to go to DC?
To: Irenic
NSA director modeled top secret war room to look like the bridge of Star Trek's Enterprise
GET A LIFE!
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posted on
09/15/2013 5:34:20 PM PDT
by
shego
To: Diogenesis
Great place to read all that ... LOVEINT. He probably has a room made up just like Kirk's quarters for that.
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posted on
09/15/2013 5:35:48 PM PDT
by
shego
To: Irenic
We’ve become a satire of ourselves.
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posted on
09/15/2013 5:47:08 PM PDT
by
exPBRrat
To: exPBRrat
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posted on
09/15/2013 5:55:31 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: Irenic
Your tax dollars at work, folks...
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posted on
09/15/2013 5:58:24 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: lula
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posted on
09/15/2013 8:21:29 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Vaquero
This is an insult to Chewbacca.
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posted on
09/15/2013 8:23:19 PM PDT
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Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Irenic
“‘Lawmakers and other important officials took turns sitting in a leather ‘captain’s chair’ in the center of the room and watched as Alexander, a lover of science-fiction movies, showed off his data tools on the big screen.’
all the officials who thought this was cool and not stealing from taxpayers need to be recalled, impeached, whatever. If they are so morally jaded that they can’t tell right from wrong they are not fit to serve.
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posted on
09/16/2013 4:23:22 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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