[death2tyrants]

We'll create two million new jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and laying broadband lines that reach every corner of the country. We'll invest $15 billion a year over the next decade in renewable energy, creating five million new green jobs that pay well, can't be outsourced, and help end our dependence on foreign oil. - Barack Obama, 2008

[dr_lew]

... and laying broadband lines that reach every corner of the country ...

This is the Lightsquared fiasco, which portends to obliterate domestic GPS applications, on the basis of wishful thinking and rampant cronyism at the highest levels. I'm still waiting for this to explode. Maybe it won't, maybe we'll all just give up on our GPS devices and throw them in a ditch.