and speaking of wasted/lost/stolen money, here's a story I'm sure you'll all enjoy. I'm not sure how many of you heard about this, but recently it's being reported that somewhere in the ballpark of $13 billion was taken out as cash, strapped to pallets, and flown over to Iraq, only to magically vanish.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...nav=rss_nation
http://www.prisoners.com/12bil$.html
http://www.infowars.com/articles/ira...go_missing.htm