U.S. Gives Anchorage $1.5 Million For Bus Stop

Excuse me?  $1.5 million?  So they can have heated sidewalks and electronic signs and an art-like design done by the Museum of History and Art?  Screw you, federal government.

Last week, the government announced it was closing a number of military bases, including the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, CT.  There are some of you who might know that I grew up 10 minutes away from that base and that my dad worked there for almost 10 years.  So I speak with authority when I say that that base is the crux of life in that area and supports the entire community, and to shut it down would effectively spiral Southeastern Connecticut into a depression.  Besides, in this era of a pro-defense climate, don’t we need to be prepared?  Don’t we need to have the most well-equipped bases available to our forces, and don’t we need to have the best schools available to train our officers?  Because that’s what the Groton base is—the most well-equipped sub base and submarine school on the East Coast. 

So it rings hollow for me when my government… wait, it’s not my government, I didn’t vote for them… it rings hollow for me when the U.S. government makes all this fuss about having such grand schemes to do what’s best for the country and keep us safe, slates the Sub Base for closure and then appropriates $1.5 million for a dumbass bus stop.  Then again, should I really be surprised given the idiots in charge?