Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for September 04, 2020

Hey! People got paid good gold for building all of them!

Catapults & Rocks, a deadly combination.

That’s the new postal delivery system in ID

Have you seen the new F-35 trebuchet? Costs 100 million gold pieces each, ten years behind schedule, still falls apart once in a while, but damn, it looks great!

So the budget to build stuff is being used to destroy it and pay the corrupt contractors. Sounds like something I’ve heard before.

The Fink’s planning to invade other kingdoms now?

I can understand the oil wells, but what are those, primitive Curiosity Mars Rovers? Maybe just try 1 first instead of sending all 8.

At least you can get your ammunition at rock bottom prices.

so advanced defense systems, but still have leaders like Sir Rodney?

Hey, the U.S. isn’t the only country that wastes its budget!

Nice obstacle course

Oh Mother of God with Your Patient Lord….

It doesn’t matter if we let the castle fall down as long as we keep anyone else from knocking it down.

Yup. Stuff the DoD doesn’t want nor need, but it’s made in SOMEONE’S district.

I smell escalation in weaponry

And once again, a fervent plea for an ignore commenter feature.

Aren’t they offensive, as opposed to defensive, weapons?

An example of the classic guns-vs.-butter diagram in a college economics book. At the ends of the curve, the items are mutually exclusive.

Ike was wary of the military industrial complex

It’s so sad just how much of our Worldwide GDP is spent trying to kill each other with greater efficiency.

But the MIC loves the profit margin and the Politicians point out how many jobs it creates. So they don’t see why we need to change the entire paradigm.

Where are the infrastructure projects for the U.S.A. ? I thought GOP was making America Great Again but no projects, just big cash handouts to corporations. Gosh, all our roads, bridges, power systems must be in perfect shape now.

But, it’s a jobs program, and a fat cat enrichment bonanza.

trebuchet… this years models have cup holders