“It’s a Major Prize”

"Faulty ocean-going cutters that are 100-percent over-budget and a year late. Boarding teams mistreating boaters. A blogger fired and a news story forged. A whistleblower threatened at gunpoint. Lies told by men with stars on their uniforms. Since taking command of the U.S. Coast Guard in 2006, Admiral Thad Allen has presided over an embarrassing chain of bad behavior. So what to do with the man?

Well, if you’re the National Defense Industrial Association, you give him a major prize. Last week at a D.C.-area Ritz-Carlton, the trade group awarded Allen their Dwight D. Eisenhower Award, stating that"
War is boring