I'm really pleased with this Microsoft Streets & Trips. I would recommend it to any frequent traveler. I got to Peach County DFCS in this fog this morning without turning around or knowing a single thing about where I actually was.
If there isn't any software like this for the Mac, I may have to keep using the PC.
It's not a wonder that this is happening. I was never repaid for any of the field gear I bought, either. The article sounds like no one wants to let the servicemen know about a program that will pay them back for protecting themselves. They didn't want to spend the money protecting American soldiers before they went, and they aren't too happy about doing it now either. Do they not deserve it?
Do our soldiers not deserve to have good intelligence, proper training, and custom equipment? I would have been scared shitless to go to war with my Army unit due to the status of our mechanical equipment. The Pentagon, Congress, and the G-dub need to wake up and bury the hooker.
It's one thing to make a date, but it's something totally different to show up looking like an asshole because you weren't prepared. And it really sucks when it costs human lives in addition to your reputation.
The audiobook I'm on, The World is Flat, is talking about outsourcing a crapload of work to India and other places. Not just tech support, but restaurant reservations, executive assistance, baggage claims, software engineering, and even your income taxes. Do you think the grunt work of Congress could/should be outsourced as well? I think it just might. If an Indian graduate student can produce enough research to justify a multimillion-dollar deal for a businessman, I'm sure they can write American law. It's probably just a matter of time before we realize we have to consolidate our administrative tasks in order to save money to pay for the war.
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