I should call this "Bill's Blog-A-Fortnight"...

Or "Think Again, Every Two Weeks or So." Anyway:
In her plaintive response to President Obama’s plan to redirect funds from the anti-ballistic missile program to defense programs deemed more worthy, Governor Palin claimed: “Alaska's strategic location and the system in place here have proven invaluable in defending the nation....”
If, by “invaluable” our governor means “not of value,” she is spot on. The “mid-course” missile defense program is – according to the Pentagon – rife with technical problems, waste, cost overruns, and mismanagement. The billions we’ve spent on this program only show that we’ll buy a system that, even under ideal test conditions, fails more often than it works. Cold fusion would be neat to have too, but the technology for it, and the missile “shield” placed in Alaska has yet to prove feasible, much less cost effective.
The fact that Ted Stevens brought the system, and the billions of federal dollars which go along with it, to Alaska has more to do with Palin’s complaint than Obama’s funding decision, or North Korea’s recent (unsuccessful) missile launch. After all, defense spending is the gift that keeps on giving for Alaska, as it has been for decades. Besides, our governor still has national aspirations.