Wow! Very cool!

Well, it's good to know that we have a way to raise some money if the economy collapses.   Yard sale!  ;-)

It's interesting that they are having trouble raising the funds for the muesem, but seem to have enough stuff that they could sell some "unwanted" items and make the total easily.  Kind of silly really.  But again, this is the Gov/Military.

lol, yeah.  It's all about prioritization in the government just like it is with any of us and our budgets.

I can see something like this as a legitimate national interest for our Federal government to fund and take care of.  However, our leaders chose to spend money on stupid things like; "does cocaine make Japanese quails engage in sexually risky behavior"  (yes, that's a real federally funded research project)

Well, does it?

Why, yes it does

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/2011/12/28/cocaine-and-the-sexual-habits-of-quail-or-why-does-nih-fund-what-it-does/

I believe one of the quails starting wearing a squirrel skin coat and was seen striking other quail.  Best evidence was he chirped something about keeping his pimp claw strong.

Interesting. I don't think the Bobwhite or Chinese Painted quail would respond that way.

I was thinking before I got to the bottom that it's obvious you save those historical pieces.  You don't just chuck them into the bin.  However, I was also thinking what's the point of saving them if they are just locked away and no one can appreciate them?  They need to be in a museum so people can experience them.

Then the whole "saving up for a museum"  thing.  Got it.  I say, let's get cracking on that.  Maybe test fire 10 less cruse missiles or build ONE lest stealth fighter and we have it.

(This is NOT an anti military spending statement.  I love me some stealth fighers/bombers, subs, and aircraft carriers)  But the cost of just ONE plane can build the museum and probably sustain it for years.  F35A is 153 million bucks a pop.  A tomahawk cruise missle is 1.5mil each...

Why do you hate America!!  ;-)

Seriously though, there are a gazillion things our government blatantly wastes money on that could be put to far greater use. 

30 Stupid Things The Government Is Spending Money On

#13 The U.S. government once spent 2.6 million dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly

(haha, ok well that one may be necessary)