So, not only is it a broke piece of shit, but we shouldn't spend money to fix it, and wasn't this what Homeland Security was for?

Bill Clinton, before the castration, and his cabinet claimed in 1993-4 that a strong economy with full employment was vital to national defense. Well, that went south. I don't know about the former Prez or the SecState but I suspect they'd definitely agree with me that running water and electricity and working natural gas and oil pipelines are also vital to National Defense, especially for a nation that claims to be a technological powerhouse. So, given my attitude toward the Bush administration, this is another example of how they made us safer ...for Haliburton and KBR.

WASHINGTON -- Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.

The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven't sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials warned they could try during a crisis or war."The Chinese have attempted to map our infrastructure, such as the electrical grid," said a senior intelligence official. "So have the Russians."

Now, let me stipulate that if we're not doing the same thing, we're stupid. But, that's not the issue. The issue is that it appears to be relatively easy for these folks to do this. But, we've taken all the flash drives out the Department of Defense. I feel safer already...of course, the only way to be sure of that is to strip search everybody going into or out of any department of defense facility.  I'm sure that SoCal electric is really on top of this one...