Monday, October 23, 2006

Piggie bank's empty

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. - Dr. Strangelove would have a hea wt [sic] attack: America's vaunted underground war room deep inside this granite mountain is being retired. Not only that, but Russian military men have been inside the place.

During the long nuclear standoff with Moscow, the nation's super-secret nerve center was a symbol of both Cold War might and apocalyptic dread, depicted in such movies as "WarGames" in 1983. But with the end of the Cold War, the war room is being put on "warm standby" to save money.
Time to save wherever possible now. You
regular readers know the piggie bank's
empty.

Ain't no more.

That's good news.

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