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Nothing is going to help traffic in DC except a complete firing of those in charge of it and bringing in people who actually know something about traffic administration and control.

Also a great need for a well trained Traffic Division whose main job is to manage the “speedy and efficient” flow of traffic (from my old course on “Traffic Patrol and Administration” in the 1970’s).

Traffic signs are a disaster, one of the key chokepoints in people getting around by car. Blame the Dept. of the Interior for that along G.W. Parkway heading towards Rosslyn. You have less than one second to find the correct sign to split off to Rosslyn but the sign is small, brown background with white letters which disappear in bad weather. Some jerk actually got paid to do that.

Re Defense contractors and parttimers. I know liberal civilians at DOD and some conservatives. That is not the problem. These guys work, I’ll say that.

It is crackpot DOD policies that cost us billions in wasted dreams (Pick a fighter-plane, please). We produce a couple dozen fighters at $35 million of more per plane while Red China turns out a good fighter at a quarter or less of that cost. We make 60, they might 600. Guess who’s gonna win in a dogfight or swarm attack? The same for ships.

Our military leadership at JCS/DOD stinks, the worst I’ve seen since the Carter Administration. At least the guys I knew in Nam were fighting to win, not for a draw or withdrawal.

There are great problems within the DOD legal sections regarding Rules of Engagement, the problems of pregnancy, esp. in the Navy, and double payments to plaintiffs for environmental CERCLA cleanups (I’d say probably hitting over $1 Billion in recent years).

If any place needs a RIF, it is in the Defense establishment, esp. the planners and Politically Correct fools.

PS: I work with some of the better military people. They often have to follow halfassed policies. Not their fault, and even they talk about the problems from above.