It's curious that Trump is appointing so many people that have been critical of him.  Is it an attempt to mend fences, or does he really think they are the best in spite of the fact that they have disagreed with him in the past?

I think it is part of his consensus buildings.  He will need cooperation from the establishment, and others to get his agenda through. 

If Rudy can't be AG I would like to see him at Homeland Security.  And I still want Bolton at State.

Me too, but State will be Romney.  Maybe Bolton will be offered an Ambassador position. 

The more they cost, the more technology they use, the easier they are to break.

And the more complex, and costly they are the more the break on their own.  I would rather have reliability, than the complexity that will render the vessel useless.  I was a contractor tp a very large defense company in the D.C. area, in an area relatively unrelated to defense, but it did give me an immersion into the industry.  It is ALL about technology now.  They had more IT people than anything else.  A lot of it revolved around the NSA, but also they did a lot of battlefield, and naval situational awareness work which was all computer, and satellite based.  Well, that is the first thing the enemy will take out, so where are we?

I think Steingar's absence is more due to the prop strike than that election. He seemed to disappear right after the strike.

It must have really scared him because I'm sure insurance is covering it. 

"Fundamental Transformation of America" brought to you by BHO and the progressives.

 Time to dispense with political correctness, time to put a deceitful media in their place.  Time to put citizens first and take care of our own.

 And time to stop cowering to a liberal progressive agenda.

And time to take back our educational system.  They our turning our kids into good little communists.  Time to de-unionize the teachers. 

I have noticed a Yuuggggeee decrease in liberal participation since the election.
Gotta give credit to Mark and Asecrest for hanging with us deplorables, though.

They thought Hillary was a shoe in, and now they are all butthurt. 

It already is part time.
Congress critters are prohibited from making fundraising calls from their government office.  So the all go across the street to an office supplied by their party.  They are generally "encouraged" (ie, required) to make cold calls asking for funds for 4 hours a day.  That is 4 hours a day they are not working for us.

Here is a good read on it, and about one suggestion that I like:
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20160124/columns/160129774

Are you that naïve?  These are FULL TIME CAREER politicians, and they get RICH in office.

We need to reform who gets a 501c3 or c4.  These are just money laundering schemes anymore.  Like public sector unions.