Can you believe that US Government Defense system is spending 1000s of dollars to "Track Santa"? Seriously??!?

I get the drift of your post, but I have to wonder if it's costing much at all for NORAD to "track" Santa. The web site is already up, the people are already there answering phones, and email responses can be canned reports linked to the supposed track....I'd like to see a fair accounting of the true cost before getting much outraged over it all. Besides, in all honesty, a few thousand dollars (assuming your assertion can be proved) isn't a lot of money. How many hits and phone calls and emails did they take? Divide a few thousand bucks into that many participating people. Is it really so expensive?

Nowhere in that article does it say how much this project costs. You could argue they're stimulating the economy if the people handling the calls and e-mails are temps, but maybe they have to be there anyway, or maybe they've got a simple automated system set up. And I'll bet it takes a minute to plot a flight route for Santa on the fancy systems they've already spent money on for serious things.

Oh my god. Where is your Christmas Spirit? Little kids love tracking Santa, its fun for them! I used to watch it when I still believe in Santa. I was actually just watching it a minute ago. Stop being such a scrooge!

You understand that the Military is a 24 X 7 operation. It gives those that have to pull duty something fun to add to the assignment. They are not expending anything that would not have been spent anyway.

Therefore, take your bah humbug attitude on down the road.

You forgot schools. The court never said we couldn't enforce and deport, only that IF here they had to be educated. We could ask for proof of legal residence at schools, and should in any event since those LEGALLY here but not on an immigrant visa have to pay tuition to the school by little enforced law.

It isn't going to cost us anymore to add some Christmas joy by them tracking SANTA!!!! If you are so worried about it why don't you offer to pay for it. Ya I didn't think so, someone has to be there anyways so who cares if they are watching an extra monitor. They have been doing it for years so deal with it.

OK Scrooge.... They spend millions of dollars to decorate the White House as well. It's your money! So that makes me laugh... Did you vote? You will never stop the spending but if you stay involved in your government you can voice your opinions to your leaders. If it bothers you that bad don't go online to track him my kids and I will be on norad.com well into the night!! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone has to be there watching monitors anyway, so why not? How much of our government money is actually spent to give citizens magic and joy? Let it be. I think it's a good thing.

we spend 1000000 times that on "diplomacy" which is nothing but high end cocktail parties for the elite. which is a bigger problem to you?

Get over it, it's fun and some of us still believe! Where's your sense of childhood, and imagination!??!