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Particularly when all they really have to offer is snake oil. Since when does snake oil surveil citizens and violate copyright? Freedom, Brought to you by: Coca Cola. At least we can swipe/tap cards at the vending machines, we no longer need to carry loose change in the field. Trump's military parade in DC had multiple sponsors who received public credit during the show. Oracle, Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Coinbase and Amazon have recently donated to America250, the nonprofit raising funds for the nation’s semiquincentennial anniversary, the organization said. 
(Also some energy drink). We have the finest government (and military) that the oligarchs can buy.
Lt. Col is the typical end rank of a 20-year career. They are made officers (we used to call them "direct input officers", dunno if they still do) and given inflated ranks for two reasons: to pay them sufficiently, but also to get them within the military accountability structure. The major is the highest (Latin: maior) of captains - he is the connection between the captains, the heads (Latin: capus) of the companies, with the Staff, the colonel and his de... may I say: this is offensive. 
They can be overpaid consultants, but gifting them unearned rank... stinks.
As a vet, I too find this offensive. Yes, during a major worldwide war, we did this extraordinarily unusual thing. There is no such exigent emergency. If these guys want to help, either be paid consultants, or start off as 2nd lieutenants like the rest of the officer corp. The Warrant Officer or LDO is specifically for technical specialists. They should have used that. Has the brass decided we have an emergency because we have no defense at all against drone swarms? Even Hollywood figured out what was coming. Angel has Fallen.
I believe the CEO of General Motors was made a Lt Gen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]. Knudsen was president of the Chevrolet Division of General Motors from 1924 to 1937 and was president of General Motors from 1937 to 1940. His experience and success as a key senior manager in the operations sides of Ford Motor Company and then General Motors led the Franklin Roosevelt administration to commission him directly as a lieutenant general in the United States Army to help lead the United States' war materiel production efforts for World War II. But if such conditions exist, WTF are they?
No reason to use AI if you already know what you're doing. Just how complicated do you think plumbing is?
Plumbing is simple, building code is not and frequently updated. We're not a monarchy. That's the point. https://www.nokings.org/ [nokings.org]. 
That's what the Romans were saying a couple of thousand years back. Instead they had Emperors and today it is Presidents for life with an inheritable Presidency at times, see N. Korea.
Yawn. Direct input officers have been a thing forever.
Heck, I had to salute my physics instructor at nuclear power school, who was just some young teacher chick who would never deploy anywhere. And yes, it's to pay them. And get them within the military accountability structure (the more important reason).
What rank was your instructor? Direct input officers have been a thing forever. How many of them were granted this specific rank? 
The OP isn't complaining about a rank, he's complaining about an "unearned" rank. I guarantee your physics instructor would be forced to salute these guys. He'd make a great artillery target. Top dogs would insist on a rank of general, Musk would require 6 stars, plus a provision in his contract to rewrite the history books declaring himself a founder of the country. America loves Nazis who make rockets.
Can anyone help jog my memory?
When government and corporate interests merge, and you can't tell where corporations stop and government begins... what's that called? I'm sure I had a class on that once. Some kind of political movement. I can't remember what it's called but it was started by the editor of Italy's largest socialist newspaper [avantionline.it].
Actually, you do not know this one. I realize you were thinking fascism but fascism is not a merging of government and corporations. Under fascism, both labor and industry are subordinate to the Party, the government. The Party does not share. The Party allows labor unions for the workers, but the unions must be under Party authority. The Party allows industrialists to have syndicates but they also must be under Party authority. Every organization, every individual, is subordinate to the Party. The Party ma.
