Entries from March 2008

March 31, 2008

Bipartisan House o’ Fail

I must take a break from chronicling the suck that is bAdmin, to bring you this failure by design (via Architectural inDigestion):

Above: J. Carville & M. Maitlin’s Cauchemar en Rose.

The exuberant living room was designed with the couple’s frequent entertaining in mind. “By turning a chair [and your stomach - ed.], anyone can join another [...]

March 31, 2008

Private sector ahoy!*

Which great sage uttered this memorable quote?
“Why should I reward someone who doesn’t like the president, so they can use funds to try to campaign against the president? Logic says they don’t get the contract. That’s the way I believe.”
I know, under bAdmin. it could be anyone, but it was in fact soon-to-be-former Housing Urban [...]

March 30, 2008

Moar fear plz!

Calling all cars! Calling all cars! Please be on the look out for men dressed as cowboys! They are believed to be armed and dangerous.
Nah, that couldn’t be what CIA Director Michael Hayden meant when he delivered the following reminder to be afraid. Very afraid (via The AFP):
CIA director Michael Hayden warned Sunday that [...]

March 30, 2008

Sunday project - I think I found what the “F” stands for

ICF International is in the news again for screwing up the payouts to people whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Again.
Last night I started wondering how ICF got the contract to administer The Road Home, which of course meant wondering if anyone at ICF has a connection to the pResident.
Tsk, tsk. How cynical can [...]

March 29, 2008

Wonder what the “F” stands for

Dear residents of New Orleans and surrounding parishes,
If you decide to rise up and [ahem] cull the local population of bureaucrats, I won’t stand in your way (via the AssPress):
Imagine that your home was reduced to mold-covered wood framing by Hurricane Katrina. Desperate for money to rebuild, you engage in a frustrating bureaucratic process, and [...]