Bits and Pieces

Turns out the story, which Brad found, related to my previous blog post has been noticed by The Huffington Post and Think Progress.

Turns out that the housing secretary's conduct was in violation of federal law, 48 CFR 3.101-1:

Government business shall be conducted in a manner above reproach and, except as authorized by statute or regulation, with complete impartiality and with preferential treatment for none. Transactions relating to the expenditure of public funds require the highest degree of public trust and an impeccable standard of conduct.

Alas, I'm sure that document will be shredded as soon as possible and the remains, along with the shredded remains of the Constitution and The Bill of Rights, will be used to fill the bean bag chairs that are being made for the Bush library.

I believe the nomination of General Hayden to head the CIA is the precursor to a federal police organization not too dissimilar to the Nazi SS or the German Democratic Republic's (East Germany) Stasi, aka Ministry for State Security. Because spying on your countrymen is patriotic! War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

And here is a gratuitous picture of me in the early days of blogging.