Archive for August, 2008
MODOT is too busy to Inspect Highway
Let me set up a situation for you. Let’s say that your state is rebuilding a major stretch of highway. Let’s say this project will cost upwards of $600 million and will close parts of the main thoroughfare through your city for two years. Let’s also say that the contractors are incentivized to the tune [...]
Oh, Dear
I’m not sure this is the message that the Obama campaign wants.
Apparently, the cult of personality that his supporters have developed around Obama isn’t enough. Now, there’s a marketing firm that actually wants them to be a cult.
Can you imagine the image of 75,000 people in an Olympic sports stadium giving a hand salute to [...]
The Olympics
So, the Olympics officially kick off today? *yawn* I have little interest in the Olympics for a lot of reasons.
First and foremost, the location. I know I’ll get yelled at for bringing politics into the “Olympic ideal” (more on that later) but I can’t celebrate a country where I can’t say that the leader is [...]
