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Of course it’s hard to say if the feet dragging is intentional or a result of incompetence or lack of resources to fulfill the request, but it still damages the reputation of the government. Especially when they supposedly have such a tight deadline to respond, but no repercussions for not doing so. #seb #FOIA #Government . . . → Read More: Government continues to drag its feet on FOIA requests The U.S. Government has been pushing what they consider a better passport since August 2007. It contains a contactless smart card in the back cover that contains the same data about you as what is printed in the passport itself. The idea is that this is supposed to make passport forgery impossible for the evil-doers . . . → Read More: The security chip in that fancy new U.S. Passport? It’s made in Thailand. The Republicans still haven’t come up with a better plan than to be as obstructionist as possible. Obama’s been in office for over a year now and there are still dozens of nominees he’s made in that time that have yet to come up for a vote in Congress thanks to Republicans blocking the votes . . . → Read More: Republicans still the party of “No.” Block 97 of 101 Federal nominees in one day. See that chart to the left? It’s from this article at The Economist. It’s about a poll they conducted wherein they asked people if they thought the government should decrease the deficit by raising taxes or cutting spending. Cutting spending was the popular choice at 65% with only 5% saying raising taxes was . . . → Read More: Economist poll reveals how fucking clueless Americans are about government spending. The folks at Wikileaks unleashed the following video of American AH-64 Apache chopper gunners opening fire on what they believed to be armed insurgents in Iraq, but which turned out to be a couple of Associated Press journalists and (likely) a bunch of civilians. Later in the video when a van pulls up to try . . . → Read More: With regards to the Collateral Murder video… People on the terrorist watch list can’t fly on airplanes, but they can still buy guns and explosives?!? From February 2004 to February 2009, 963 background checks using the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System “resulted in valid matches with terrorist watch list records; of these matches, approximately 90 percent were allowed to . . . → Read More: So let me get this straight… This news item is illustrative of the problems with government bureaucracy. It talks about how a guy bought a big chunk of marble that he wanted to give to the U.S. Government so they could repair the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier that has been in need of repair for decades, but the government can’t . . . → Read More: Government bureaucracy makes a donation impossible. The terrorist watch list is such a fucking joke, except that no one who is on it is laughing about it. It’s not a bad idea in principle, but the fact that you aren’t allowed to know if you’re on the list (at least until you get yanked aside at an airport) and you have . . . → Read More: Gulf War vet and professional pilot loses job because of “no fly” list. [UPDATED] The new FISA “compromise” bill that the Senate is about to pass makes me angry just to think about, but deep down I’ve long suspected that our government pretty much spies on us with impunity already. This Baltimore Sun news article pretty much confirms that suspicion: “There’s virtually no branch of the U.S. government that . . . → Read More: Turns out we’re already living in a surveillance state. |
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