July 2009
12 posts
WatchLike me, you may have missed this earlier this month. The Internet has been a buzz with shock and disblief at the announcement that recovery.gov will be redesigned at the unbelieveable price tag of 9.5 million dollars. The contact was awarded to Smartronix and includes services and development that will total 18 million dollars over the next five years. This is a price that many in the web design...
“While California has been criticized for spending beyond its means, much of the...”
– Deal reached to close Calif’s $26B budget deficit
Really? The state has been “robbed”? Well, if the politicians hadn’t spent our money like drunken sailors since the 90’s boom, then refused to cut or reform any government agency or programs. If they hadn’t...
“Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and...”
– In eight years, quoth the prince - Washington Times
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big...”
– Address to a Joint Session of Congress
August 12, 1974 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
“he says his movie will be about “the biggest robbery in the history of...”
– Michael Moore Gets It Wrong - John Stossel’s Take
Is Free Really Better?
I have to say that I am very concerned with the debate, or the lack of debate we are having about health care. We need to see both sides of the “free” public option being proposed by President Obama and Congress. Is this what we really want? Will it be better than what we have? I have have my doubts. Is our existing system perfect? No. Can it be improved? Oh course it can but I...
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to...”
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry
