Sunday, March 09, 2008

Snowy Update

We received 20.4" inches of snow here in central Ohio. It took us several hours to shovel our driveway and sidewalks. In the process, we broke 2 shovels.

Just when you thought the current administration couldn't screw up anything else, another problem pops up. Miami Herald:
The 2010 Census is already in trouble.
The handheld mobile computers that are supposed to replace the pens and paper long used by census-takers aren't working properly, and delays could send the cost from $600 million to as much as $2 billion.
The Census Bureau has done little, if any, planning for what to do if the handheld mobile computers can't be made to work...

''I cannot overemphasize the seriousness of this problem,'' Census Bureau Director Steve Murdock told a Senate hearing last week....

In case you were wondering.....

1. Mr. Murdock is another person President Bush brought from Texas.

2. Open Secrets reports that over $17,000 was contributed by Harris Corp. to various Republican committees.

3. Open Secrets details that Harris Corp. gave over $7,000 to the campaign of George W. Bush.