Thursday, March 10, 2005
Fumblers, Bumblers and Idiots
From an AP article: "On another topic, Mueller said it will take until 2008 and cost an unknown sum to replace a flawed computer system that was supposed to greatly improve management of terrorism and other criminal cases. "
Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.
Ever hear of Excel, Mueller?
Ever hear of a government project called Arpanet, begun in 1968? It was designed to connect agencies so they can pass something called"information" back and forth securely, without breakdowns. It serves the same purpose as carrier pigeons, only a lot faster (usually). I think Arpanet evolved into something called "Intronet" or "Enternet" or something like that. Not sure what happened to it after that change, but I'll bet there are people OUTSIDE THE FBI who can explain it to you, and I'll bet some of those people could even set up a Case Management System in slightly less than 3 years. Maybe 3 days.
------ Edit: And I do mean Roosevelt in more than just an epithetical way. Bush has many similarities to FDR, but he's unfortunately dissimilar in one crucial respect. FDR was willing to use his power to get government agencies and private industries MOVING in wartime. Bush is not. Even though our businesses are more flexible, more capable of quick change now than in the '40s, nothing is pushing them. We don't have a modern equivalent of Henry J. Kaiser because there's no money to be made from defense contracts. ¶ 8:34 AM
Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.
Ever hear of Excel, Mueller?
Ever hear of a government project called Arpanet, begun in 1968? It was designed to connect agencies so they can pass something called"information" back and forth securely, without breakdowns. It serves the same purpose as carrier pigeons, only a lot faster (usually). I think Arpanet evolved into something called "Intronet" or "Enternet" or something like that. Not sure what happened to it after that change, but I'll bet there are people OUTSIDE THE FBI who can explain it to you, and I'll bet some of those people could even set up a Case Management System in slightly less than 3 years. Maybe 3 days.
------ Edit: And I do mean Roosevelt in more than just an epithetical way. Bush has many similarities to FDR, but he's unfortunately dissimilar in one crucial respect. FDR was willing to use his power to get government agencies and private industries MOVING in wartime. Bush is not. Even though our businesses are more flexible, more capable of quick change now than in the '40s, nothing is pushing them. We don't have a modern equivalent of Henry J. Kaiser because there's no money to be made from defense contracts. ¶ 8:34 AM
