Monthly Archives: January 2014

CAN YOU SPELL “DRAFT”?

Posted on January 4, 2014 by asknod

They say you reap what you sew. We experienced this in Vietnam when we discovered we had no more MK 82s lying around left over from WW II. We ended up buying them back from the German Air Force for … Continue reading →

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LIES, DAMNED LIES AND VA STATISTICS

Posted on January 4, 2014 by asknod

Benjamin Disraeli, the eminent British Prime minister said this in the late nineteenth century long before the VA was beginning to hit its stride at obfuscation and disingenuous, convoluted statistics showing up was left and down was, well, whatever they … Continue reading →

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DVA–WE HAVE TO PASS IT TO SEE WHAT’S IN IT

Posted on January 3, 2014 by asknod

In an old government trick so antique they don’t even have a name for it in DC anymore, the VA tried to trot out this innocuous document in Rodney King format (Can’t we all just get along?) but in the … Continue reading →

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VAOIG’S LATEST ATTABOY LIST

Posted on January 3, 2014 by asknod

We always get a big bang out of the VA’s OIG squandering millions of dollars in pursuit of $10. In construction, we call it 10¢ chasing a dollar. While I admire the verve and devotion to duty that seems endemic in the OIG, … Continue reading →

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THE SHARPER IMAGE FARMER

Posted on January 2, 2014 by asknod

Veterans Administration psychiatrists are quick to tell you that Veterans, as a whole, are more prone to mental aberrations like being anally retentive, suffer obsessive compulsive disorder and antisocial, positively icky personalitites. Well, why wouldn’t they? Those are manifestations of … Continue reading →