Records? What Records?

IOTW candidate #2, week of 2/23/2009

Living in an age dominated by lawsuits and Sarbanes-Oxley, I know the importance of good record keeping, and so does my employer.  You would think that those implementing solutions for the federal government would recognize and abide by record retention requirements.

Or, maybe not.   The nominees are neither the Bush Administration nor the Obama administration, but the contractors that implemented the half-baked solution.

Yes, we are assuming this was a contract job.  If it wasn’t, then the Bush Administration will be the nominee.  Either way, some real idiots blew it on this project.

It Was Just A Teeny-Weeny Error

IOTW candidate #1, week of 2/23/2009

Several years ago, when Butch Davis was the coach of the Cleveland Browns, his starting quarterback went down with an injury.  During a press conference, Davis called it a “teeny-tiny little hairline fracture of a non weight-bearing bone”.  What he was trying to say was, “move along, nothing to see here”.

The quarterback really never recovered for the remainder of the season.

What would he say today about this?   That it was just an eentsy-weentsy patch of ice?  Or that it really wasn’t all that thick?  Or that the sensor had a teeny-tiny problem?  I wonder.

Just remember, global warming does exist, regardless of how misleading the measurements and models really are.