spilling the beans

[katty]

cont'd: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/12/24219/8100

Someone may be spilling the beans at the White House

by danger durden
Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 11:42:19 PM PDT

Someone claiming to work at the White House posted a thread on the Something Awful forums detailing alot of details from inside the White House. Now, one should always take almost unverifiable content from the internet with a grain of salt - especially from this comedy website - but from reading all 21 pages of the thread, I am pretty convinced that most, if not all of what he said, is true, just because of the sheer detail, but that's just my opinion. It's as if nothing would really shock me anyway anymore, however. I'm copying and pasting alot of what was said to the extended body, see for yourself.

danger durden's diary :: ::
Here is what the poster, Martin Random, spoke of in his thread:
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I was going to post this in the "Expose the big lie" thread but after I wrote it I thought it was interesting enough to merit a thread of its own. This is all good information, personally verified or witnessed by none other than me, but I will not answer any questions about it or go into any detail other than what I've already typed out. I may reply with more information or anecdotes if I see fit, but I've pretty much already scraped the barrel of my experiences.

These are some facts I have witnessed and learned through my employment. Take it at face value, believe it or don't believe it, because I'm not providing corroborating pictures, details, or evidence beyond my own testimony.

Homeland security buys in bulk and at great premium millions of dollars of useless personal appliances from China, such as rice cookers, nose hair trimmers, massage wands, and heating pads, boxes them up, and buries them in railroad shipping containers in the Arizona desert for no reason whatsoever other than to spend its budget and prevent sub-agencies from getting the funds. I suspect that the money goes to a middleman in order to secretly siphon funds into foreign organizations which we can't support over the table, but this is just me trying to find a justification for this massive and intentional government waste.

much more at: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/12/24219/8100

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. In other words,

the point of Homeland Security is not to secure the homeland, but to line the pockets of crooks.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. I wholeheartedly believe it about spending the money that way

Anyone who's ever worked in government knows the golden rule of budgets: Always spend your budget. If you don't your budget will be reduced by at least that much in the next appropriation.

For some asinine reason, the powers that be operate under the premise of, well you didn't need it last year so there's no reason to need it this year.

Also, budget lines are extremely constricting. That's one thing that is really misunderstood by most people. Whereby a business can made budgets and move things around at any time, Government budgets do not allow such freedoms. Whatever you have in commodities has to be spent strictly for commodities. Need a little more in contractual services? Start the paperwork six months ahead for it to go through all of the channels, and be prepared to reduce another line...but be careful. Those new amounts may very well be the starting point for NEXT year's budget planning process.

Is there enough $$$. In most cases, the answer is yes as an overall dollar figure. It's the details that put the stranglehold on.

[Jigarotta]

3. Fascinating Reading! thanks much for posting. nt

[katty]

4. ha! :) my fav: ice in rummy's pants, cocktails, anyone?

[Jigarotta]

5. the Condi perfume.

wow. That's strange and intriguing! bet it IS cia/kgb by the descriptions of reactions.

oh, and how the writer described Condi as 'cleaner than Ghandi's steak knives'. lol.
I don't think I agree, but howled at that.

just awesome stuff. enjoyed it immensely, thanks again.

[iconoclastic cat]

6. Read the whole thing. Awesome Gonzo journalism!

Word among the staff is that Cheney was drunk when he shot that lawyer, and secluded himself for a day to sober up and avoid felony firearms charges. I don't have any direct information on this because the guys with him at the time are not talking. This is totally unconfirmed, but I think it is plausible.

Dick Cheney has chronic gum problems and his breath smells like shit as a result. He is also a CLOSE TALKER. He keeps a small bottle of diluted hydrogen peroxide which he rinses with every hour on the hour, and he swallows it instead of spitting. He also picks his nose vigorously (violently) and hums loudly and tunelessly to himself while taking shits.

There is a sealed room in the whitehouse which once held a half-ton block of cheese for about 30 years.

The White house is planting its own men among the press agents at press conferences.

The white house lawn is mowed every other day by the same man humming the same tune.