Posts Tagged 'US government'
NSA Pick Up Lines [infographic]
Published September 12, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: al Qaeda, criminal, encryption, funny, humor, infographic, liberty, National Security Agency, NSA, police state, privacy, privacy invasion, snoop, spy, terrorism, US Constitution, US government, war on freedom, wire tap
Better Check Craigslist Too [comic]
Published August 20, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: cartoon, comic, Craigslist, eBay, funny, humor, politician for sale, Politics, Republican, US government, Ziggy
US Government’s Advice for Yeti Hunters – 1959
Published March 4, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Abominable Snowman, Bureaucracy, Foreign Service, imaginary, Kathmandu, Nepal, skeptic, US government, Yeti
This Foreign Service memo treats a science-fictional subject—the existence of the Yeti, or the Abominable Snowman—with utmost bureaucratic seriousness. Titled “Regulations Governing Mountain Climbing Expeditions in Nepal—Relating to Yeti,” it was issued from the American Embassy in Kathmandu on November 30, 1959.
Most Depressing Statistic – Income Taxes [pic]
Published January 29, 2013 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: April 15, bottomless pit, deficit, depressing, factoid, government spending, income tax, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Jim Fiebig, national debt, Statistic, stats, US government
US Congress – Class Photo
Published January 8, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: chimp, chimpanzee, congress, conservative, Eric Cantor, funny, humor, John Boehner, mentally challenged, monkey, pic, picture, Politics, Republican, US government, white monkey from Texas
US Government Idiocracy – 1930 Style
Published September 22, 2010 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Carter Glass, Idiocracy, Ludite, operator, Politics, Senate, switchboard, technology, telephone, US government, wtf
According to the Senate’s web site –
Whereas dial telephones are more difficult to operate than are manual telephones; and Whereas Senators are required, since the installation of dial phones in the Capitol, to perform the duties of telephone operators in order to enjoy the benefits of telephone service; and Whereas dial telephones have failed to expedite telephone service; Therefore be it resolved that the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate is authorized and directed to order the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. to replace with manual phones within 30 days after the adoption of this resolution, all dial telephones in the Senate wing of the United States Capitol and in the Senate office building.
Sponsored by Virginia’s Carter Glass, the resolution passed without objection when first considered on May 22, 1930. Arizona’s Henry Ashurst praised its sponsor for his restrained language. The Congressional Record would not be mailable, he said, “if it contained in print what Senators think of the dial telephone system.” When Washington Senator Clarence Dill asked why the resolution did not also ban the dial system from the District of Columbia, Glass said he hoped the phone company would take the hint.