I’ve been meaning to write some lengthier posts here, and maybe I will soon, but right now there’s a lot going on. My roommate Ilia is moving out this weekend, I’m moving my stuff into another room, and preparations are underway to redo a lot of the apartment. On top of that, I’m trying my best to keep the Axiom HOWTO updated and expanding, so that I can help make Divmod’s latest project more accessible to those of us who want something elegant and easy.

But despite the hectic trivia of my own life, a lot is going on in our badly prioritized and notoriously mismanaged country right now. I think this quote is worth reposting:

Actions have consequences. No one could predict that a hurricane the size of Katrina would hit this year, but the slow federal response when it did happen was no accident. It was the result of four years of deliberate Republican policy and budget choices that favor ideology and partisan loyalty at the expense of operational competence. It’s the Bush administration in a nutshell.

From the Washington Monthly.