Jack's House - NY Times

preview:
These are the men
That fleeced the tribes
That paid the money
That made the bribes
That purchased the Congress that
Jack built.

(Well... what more can we say? read the whole piece - click below)
Jack's House - New York Times
By HART SEELY, editor of "Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld."
[how totally a propos].

Scandal Gear - These can be yours

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     by DesignPolice:MOS

Security - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Security Design: ASLA seeks images of poor security solutions at public buildings to aid in bringing national attention to the persistent problems of security design.
Get the submit details here.

pictured: No Security - Too often security solutions that were meant to be temporary, become permanent fixtures on the landscape. Photo from Washington,DC's monument corridor shows how poor security design can mar our national memorials, and impede pedestrian access... Not to mention some security measures seem to create more problems than they relieve.
n.b.: ASLA = American Society of Landscape Architects.

Ashes and Snow

A beautifully designed exhibition with a smart, ecumenical travel concept. Includes these eye popping digital and bound presentations.
You must see it, so just click and explore.
click here -> ashes and snow

about: Canadian photographer, Gregory Colbert’s Ashes and Snow is an ongoing project that weaves together photographic works, three 35mm films, art installations and a novel in letters. Colbert collaborated with architect Shigeru Ban to create the *Nomadic Museum*, the permanent home of the exhibition as it travels around the world.

From - essays & effluvia: Death and Taxes

Oh my!
Chart: Death and Taxes - see and download this mind boggling visual aid... frightening when not helpful.

The Democrats are saying - IT'S ON! - So America get busy!

Democratic Map - DSCC: 2006 Races - they sent out this interactive map of national Senate districts and info = useful.
The Republicans evidently feel they have things all under control... they did not mail me.
DSCC : 2006 Races

Sad but True: Bush video - Fuzzy Math = Scary

Fuzzy Math... Starring our President with cameo by Colin Powell. Produced by thebots www.thebots.net

See it here -
click here to play video: Fuzzy Math