Not exactly surprising, but here's the link anyway.

Very interesting numbers. Also an interesting spin on shredding by the writer. Most government agency shredding is done to protect people's privacy rather than to "make unpleasant truths go away." It's not only classified material that's shredded. Some agencies shred all their paper waste, so as to avoid any possibility of putting the wrong piece of paper in the plain trash. Any increase in processing of personnel or medical records instantly increases the amount of shredding done. Given we've been at war for the past few years, I wouldn't be surprised if a large chunk of it resulted from that.

Still, interesting numbers and I wish they had a breakdown of where all the dough went.

quote:

Originally posted by Splitcoil:
Still, interesting numbers and I wish they had a breakdown of where all the dough went.

FoI Cheney's government Amex statements!

Visa/Bank of America has the contract, I'm afraid.

WaMu prolly has em beat after the real estate shenanigans they've been caught up in.

The bulk of what I shred is done so in a risk management capacity.

The rest is for fun.

This was probably in preparation for all the
confetti we needed for tossing around as the
nation celebrated its triumph in Iraq.

lol
Or to celebrate the end of BuschCo.
Not the begining of a new admin, just the end of this one.

quote:

This was probably in preparation for all the confetti we needed for tossing around as the
nation celebrated its triumph in Iraq.

Carefully re-puzzled together, it reveals their plan for a peaceful transition from Saddam to rose-tossing democracy.

The Penguin will puzzle it all back together yet.

Maybe Dubya's hutch just needed more lining.

So good to see a government wise enough that learns not to repeat mistakes from the past.

I'm guessing out outlook has roots in the Nixon debacle.