George Rebane
To get an idea of the impact of the new federal tsunamis headed our way, tsunamis that may finally swamp this dear land of ours, take a look at this 26 page recipe for brownies from the US Air Force cookbook - MILITARY SPECIFICATION, COOKIES, OATMEAL; AND BROWNIES; COCOLATE COVERED. Can you imagine the number of people, the time, the cost, etc involved in putting out this tripe? And this is repeated thousands of times a day throughout all the departments, bureaus, commissions, … . This is simply the way they do things, all things.
I’m not done yet. Now consider what is required to get some fed employees to actually work with instructions like this. Remember, in all large bureaucracies – public and private, especially those with pension plans – the standing order is ‘CYA all the way!’ These instructions will be followed.
And you’d think that with so many eyeballs checking and rechecking the damn thing over the years, that somebody by now would have picked up on the spelling of ‘chocolate’ in the title - or does that highlight another problem? Your government in peace and war.
(H/T to a regular RR reader with connections who is trying to get the total pagecount for this cookbook.)
Reminds me of my Army flight manual for the TH-55 helicopter in the 1960's. "Keep head, hands and arms clear of the tail rotor when engaged"
Posted by: Dave C | 24 May 2010 at 02:24 PM
And the children of the ones who didn't keep their heads clear of the tail rotor are now writing the new generation of manuals.
Posted by: George Rebane | 24 May 2010 at 02:57 PM
I'm not sure but aren't brownies cocolate anyway? I don't think I have ever seen anybody put more cocolate on brownies or put cocolate on an oatmeal cookie for that matter. I have extensive experience is this area by the way
Posted by: Dixon Cruickshank | 26 May 2010 at 09:28 AM