Deep down, it's shallow:
DC's not-so-reflecting pool is full of algae after $34 million renovation The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool reopened to the public at the end of August, after an almost two-year renovation costing $34 million. After being recently filled back up with water, it is now full of algae. Ironically, the new pool was intended to "improve the reflectivity of the water" with tinted concrete.Posted by Vanderleun at September 28, 2012 8:35 AM
Nobody in government ever gets fired anymore. And lots of things the government does, it's just busywork to keep everybody doing stuff.
And algae is a feature, not a bug. Now they are going to have spend more money for something to harvest the algae and filter the water. And lots of govmt employees are going to glom onto that.
It's happening everywhere. It takes 5 cops to arrest a single harmless film-maker at midnight. If the government gets involved, a ton of guys with nothing else to do show up. They all gotta be involved, doing their part, justifying their pay.
A great winnowing has to happen.
Posted by: John A. Fleming at September 28, 2012 9:35 AMIf a writer had used this as a symbol in a political novel he'd be accused of being ham-handed, and too obvious.
JWM
Posted by: jwm at September 28, 2012 9:44 AMDamn Bush! How did he manage to screw this up, despite Obama's careful oversight?
Posted by: sherlock at September 28, 2012 10:54 AMJWM - yep.
I'm reminded of when I was in high school. Our swim team was fortunate enough to train at the aquatic center used for the 1990 Goodwill Games - but only after they drained the pools and refinished the surfaces, which had originally been coated in water-soluble paint...
Posted by: Julie at September 28, 2012 10:56 AMLooks like a cess pool at a sewer treatment plant to me. Oh! That's what, it is, sorry.
Posted by: Terry at September 28, 2012 11:02 AMIt's the new "Green" reflecting pool!
Posted by: Duncan at September 28, 2012 4:30 PMI thought the President was going to make gasoline out of this, like wine out of water or something.
Posted by: mjazz at September 28, 2012 5:57 PMThere's alge in the White House too, and not USD $34 M but, according to the sidebar: "...Doofus, Boob-Belt, Sicklee and Sausage" cost USD $1.4BBbbbillion last year. $34M--chump change, you chumps...
Posted by: Sandy Daze at September 28, 2012 6:05 PM"You chumps..." --??-- who are you talking to, chump?
Errrr, apologies. . .
I meant to say, "We chumps. . ."
Posted by: Sandy Daze at September 28, 2012 6:10 PMWashington, D.C. There's nothing it CAN do.
Posted by: Carl Rojek at September 29, 2012 4:23 AMWashington, D.C. There's nothing it CAN do.
Except spend our money like a drunken sailor in a whorehouse with a credit card. That, it does a bit too well.
Posted by: waltj at September 29, 2012 7:51 AM1.4 billion just isn't enough.
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