Journal of Post-Ralphaelite Thought

This caught my eye: Forbes claims our Government writes crappy code . Specifically web code. Of course this was based on an analysis the security company Versacode did, so I'm not convinced how unbiased their judgement is. Still, it isn't all that hard to believe, since in my professional experience, there is an awful lot of insecure web code, out there. Most of this comes from sites with some sort of database backend (dynamic sites) rather than static sites.  In my experience, this is because when projects get behind schedule (have you ever known a project *not* to get behind schedule?), testing and security concerns are the first two things to be tossed out the window.  Okay - this little post ought to please all my Libertarian friends. But let me point out (since I have no ax to grind, unlike Versacode) that this sort of thing  is *not* the exclusive failing of government.  Boo-yah.

I went to a Libertarian gathering the other day (it was in the neighborhood). The Libertarian crowd talks a good game. They seem to be, for the most part, fairly intelligent people,committed to their cause. While I don't always agree with them (and on quite a few issues I *do* agree with them), they make interesting arguments for their side. That being said, I've come to realize they are as full of hokum as the political types for whom they display their sneering superiority. They make much of their supposed political purity, espousing opinions that fall outside the mainstream on social and personal freedom issues, as well as small (and no) government stances on other issues. The truth of the matter - other than the Republican-friendly small government stuff, the rest appears to be all window dressing. During the 2010 election, Tea Party Libertarian, Rand " yes my dad's name is Ron " Paul, stated on his website in 2009 that " life begins at concepti...