Government Officer Prints

'They must love the Oval Office...they don't have to worry about cutting corners.'

'In honor of the Bureau of Missing Persons'

"The government is confident it has its numbers right. . . we're just not sure what order to put them in."

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

The Anti-Agent

"Nation-building never works."

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

"You're fired."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

They're Not Just That Into It

Mario Draghi

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

Pretty Flowers

Storm in the out tray

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

"Who's got the hammer?"

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

Quality Control

"National security adviser"

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

The Circular Logic of Fascism

"What was I thinking?!"

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

Political convention

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