Once I built a tower, up to the sun,
brick and rivet and lime.
Once I built a tower, now it's done --
Brother, can you spare a dime?

[link|http://www.publicintegrity.org/WOWII/database.aspx?act=toponehundredcontractors|http://www.publicint...undredcontractors]

I originally posted this quite some time ago:

"In the chaos of Iraq, one project is on target: a giant US embassy"

[link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=256016|http://z.iwethey.org...?contentid=256016]

Well, it looks like they're falling behind:

[...]

"Increasingly, it appears that the State Department's efforts in Iraq are in disarray."

From a recent letter to Ms Rice: (10 page PDF)

[link|http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071009103256.pdf|http://oversight.hou...0071009103256.pdf]



So much for Xanadu's stately pleasure dome.