From: John Cuccia 

On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 21:02:46 -0700, Ellen K.
 wrote:
>>>>It looks more and more like New Orleans was killed by an engineering
>>>>error which was then hidden by a bureaucracy that did not encourage
>>>>people to admit their mistakes (that is, a bureaucracy like every
>>>>other on the face of the planet).
>>>>
>>>I will never understand this mentality.
>>
>>Didn't you mention that you've worked for large corporations?
>I worked for Kaiser for about a year and a half... it's very large
>(90,000 desktops!) but it has a culture all its own, not really like a
>typical big corporation.   Maybe that's partly because it's a
>non-profit.

I see.  When you mentioned Kaiser in the past I assumed you meant Kaiser
Aluminum, or whatever they're called now.

Anyway, the Corps of Engineers has a long (*long*) history of obstinancy
and obstruction, of jealously guarding its turf, of discounting ideas and
advice from outside, and of hiding its own ineptitude.

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