Sunday Morning Post

Really getting harder to think happy thoughts.

NYT: Rebuit Iraq projects found crumbling.

At the airport, crucially important for the functioning of the country, inspectors found that while $11.8 million had been spent on new electrical generators, $8.6 million worth were no longer functioning.

At the maternity hospital, a rehabilitation project in the northern city of Erbil, an expensive incinerator for medical waste was padlocked — Iraqis at the hospital could not find the key when inspectors asked to see the equipment — and partly as a result, medical waste including syringes, used bandages and empty drug vials were clogging the sewage system and probably contaminating the water system.

The newly built water purification system was not functioning either.

Meanwhile:
• WSJ: Hellfire & Damnation — Rally against Yadkin commish meeting prayer rules
• Star News: Vets say they’re not getting help from VA
• Char-O: Pay for Praise for homebuilder
• Screwy meets Karl.
• Two steps back — New UNC report on health care coverage is just stunning

Update: I guess the point is that we’re still doing the screwing up and aren’t even close to getting to the fixin’. And yet, there are signs of progress.