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Tears and energy drinks: Inside the ObamaCare fiasco
The New York Post / The Associated Press ^
| October 22, 2013
Posted on 10/23/2013 12:17:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Crammed into conference rooms with pizza for dinner, some programmers building the Obama administration’s showcase health insurance website were growing increasingly stressed. Some worked past 10 p.m., energy drinks in hand. Others rewrote computer code over and over to meet what they considered last-minute requests for changes from the government or other contractors.
As questions mount over the website’s failure, insider interviews and a review of technical specifications by The Associated Press found a mind-numbingly complex system put together by harried programmers who pushed out a final product that congressional investigators said was tested by the government and not private developers with more expertise.....
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cgifederal; obamacare; obamacarefraud; obamacaresoftware; obamacarewebsite
Don't you feel reassured about this scheme now?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Rollout on Oct 1 at all costs due to massive political pressure.
Patched together piece of crap.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Scheme is a good word for it.
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posted on
10/23/2013 12:23:49 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
lots of energy drinks needed to catch up to 5000 man years of work.
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posted on
10/23/2013 12:24:08 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: Col Frank Slade
Hack it together, hope (literally) to hades for luck...
Customer: Entire USA
Mission: Health care
Requirement: Integrity and security
Governed by: Fickle bureaucrats
What could possibly go wrong. Just ignore that very frowning God over there, full speed ahead!
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posted on
10/23/2013 12:26:03 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: Red in Blue PA
In England, scheme is a neutral word, like “plan” is here.
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posted on
10/23/2013 12:27:30 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Obama's favorite game is Pin the Fail on the Honkey!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Ahhh, Just Go With It! ... No Problem."
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posted on
10/23/2013 12:38:15 PM PDT
by
TexasCajun
(Creepy-Ass Cracka -- Don't Call Me Cracker)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; stephenjohnbanker; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Tennessee Nana; Liz; TADSLOS; ...
RE :”
The administration acknowledged that a planned upgrade to the website had been postponed indefinitely and that online Spanish-language signups would remain unavailable, despite a promise to Hispanic groups that the capability would start this week” Couldnt find many Spanish speaking IT professionals?
How about the Dreamers?
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posted on
10/23/2013 12:47:31 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Crammed into conference rooms with pizza for dinner, some programmers building the Obama administration’s showcase health insurance website were growing increasingly stressed Liberals
Stressed liberals, who do programming
Stressed liberals working late without a shower and being pressured by other liberals
...eating pizza and crammed into a conference room
I wouldn't want to breathe the air in that room.
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posted on
10/23/2013 2:15:43 PM PDT
by
kidd
(No blood for ego)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
10/23/2013 3:18:44 PM PDT
by
Neidermeyer
(I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Scheme is a good word for it. "Risky scheme" was Al Gore's favorite phrase in 2000, right ahead of "lockbox."
-PJ
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posted on
10/23/2013 3:34:10 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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