THINGS YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE MADE INCLUDE SAUSAGES, LAWS AND BUREAUCRACY: So naturally The Washington Examiner’s Watchdog special reporting team raised the hood on the bureaucracy at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Out popped a former soap opera starlet and beauty queen on the public payroll, friends helping friends get jobs, employees who rarely do any work, hiring senior executives without even pro forma background checks, and a culture that doesn’t know how not to spend more tax dollars. And that’s just for starters! Go here, here and here.