>I did some work for the State of Kansas back in 1999. I think that your description of "collection of mindless zombies" is an insult to all zombies. I had to attend a couple of meetings about the software I was writing for them - all day meetings. I don't think I've ever seen a dozen people waste so much time my whole life. Not only were most of the people I had to deal with rather stupid - they were also extremely lazy, which of course is a horrible combination. There was also a mile of red-tape I had to go though just to be allowed to do the work. It was a very enlightening experience - I got to see first hand how the government wastes time, money, resources, etc.
>Only good thing about the whole thing is I got to eat excellent BBQ everyday.

Clearly, excellent BBQ makes you stupid and lazy ;-)