Shortcuts to confusion
A couple of Portland stories this week pointed out some of the dangers presented by all those acronyms that the bureaucrats and policy wonks throw around with abandon. A commenter on this blog was making a point about the CRC, and I was ready to jump in with a heated response. But then I realized that the reader was referring to the Columbia River Crossing -- not the Citizens Review Committee. The former is the proposed new bridge from Portland to Vancouver; the latter is one of the boards involved in Portland's anemic method of investigating charges of police brutality.
There are probably lots of other acronym overlaps lurking out there. Has anyone got another example?
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Comments (7)
Never mind.
ahhhh, the nostalgia for the days when SNL meant something just kicked in...
Posted by jimbo | April 19, 2008 8:55 AM
CYA which is what the PDC does
or CYA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Yachting_Association
Actually both are for the affulent so,,,,, they're the same thing???
Posted by Howard | April 19, 2008 10:19 AM
Portland Development Commission (Portland, Oregon)
Public Disclosure Commission (Washington State)
Granted, its not intra-portland, but its too funny not to mention.
Posted by Chris Coyle | April 19, 2008 10:27 AM
I always liked that the World Wildlife Fund had to sue the World Wrestling Federation to get their initials back.
Posted by Redheaded Stepchild | April 19, 2008 11:57 AM
ha! There's one in your post about the ORS! The OLCC (do they use that acronym?) suing the folks who posted the ORS text.
Posted by Pril | April 19, 2008 12:51 PM
He he! I answered my own question without realizing it!
Posted by Jack Bog | April 19, 2008 1:29 PM
Department of Human Services (state) and Department of Homeland Security (federal).
If DHS is investigating you, you might lose your kids.
But if DHS is investigating you, you AND your kids might be whisked away to an undisclosed location that resembles the basement of the gun shop in Pulp Fiction, with the Honorable Dick Cheney presiding.
Posted by Miles | April 21, 2008 9:37 AM