Actually, it's the U.S. Government's ranking system for civilian employees; once upon a time, I was a GS-8 (middle manager), before Bush senior cut my job for budgetary reasons. Good for him, since now we don't have a federal deficit!
[Sarcasm].
In any case, Shemolely sent me this picture the other day... Hurricane Katrina was a while ago, so it's not exactly topical anymore, but it's still pretty funny!
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