vagrant.clone django settings module not found

i'll providing some of my bash history to help context.

going through the setup docs for an existing project (http://wiki.yetibuilt.com/Development/Vagrant/#existing-project), here is what my local python env looks like:

$ python --version
Python 2.7.6

$ which python
/usr/local/bin/python

$ vagrant --version
Vagrant 1.4.3

$ VBoxManage --version
4.3.6r91406

the clone script fails at the django setup on the vagrant box, here's the output for re-creating the issue after ssh'ng onto the box:

$ vagrant ssh
Linux squeeze64 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 10:07:46 UTC 2012 x86_64

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Thu Feb 13 22:08:06 2014 from 10.0.2.2
vagrant@squeeze64:~$ . /home/vagrant/playground/bin/activate
(playground)vagrant@squeeze64:~$ cd /vagrant/playground/
(playground)vagrant@squeeze64:/vagrant/playground$ ls
decorators.py  displayclient       fabric_settings.pyc  kiosk              local_settings.pyc  manifest.json  settings.py   urls.py
deploy         fabric_settings.py  __init__.py          local_settings.py  manage.py           requirements   settings.pyc  wsgi.py
(playground)vagrant@squeeze64:/vagrant/playground$ pip freeze
Django==1.5.5
Mezzanine==1.4.16
Pillow==2.2.2
South==0.8.4
Twisted==13.2.0
autobahn==0.7.4
bleach==1.2.2
django-appconf==0.6
django-compressor==1.3
filebrowser-safe==0.2.31
grappelli-safe==0.2.23
gunicorn==18.0
html5lib==0.95
oauthlib==0.6.0
psycopg2==2.5.1
python-memcached==1.53
pytz==2013.8
requests==1.2.3
requests-oauthlib==0.3.3
setproctitle==1.1.8
six==1.4.1
ujson==1.33
ws4py==0.3.2
wsaccel==0.6.2
wsgiref==0.1.2
zope.interface==4.0.5
(playground)vagrant@squeeze64:/vagrant/playground$ which python
/home/vagrant/playground/bin/python
(playground)vagrant@squeeze64:/vagrant/playground$ python --version
Python 2.6.6
(playground)vagrant@squeeze64:/vagrant/playground$ python man
manage.py      manifest.json  
(playground)vagrant@squeeze64:/vagrant/playground$ python manage.py createdb --noinput --nodata
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 28, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/vagrant/playground/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 453, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/vagrant/playground/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/vagrant/playground/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 263, in fetch_command
    app_name = get_commands()[subcommand]
  File "/home/vagrant/playground/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 107, in get_commands
    from django.conf import settings
ImportError: cannot import name settings
(playground)vagrant@squeeze64:/vagrant/playground$

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