On Nov 14, 2007 7:37 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The military requires competitive bidding for most things, but there > is a loophole: if someone declares that an emergency exists, the > bidding process can be scrapped and no-bid contracts can be awarded. > This loophole exists to prevent red tape from tying up an emergency > response, and makes a lot of sense. What doesn't make sense is that > it has been 6 years since 9/11, and nearly 5 since the Iraq invasion, > and contracts are still being handed out on "emergency" basis. If you > want to know why the "war" (it's not a war; it's an occupation) costs > so much, much of your answer can be found here. > > Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. These scoundrels are > looting public funds, and then throwing "patriotic" jingoism in our > faces to defend their theft. If you have any interest in the truth at > all, ignore all the emotional arguments, and simple follow the money. > See where it is going. See the connections between the people > receiving this money and the people in charge of overseeing these > expenditures.
I think that it is all a need for greed. Take Katrina as an event where the government "came to the aid of the people" How much money was thrown around and for how many years will really stupid things continue to happen. Case in point, we had ice left over from the relief effort that was destroyed this summer. There were multiple trailers (18 wheeler) all refrigerated for containing ice. They were emptied, and had bull doozers push it around while it melted in the 100+ degree heat wave that we were experiencing. They didn't tell us why the ice was unusable but the would not allow ANYONE access to it. To have allowed pools to drop it in their water and bring the temp down, or for some places to pile it up and let the cool air make a better workplace if you could deal with the melting water? Anywho. how much $$$ was consumed in keeping it as ice in mobile transports for almost 2 years? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
