Very Interesting
Posted by rustylypps 10 years, 10 months ago to Government
Very Interesting
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An old West Virginia saying: "You cannot get the water to clear up until you get the pigs out of the creek." [ hmmmm.....Washington, D.C.? ]
Subject: Logistics with the Speed of Light
Did anyone besides me wonder how they got all those signs printed
and distributed far and wide, including to all the national parks
and cemeteries overseas only eight to ten hours after the government
shut down? Take a look at this from someone who wanted to remain
anonymous.
I have worked in the government on and off for 40 years. During
that time I became quite familiar with requisitions, bidding,
awarding contracts etc. It is a time consuming process with bean-counters
and pencil-necked bureaucrats every step of the way. The
simplest request takes months not days or hours.
In less than 8 hours of the shutdown, miraculously, professionally
printed 3X4 foot signs appeared all over the country in the tens of
thousands saying-"this [park, facility, etc. with custom logos]
closed due to government shutdown. There has not been a government
shutdown in 17 years. These signs were designed, specifications
were determined, signs were then requisitioned, bids were posted
and vetted, government contracts were awarded. The materials were
then ordered and the signs manufactured then distributed U.S. Mails or
freight companies.
This shutdown was orchestrated and planned well in advance at least
6-8 months ago. Millions of tax dollars were appropriated and
spent in this process. There is a paper trail a mile long leading
directly to the White House.
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An old West Virginia saying: "You cannot get the water to clear up until you get the pigs out of the creek." [ hmmmm.....Washington, D.C.? ]
Subject: Logistics with the Speed of Light
Did anyone besides me wonder how they got all those signs printed
and distributed far and wide, including to all the national parks
and cemeteries overseas only eight to ten hours after the government
shut down? Take a look at this from someone who wanted to remain
anonymous.
I have worked in the government on and off for 40 years. During
that time I became quite familiar with requisitions, bidding,
awarding contracts etc. It is a time consuming process with bean-counters
and pencil-necked bureaucrats every step of the way. The
simplest request takes months not days or hours.
In less than 8 hours of the shutdown, miraculously, professionally
printed 3X4 foot signs appeared all over the country in the tens of
thousands saying-"this [park, facility, etc. with custom logos]
closed due to government shutdown. There has not been a government
shutdown in 17 years. These signs were designed, specifications
were determined, signs were then requisitioned, bids were posted
and vetted, government contracts were awarded. The materials were
then ordered and the signs manufactured then distributed U.S. Mails or
freight companies.
This shutdown was orchestrated and planned well in advance at least
6-8 months ago. Millions of tax dollars were appropriated and
spent in this process. There is a paper trail a mile long leading
directly to the White House.
The more the press focused on the bad ol' Republicans shutting down the government, the less people would hear about the web site. It almost worked. Their only miscalculating was just how bad it would really be. They didn't think it would be such a total disaster. Poor Obama.