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Originally posted by taxwonk
My post made very clear that I hadn't researched Kerry's voting record enough to know whether or not I was right. The post also predicted Hank's response would be similarly uninformed.
Your initial response, on the other hand, actually appears to have been based upon having looked at the reported basis for Kerry's votes. I note and appreciate the difference.
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Honey. I was asking you to clarify what you meant. Was it snide? Yes. Perhaps should join AG is his push for a kinder PB. As to your being tired of me, I think you have said more mean things to me that I have to you over the past week. More; not better.
Substance? I do some "procurement" for my firm. I was looking at firing my bank last month- but first step would be to find another bank. You say maybe Kerry didn't want to buy from "Halliburton." Halliburton doesn't make weapons systems so I assumed you meant military contractors generally. Like my bank, if you don't buy helicopters from Sikorsky you have to buy from someone. the only companies selling are Boeing, Bell etc. That is, "Halliburton." So my post, though snide, did make the point refusing to buy weapons from "Halliburton" is fully equivalent to not buying them.
No bid contracts? Do you know how much effort goes into proposals for the next gen jet or other equipment? Do you know how much proprietary technology is developed? By definition the "next gen" is not a commodity, so if Kerry is truly hung up on eliminating "no bid" on the final product it still gets to never being able to buy the next gen.
The evaluation part comes in before you get the bid approved, but there is a very detailed competitive bid process. I've seen legal budgets slashed from copanies who lose out a K. that thought they had.
