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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
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.
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I haven't kept count, quantatively. On a qualitative basis, I don't need to.
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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? 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 clients who lose out a K. that thought they had.
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I understand that a great deal of money and effort goes into making a competitive bid. I also understand that the costs oflosing acontract are high. But that's the cost of doing business. It's far from a perfect system,but competitive bids (assuming they aren't rigged) at least keep people a little more honest.
