Did you know that under the Freedom of Information Act we, the American public, can inquire with government agencies who must then provide documentation on their actions? The whole idea is that this law improves visibility and accountability to the contractors that do what the image to the right so eloquently captures.Of course like so many government initiatives this sounds great on paper, but in the end those companies, even the ones accepting billions of dollars are in no way required to be particularly transparent or responsive. Did you know it can take months to get a response on a FOIA request for money available to contractor?
That time limit is particularly prohibitive for the BMDCS contract. If we had waited until last Friday to file our request we would not recieve a response until well after the contractors had already stolen off with the money and taken their usual egregious profits from the public coffers. Their executives would be buying their next Maseratis before we had a chance to take action!
Luckily, we started watching years ago and filed that FOIA request early in 2007. We now know that the money available to contractor for the BMDCS is approximately ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!1! If that doesn't light a fire under the feet of those already getting burned by the Department of the TDC, what does?
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There has been some backdoor chatter about the concerns with using Death Star lasers. What happens if the laser misses the mortar and hits the moon? What happens to the gravation of the Earth? Who is responsible? What is the moon tries to sue us? I would suggest having your best council on stand by if you win this contract.
That's no moon...
Now, we all know that the moon is not made of green cheese. But what if it were made of barbecue spare ribs? Would you eat it then?
I've heard there is this huge swath of Orange on the moon.
What's it doing there?
I don't know!
I know I would. Heck - I'd have seconds! And then polish it off with a tall, cool Budweiser.
Each BMDCS will cost roughly one thousands hot dogs, depending on the strength of the yen.
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