kallend 2,184 #1 January 12, 2008 www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205602931... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #2 January 12, 2008 More great work by more FRIENDS of the AdministrationThe report, prepared at the request of Chairman Henry Waxman, accuses the TSA of "poor procurement practices, conflicts of interest, and weak oversight." It finds that the company hired to design the site, Desyne Web Services in Virginia, was awarded a "no-bid" contract, that the TSA official in charge of the site was a former employee of the contractor, and that the TSA did not detect the security issues for months. I wonder how much of a "donation" to the right wing does it take to get one of these deals to raid the treasury. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #3 January 12, 2008 IIRC, it only took the Chinese about 400k to get the missile tech...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #4 January 12, 2008 How many BILLIONs have the Friends of the Administration made from the American Taxpayer again??? You say that no bid contracts dont exist.. yet they keep raising their ugly head... over and over.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,184 #5 January 12, 2008 Quote How many BILLIONs have the Friends of the Administration made from the American Taxpayer again??? You say that no bid contracts dont exist.. yet they keep raising their ugly head... over and over.. Didn't GWB himself walk away with some $17M or so, generously provided by the taxpayers of Arlington, TX?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 January 12, 2008 Quote How many BILLIONs have the Friends of the Administration made from the American Taxpayer again??? You say that no bid contracts dont exist.. yet they keep raising their ugly head... over and over.. Wow... so now a no-bid contract to design the TSA website is the issue of the day??? Things must be going pretty damn well if that's all you can come up with.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #7 January 12, 2008 Reading the linked article on the House report, the concluding lines reminded me of a ‘fun’ (read: dripping sarcasm) incident I had late last year. Was flying home from someplace that wasn’t DC or NYC, was tired (perhaps not thinking as wisely as possible), and while waiting to board my flight I was reading the latest issue of a journal (peer-reviewed Well, one of my fellow passengers apparently found that suspicious or at least of enough concern to alert ‘the authorities.’ “Excuse me miss, would you speak with us for a moment?” {Look up to see airport security and TSA agent.} Short series of expletives runs through my mind. “Yes, sirs, how can I help you?” {Condensed version}: Another passenger in the waiting area alerted airport security concerned about what I was reading. At least it wasn’t bad poetry. I show them my boarding pass (with my name on) and flip open the inside cover of the journal: I’m on the journal’s editorial board so my name’s listed on the masthead. Authorities are (reasonably) satisfied I’m not a threat to federal aviation based on my choice of reading material. VR/Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #8 January 12, 2008 Quote Authorities are (reasonably) satisfied I’m not a threat to federal aviation based on my choice of reading material. The capper would have been if you'd been wearing your rig as a carry-on!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
