10/13/2007 12:59:42 AM EST

Private Govt. Contractors You hear little about

posted by WizardTN

What ever happened to this story?
I don't recall a great deal about it at the time or since.

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Vanity Fair pulls back the curtain on SAIC, the largest government contractor you've never heard of. Science Applications International Corporation has a workforce of 44,000, annual revenues that reached $8 billion in 2006, and a list of current and former board members that reads like a who's who of political and military heavyweights. How is it that even though "several of SAIC's biggest projects have turned out to be colossal failures," the company always manages to get paid?

Video from EXPOSE on PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/exp ose/episode204/watch.html

(Watch all 3 parts)

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Whatever you think of the Blackwater thing, when it comes to Govt. Contractor ripoffs, these people have it down to a well crafted science.
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Taxpayer rip off (none / 0)

All I can keep thinking about is what if this was Clinton getting his cronies rich on the taxpayer dollar?

I mean after the socks the cat investigation, how do these Republican politicians look at themselves in the mirror.

The Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal responsibility. Do you think they ever ask themselves why?

 

 

by z1p101 on 10/14/2007 01:53:34 PM EST

A total disconnect on both sides (none / 0)
The real problem is not a party issue. The polls today indicate an almost total disconnect between the "elite" polititians and the "people" they purport to represent.
This is evident on both sides of the partisan aisle.
What I am struggling to fathom is a way to wake the people up to the fact that they are going to HAVE to do things other than the mass marches and sign waving. These things have their uses for sure, but they have also become so commonplace that their effectiveness has worn off.
People have to learn to start "thinking outside the box" and develop some very different  methods of registering their protest.
I have some ideas of my own. Some are small things and others are a monumental shift in the paradigm.
What I AM sure of is that something MUST be done.
I have been attempting to gather a number of people online to start to develop a group to engage in "possibilty thinking" and hash out some proposals for exploration and discussion. To date there seems to be little interest.
It would appear that todays society is so engrossed in what they percieve as their own problems and they also want a "quick fix" done by someone else.
They seem to be unable to take the long view and realize that the multitude of problems cannot be fixed overnight. They require some commitment to the long term and a well reasoned and organized alternative to the present situation.
Sadly, this commitment is sorely lacking.

http://Citizens4.US

by WizardTN on 10/15/2007 03:34:15 AM EST

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