More Government Nonsense
Mar 15, 2010 Political
I imagine that US Embassies around the world require the finest dishes so that when they entertain people from around the world they do not look like a bunch of slackers serving wine in paper glasses. So I can certainly understand the need for the embassies to have fine crystal glasses in which to serve beverages.
I can’t understand why we need to spend 5.4 MILLION dollars on such glasses. It would seem to me that we could get some kind of bulk discount for buying that much crystal.
Secretary of State Clinton’s State Department has ordered the glasses and the kicker is that the order will not benefit any American business. The small business through which they were ordered turned around and subcontracted to get them from an overseas company.
There is a company in the US, right in Clinton’s “native” New York that makes glasses to the specifications required but they will not receive the money.
Instead 5.4 MILLION US taxpayer dollars will go to a company in another country.
Though this is not part of the stimulus it would seem that contracting an American company to provide them would help shore up the business and provide workers with job security.
It is obvious that people in government do not think when they do things.
How else can anyone explain such a boneheaded move? I guess no thinking is required when you are spending money that is not yours…
And Democrats accuse Republicans of outsourcing jobs overseas…
Source:
New York Post
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Tags: crystal, Embassies, glassware, Hillary Clinton
International BBQ- Say What?
Jun 2, 2009 Political
I have to admit, I was just listening with half an ear when I heard that the Resident was inviting Iranians to various embassies for a fourth of July party, with Beer, BBQ, and fireworks- oh Joy. My first thought was ” Is he freakin’ kidding?” The last time there were Iranians in an American Embassy, things went a little, say- out of control, or didn’t he take a history course while at all his fancy schools?
I mean, all he has to do is ask Jiminy Carter, if he can get Carter to crawl out from under his desk (the poor man still shakes like a chihuahua with a brain seizure when he hears “Iran” and “embassy” in the same sentence).
Yes folks, let’s go in the wayback machine for this one and recall that it took electing a Republican to the Presidency to effect the release (20 minutes into his term) of the hostages that Iran had held for 444 days under a Democrat President’s impotent term.
So, apparently those who have never read history (like Barama) seem determined to repeat it. Of course I could be wrong, I would hope even a Democrat couldn’t be THIS wrong, but then I remember Jiminy Carter, who had” lust in his heart”, and was scared of a swamp rabbit. Now there’s a manly man.
If this crazy idea is true, then you can bet your (fill in the blank) that Hezbollah, and the Revolutionary Guard will be there, if for no other reason but to map the interior and plant bugs. That’s a best case scenario. The worst case scenario- well, ask Carter- perhaps his dementia will hold off long enough to be lucid on this subject, but I doubt it.
I worked for a time on Habitat for Humanity houses, and I must confess a secret desire to one day be working alongside Carter- I wanted to suddenly shout “Iran!” and see if he might viscerally react- maybe need some new Depends or something. No such luck, but one can dream, right? I figure he could use the adrenaline rush, and since his lack of spine and his incompetent Intelligence services ( hey- if the libs can make that charge when Dubya is in office, well, fair is fair) caused the Embassy takeover, it would be a little karmic payback.
Now, I will be the first to admit that on its face, it’s a ridiculous plan- believe me, if you want to have a good time on the fourth of July, the Hatfields do not invite the McCoys to the party, and I would like to think that even Barama has at least a remedial brainstem. I mean, this is like a reality show- I could see some producer pitching this “radical” idea to the WH staff.
” This will be the next Jon & Kate, trust me! We’re talking gonzo numbers, we’re seeing a rebranding of the way America is perceived, the way the whole enchilada is seen in the muslim world. This is big, you have no idea. We’ve run this up the flagpole and they not only saluted, they got down on their knees and kowtowed!” No kidding.
I hope I am wrong- as I said at the start, I only half heard it, so perhaps my constant disappointment with a Democrat has caused me to presume that he would just be dumb enough to think this is a good idea.
If so, he should think again- and ask Carter about the Iranians.
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Tags: Embassies, Fourth of July, Iran, stupidity