Shutdown 10/12/13-from the inbox

Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmm

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THE WRITER OF THE BELOW CERTAINLY KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT

I WAS IN PROCUREMENT FOR 30 YEARS AND WAS PURCHASING UNDER ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS (ASPR)!  BELIEVE ME IT WAS A SLOW PROCEDURE.  ISN'T IT HARD TO FIGURE OUT THE PERSON WHO GAVE THE ORDERS FOR THEM!!!!!   Mxx

Did anyone besides me wonder how they got all those and distributed far and wide, including to all the national parks and cemeteries overseas only eight to ten hours after the government shut down?  Take a look at this from someone who wanted to remain anonymous.

 I have worked in the government on and off for 40 years.  During that time I became quite familiar with requisitions, bidding, awarding contracts etc.  It is a time consuming process with bean-counters and pencil-necked bureaucrats every  of the way.  The simplest request takes months not days or hours.

 In less than 8 hours of the shutdown, miraculously, professionally printed 3X4 foot signs appeared all over the country in the tens of thousands saying-"this [park, facility, etc. with custom logos] closed due to government shutdown.  There has not been a government shutdown in 17 years.  

These signs were designed, specifications were determined, signs were then requisitioned, bids were posted and vetted, government contracts were awarded.  The materials were then ordered and the signs manufactured then distributed U.S. Mails or .

 This shutdown was orchestrated and planned well in advance at least 6-8 months ago.  Millions of tax dollars were appropriated and spent in this process.  There is a paper trail a mile long leading directly to the White House.