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Name:   Talullahhound The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   600K New Gov't Jobs
Date:   1/7/2009 3:39:24 PM

I would never pretend that I think that the government is well run. It's not. I've always wondered why, when they want to overhaul the government, they never ask the people that work for it how to do it because I can tell you, the people know where the cuts need to be made.

I'll give you an example. When I worked for the Army, I was involved in a very controversial co-production of the Apache helicopter by the Brits. Between me and the Secretary of the Army, there were 4 layers of ADMINISTRATIVE review, whose job was to figure out whether the memorandums and such were in the proper format, that I didn't have an extra space somewhere or some other administrivia. So on a given day, when the Secretary of the Army was having a meeting with a member of industry, either US or Brits and this was to be discussed, he would need the latest information about where we were in our negotiations and actions. I would have to write it, stamp it "draft" and handcarry it to his military assistant, because once I put it into the review chain, it would take it two weeks to reach him. And it didn't matter how many red tags I put on it to indicate it was urgent or how many times I explained that he was having the meeting that day. So in the end, he got what he needed and my butt was covered because I only gave his Military assistant a "draft" and not an official piece of paper.

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600K New Gov't Jobs - MartiniMan - 1/6/2009 9:57:41 AM
      Those that don't..... - lamont - 1/6/2009 10:40:02 AM
           Those that don't..... - mbk - 1/6/2009 11:44:16 AM
                Those that don't..... - Talullahhound - 1/6/2009 3:58:13 PM
                     Those that don't..... - JustAGuy - 1/6/2009 4:47:11 PM
                    Like Everything Else - MrHodja - 1/6/2009 5:30:36 PM
                     Those that don't..... - MartiniMan - 1/6/2009 8:28:45 PM
                          Those that don't..... - JustAGuy - 1/6/2009 8:45:51 PM
                               Those that don't..... - lamont - 1/7/2009 8:22:34 AM
                                    Those that don't..... - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 10:54:28 AM
                                         Those that don't..... - JustAGuy - 1/7/2009 1:46:32 PM
                                             Opinions are fine - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 2:29:41 PM
                                                  Opinions are fine - JustAGuy - 1/7/2009 3:37:15 PM
                                                       Opinions are fine - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 6:33:08 PM
                                                            Opinions are fine - JustAGuy - 1/7/2009 7:13:06 PM
                                   Thanks for your support - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 10:58:52 AM
                                    Those that don't..... - JustAGuy - 1/7/2009 1:32:17 PM
                                         Those that don't..... - lamont - 1/7/2009 2:04:05 PM
                         MM, you are wrong - Talullahhound - 1/6/2009 9:08:49 PM
                              MM, you are wrong - JustAGuy - 1/6/2009 9:17:14 PM
                                   You people don't listen - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 10:51:01 AM
                                   Two words for you Guy - Swimmer27 - 1/7/2009 1:37:23 PM
                              Another thing to consider - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 11:17:47 AM
                              US Manufacturing - AUCATZ - 1/7/2009 11:51:34 AM
                                   US Manufacturing - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 2:06:48 PM
                                        US Manufacturing - muddauber - 1/18/2009 8:22:06 AM
     Hard to Believe that - Mack - 1/6/2009 7:24:54 PM
          Hard to Believe that - Talullahhound - 1/7/2009 6:23:42 AM
               Hound.... - MrHodja - 1/7/2009 10:25:00 AM
               Hard to Believe that - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 11:41:23 AM
               Hard to Believe that - Mack - 1/7/2009 12:07:42 PM
     600K New Gov't Jobs - AUCATZ - 1/7/2009 11:48:03 AM
          600K New Gov't Jobs - Talullahhound - 1/7/2009 3:39:24 PM
               600K New Gov't Jobs - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 6:29:11 PM
                    Well, I did my part - Talullahhound - 1/7/2009 7:55:58 PM
                         Well, I did my part - BoatsRFun - 1/7/2009 9:55:18 PM
                         Well, I did my part - Swimmer27 - 1/8/2009 6:58:22 AM
                              Well, I did my part - Talullahhound - 1/9/2009 8:48:34 AM
                                   You against the disabled? - Swimmer27 - 1/9/2009 5:58:21 PM
                                        No, Are you? - Talullahhound - 1/9/2009 10:08:34 PM
                                        Winning your house? - Talullahhound - 1/9/2009 10:10:53 PM
                                             Winning your house? - Swimmer27 - 1/10/2009 4:46:51 PM
                                                  Didn't See Your Post - Talullahhound - 1/10/2009 9:50:04 PM
                                                       On the contrary - Swimmer27 - 1/11/2009 1:07:15 PM
                                                            On the contrary - Talullahhound - 1/11/2009 7:23:12 PM
                                                                 On the contrary - Swimmer27 - 1/11/2009 8:37:50 PM


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