STABBY STABBY STAB

When the Army Corps of Engineers solicited bids for drainage pumps for New Orleans, it copied the specifications — typos and all — from the catalog of the manufacturer that ultimately won the $32 million contract, a review of documents by The Associated Press found.

While it may not be a violation of federal regulations to adopt a company's technical specifications, it is frowned on, especially for large jobs like the MWI contract, because it could give the impression the job was rigged for the benefit of a certain company, contractors familiar with Corps practices say.

You think?

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Oh no, Kathy, it was nice to be reminded of such a sweet kitty.

Dana, that makes me feel all GRRRR! I mean, I know by now how the world works, but that doesn't make it right.

Assholes. I also notice that their expert who says it's not a big deal wrote a book about which the summary says this, "The focus is selling, not how to comply with federal red tape and administer federal contracts."

Oh Army Corp of Engineers, you couldn't maintain the appearance of propriety for two years?

Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling.

Don't forget the bastard sprinkles and bastard-crumb crust.

Don't forget the bastard sprinkles

And the bastard kprinkles.

And a root.

I'm not sure they deserve a root

No root for them.

Meanwhile, I'm listening to the "Habeas Schmabeas" episode of This American Life on my iPod and feeling like my entire brain is going to explode with the insanity of what the Cheney Administration has done at Guantanamo. I can't even begin to express how awful it all is.