[TheForge] OT rant (armor)

[Andrew Vida]

Justin Fellenz wrote:

 > I am a little bit familiar with small business
> regs for contracting and tricks like 8a (woman/minority-owned
> businesses). 
	
	Schedule 8 can be lucrative if you can get one.
> 
> It's real possible that all these are, singly or together,
> insurmountable problems. But I am curious, just kinda woodshedding, if
> any of you would be interest in such a venture.

	I'm willing to try almost anything.  What, more specifically in terms 
of product, are you talking about?

> I dunno. Maybe it's too big to organize, maybe there's no point in it.
> There's a good chance there's no real way into the government, the war
> will be over before the first piece of iron ships.

	You're joking, no?  I think we're going to be there a while to come. 
It's possible the US will let the UN take over, but that doesn't seem 
likely any time soon, given the vested interests and the egos in play. 
If we just pull out, we'll earn the enmity of the entire world, though 
the DC mob doesn't seem to care much about that.  That leaves us in the 
unenviable position of having to remain there while our somewhat dim but 
otherwise very respectable and well loved young kids get their asses 
blown to bits.  I don't see time as necessarily being the problem, but 
the "in" definitely is the hitch.  Good ideas, in and of themselves, 
seem to hold little merit anymore where politics and warmaking are 
concerned.

 > If everyone's busy
> or y'all think I'm nuts, then there's no product.

	Oh, you're nuts alright.  That's why you got my attention.  There seems 
to be a need.  There is more than enough ability, experience, and 
equiment here to satisfy the need.  The bif "if" is securing an in, 
whether by contract or even on a demand basis.

 > But I think we all
> agree that work is good, money is better, and whatever you think of the
> war our troops deserve everything we can do for them. Seems like
> everyone wins. Thought it might be worth a try, anyway. 

	I have no problem materially supporting our troops.  It's not their 
fault that we are in the position we find ourselves.
> 
> If any or enough of y'all are at all interested I can go sniffing
> around here and see if I can actually get connected to the right
> people. 

	Dunno what use I'd be, but consider me interested.


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