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To: MtnClimber

> The National Guard Bureau hired a food contractor to feed the troops, but the contractor simply messed up. <

Yeah, that’s the ticket. The food contractor simply messed up. It was an honest mistake. No cutting corners (or anything like that) to keep more money for himself.


4 posted on 01/27/2021 4:02:09 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right
"Shoddy" was the word for a type of cheap fabric. It didn't get its very negative connotation until Civil War defense contractors started using it to make uniforms cheaply.

That meal is shoddy.

18 posted on 01/27/2021 4:52:15 AM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: Leaning Right

I’m sure it was awarded to some Minority owned, politically connected DC company that is making fat profits on the contract.


22 posted on 01/27/2021 5:16:53 AM PST by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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