Your #65 post caught my attention. While channel surfing, at about 6:50 or so EST on CNN (Lou Dobbs with a female sub), she passed off to Jack Cafferty(sp?), who did a spew about how there are 2.3 billion(trillion??)worth of Gov't contracts handed out that basically are almost "non-bid", and are not really "publicly known".
Cafferty went on to say that a bi-partisan bill has passed the house, passed in commitee in the Senate, awaiting a vote on the Senate floor, that will make it a law to publish the company's names who receive these contracts, and the ammount of each contract.
The bill has NOT made it to the Senate floor for a vote, because ONE Senator has used their "Veto-Objection" to stop the bill from being voted on.
Cafferty was enraged that this ONE Senator is able to stop this bill from being voted on. He said that 2.3 Billion(again it could be Trillion) in contracts being almost secretly handed out of tax paying American's money should be available for all to see.
He then said the "weasel" blocking this shouldn't be that hard to find out of "100 weasels", and he was going to try to find out who it is.
Then after I read the article you posted in the link below,(You have to scroll down a ways to find it), my tin-foil hat got very hot.
Could it be Feinstein blocking this bill???????
Below are the lines from your post, and the link about Fienstein's "hubby", (and their new 16.5 million house) with some of his recent "contracts" that are making him (and her) rich off of "Bush's War".
From your #65 post:
"NOTE THE ARTICLES HERE ABOUT FEINSTEIN and her HUSBAND. The REAL REASON the DEMS are PROTECTING JOE WILSON."
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/02/its_all_about_the_secrets.html
IMHO, Feinstein CAN NOT afford to have this come out BEFORE the Nov elections. It would "sink" the 'Rats.
There is a central contractor registry in which a company has to be listed in order to get paid. Once registered your company's name will come up when the gov is looking for a particular service to be done. If you are the only one registered under the classification number or keyword that is searched, it is entirely possible you may be the only one contacted for the job and there would be no one to bid against you in any case. The registry applies to contractors with security clearances too. If you have a company and want to be seen when such openings come up I reckon it is your responsibility to have your company listed.
Paperwork associated with it is going to be available to those who inquire, I'm sure- the IRS is bound to be keeping an eye on these registries since you have to give them the info to check yor past filings.
I wonder if these contracts are what they are referring to?