Sheila Jackson Lee: Why?

Looks like Sheila "Drive me two blocks to work" Jackson "Bitch" Lee is at it again. This time, under the guise of "minority business concerns" she voted AGAINST a bill, a nice short one, that allows the DoD to, well, here, from «A HREF="http://www.blackfive.net/main/2004/07/combat_emergenc.html"»Blackfive:«/A»«BLOCKQUOTE»HR 4323 is a bill designed to give the Department of Defense the ability to have Rapid Acquisition Authority (RAA). This ability is desired in order to speed up deployments, make them more effective and to provide adequate protection and facilities for our troops during combat emergencies.«/BLOCKQUOTE»In other words, this allows the Secretary of Defense to cut through the bullshit that keeps needed material stateside while soldiers in the field scream for it. However, Bitch Lee decided that it's more important that minority businesses be given greater consideration in the appropriations process. Never mind that when soldiers need shit, they need it NOW, not after several months of review by some faceless drone in an office a thousand miles away to see if a person with the proper skin color has manufactured the needed item.

Fortunately, the House bill passed, despite the shortsightedness of this idiot Houston/Harris County has elected to national office.

The money is already appropriated, it comes from the sum total of the Pentagon's budget. The bill would allow the Pentagon to spend up to 100 million of the money it already has on things like, well, body armor, devices that can detect roadside bombs, that sort of thing. Stuff that can save troops from being blasted to bits.

Doesn't matter to Sheila Jackson Bitch. I suppose she'd be more in favor of spending bill for body bags and caskets...as long as a minority business makes them, what the fuck's it to ya?

I thought we gerrymandered her out of existance. When are we going to boot that asshole out of office and put someone in there with a friggin' clue?

These are friends of mine over there. These are the husbands and wives of people I know over there. With a few decisions made differently, it would be ME over there. These are people doing a hard, HARD job who deserve all the breaks they can get, because fuckheads who enjoy kidnapping, rape, pilliage, carbombing and beheadings DO NOT GIVE BREAKS. If we can't win this, if we can't streamline logistics effectively to deal with rapidly changing landscapes of battle, we'll lose more soldiersr, we'll lose more support, and we will LOSE THE WAR. You think a new Caliphate will respect minority business rights? You think the Taliban will honor racial quotas or affirmative action and follow the proper Equal Opportunity guidelines? FUCK NO. These are people in the world trying very hard to kill us, and the people we have on the wall keeping them out and mowing them down deserve ALL the help they can get.

Thanks to «A HREF="http://www.blackfive.net"»Blackfive«/A» and the «A HREF="http://www.nicedoggie.net/"»Rottweiler«/A» for this info.

UPDATE: I just pounded out an email to my two senators, Coryn and Hutchison, asking them to vote yes on their version of the bill. The latter's homepage didn't seem to want to come up, but I hammered at it until it did. I feel pretty good about sending it. You should too.