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ORIGINAL: servantforuse

Maybe she should use the china she stole from the white house when Bill's term ended. They had to return the furniture, but I'm not sure if we got all of the stemware back.

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

Riiiiiiiiiiight... like Clinton doesn't have other things to deal with than buying wine glasses. She's only got Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq and China on her plate after all. It's not surprising she should be shopping for table ware at Macy's in her spare time . Fucking hell, get a grip.

Whoever made that decision was wrong, but to think Clinton would have made such a mistake (had she been in charge of buying stupid wine glasses, when she's, oh, you know, nothing more than the Secretary of State) is beyond cretinous. Very New York Post; very popeye.

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ORIGINAL: xBullx

Maybe we need to put up more mirrors within the American political process.

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

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ORIGINAL: xBullx

Maybe we need to put up more mirrors within the American political process.

You wouldn't like my solution any better than the current status quo.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen
Never trust the Post to be absolutely correct on details so I'll withhold judgment but on the surface this does look like a domestic crystal manufacturer could have been used.

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ORIGINAL: servantforuse

Maybe she should use the china she stole from the white house when Bill's term ended. They had to return the furniture, but I'm not sure if we got all of the stemware back.

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

WASHINGTON --- Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department is spending $5.4 million to buy fine crystal stemware for American embassies -- but it won't give the US economy much of a boost.

The contract was given to a tiny Washington, DC, interior designer, which in turn subcontracted the crystal work to a Swedish firm -- snubbing such US companies as the famous manufacturer in Clinton's own back yard, Steuben Crystal of upstate Corning.

The firm didn't even get a chance to bid on the contract, which will outfit embassies and ambassadors' residences with fancy crystal for ritzy functions.

Ironically, under the no-bid contract, some of the crystal is to be custom-crafted to include the seal of the United States, although Swedes will do all of the manufacturing.

Contracting rules require any American firms that subcontract work to use a domestic firm or get a waiver.

The firm that got the contract, Systems Design Inc., is a small interior-design firm in tony Georgetown. The company, which is eligible for minority small-business contracts, does not appear to have done any similar work.

After getting the contract in September, the firm subcontracted to Swedish glassmaker Orrefors/Kosta Boda USA.

Department spokesman Darby Holladay said Systems Design couldn't find a domestic producer who could meet the 100 percent lead-free requirement, although a Steuben spokesman said it does manufacture lead-free crystal.

This is the article in the N.Y. Post.
What the hell is wrong with this woman? We're in a severe reccession with millions of people out of work and she wants to spend $5.4 million of our money on new chrystal for embasseys? Let those swells use whatever they have like the rest of us!
I'm sure this will give all the people living under bridges because they can't find work a warm fuzzy feeling!
And, she awards the "contract" to a small firm that noone's heard about and *they'll* just order it from a foreign country, Sweden!
And the people in Washington wonder why people out here are so pissed off?
Well, I'll be calling *my* congressman's and senator's offices tommorow!
Is she that out of touch?