from http://www.slate.com/id/2217679/?obref=obinsite


"The WP fronts word that Murtech, a company owned by the nephew of Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, has received millions of dollars in no-bid contracts for Pentagon work. Murtha is the chairman of the House appropriations defense subcommittee and thus has lots of influence over Pentagon spending, but everyone denies he had anything to do with the money that his nephew's company has received over the years. Still, Murtech received the bulk of its contracts for the Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala., "which has been generous to companies in John Murtha's district and enjoys a close relationship with the congressman," reports the paper. Murtha's nephew insists his company is uniquely qualified to take up some of the Pentagon work, but government watchdog groups say that, regardless of his personal connections, the fact that the company managed to receive so many no-bid contracts is troubling."




Let me see... KBR, who got the contracts under Clinton, is guilty, but THIS is ok???

I think I need to reread "Animal Farm", and see who is more equal than the rest of us.