Affairs That Need Not Be Compromised

by Daniel A. Jones, November 11, 2012
arthbuus@gmail.com

It must be more than an adult relationship that was of a very intimate nature that brought about a change of command. Certainly the integrity of the the individual in charge must have been brought into question? A mature affair between two adults is not the question, but the behavior that was less than professional and respectful to our nation or to the work one was required to do is.

The desire humans have for companionship and intimacy needs to be fulfilled in a mature way. We need to not be too worried about the mutually desired relationship between two adults no matter their relationships with others. What matters is that this relationship does not compromise the work any of the two are engaged to do or their respect for other people in their lives. Of course, immature or coerced intimate relationships are not desirable and bring into question the integrity of ones engaged in such.

We need and deserve for our leaders and personnel to act professionally and in our best interest. We need government to improve and become something that assures us that life will improve if humanly possible. When someone makes a mistake that is disrespectful of our needs then they do need to be removed from command, possibly corrected and allowed to continue their life in a capacity of value.

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It is amazing what can be accomplished by the thoughtful, compassionate collective actions of our society. People can be restored and invigorated if we use our assets and taxes for good. If we energize and direct a small but robust part of our government to help compassionately restore people into being productive citizens with real, robust resources of clothing, food and shelter and help them feel secure, then we will have done good and will even see an increase in our GDP and tax revenues from their renewed productivity. Bankruptcy, homelessness and poverty cost everyone needlessly every day.

To have a better disaster response capacity is a must in our nation and elsewhere in the world. A simple measure that could be implemented is to award contracts to providers of emergency equipment and supplies that are not based on competitive bids and have a desired effect of increasing response capacity by increasing inventories of equipment and supplies that are needed for rapid response. The contractors will be selected from potential participants after winning a lottery, not a competitive bid. Prices will be set by the government with incentives built in to the rates to ensure rapid availability of equipment and supplies. The contractor will be periodically audited or inspected to ensure compliance with readiness standards, and will be required to meet response needs. In the case of equipment the contractors can be using the equipment for construction projects, maintenance contracts or whatever, but they will need to have provisions in their private contracts that allow for an interruption of service when required for emergency response. The same can be done for suppliers of food, water and other goods and services. We are basically paying them to have a warehouse of goods and availability of services greater than the market demands. This helps the government overcome the market failure for rapid response to disasters.

Thank you for your service veterans.