Originally Posted by host

I would simply cull the best ideas from the article, below, to "motivate" an influential member of congress to "convince" a federal agency to buy my product, at my stipulated price, whether it wanted to, or not, via one of the federal "no bid" contract opportunities that has become so commonplace in the last six years........

Disclosure: I am a cynical liberal, resisting the "bait" of the "t word" tone of this thread's OP.