From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: Proof Liberals Have ZERO Sense of Humour
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:31:05 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-19 07:27, AlleyCat wrote:
>
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:03:30 -0800, Alan says...
>
>>
>> On 2025-02-18 16:34, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:35:01 -0800, Alan says...
>>>
>>>> You don't think that US government entities need to know the
>>>> laws and rulings, doofus?
>>>
>>> LOL... so West Publishing is the only... ONLY source for legal,
>>> business, and regulatory information?
>>
>> Probably not.
>>
>>>
>>> You're fucking ridiculous.
>>>
>>> Paying for something that's not needed?
>>>
>>> Waste.
>
>> You just suggested that it IS needed, but that they might be able
>> to get it from other sources.
>
> I'm sorry I doubted the sincerity from you and the severity of your
> cold.
>
> You are still delirious. Out of literally 1000s line item savings,
> you pick that bullshit?
I picked the one you listed first.
>
>> You think those other sources will be free?
>
> Pretty sure DoGE will find a way to do it cheaper. Probably some
> form of in-house resource.
And how will that work?
Do you think West produces their periodicals without staff?
>
> There are ALWAYS better ways to skin a cat.
>
> I think maybe West Publishing got a little too comfortable, always
> getting the contract. If the contract was a low as you say, they
> won't miss it, and there HAS to be a company out there, who is JUST
> as good and JUST as informative.
>> With THIS much in sales, and as established as they were, they
probably needed to be dropped.
>
> Sales: $1.4 billion
>
> The government isn't their only clients.
>
> "The mission of West Group is to continually enhance its position as
> the foremost provider of information to the U.S. legal market and to
> expand its presence by becoming the leading provider of solutions to
> this market."
>
> The U.S. legal market isn't ONLY the government.
>
> They'll survive.
>
> Funny, how you looked through DoGE and picked out the lower end of
> the waste spectrum.
>
> Care to talk about any of these? I'll understand if you don't.
>
> Just a TINY sampling of savings. There ARE savings with larger
> numbers, but I spent a total of 2 minutes on this, so... it's good
> enough to make what YOU picked, and YOU, look absolutely ridiculous.
> You're such a worm.
You pick the next one I should critique.