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carrowsboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:42 PM
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Ldotters defend Halliburton getting Katrina contracts
http://www.lucianne.com/threads22.asp?artnum=235177

"Firms with Bush ties snag Katrina deals"

Reply 2 - Posted by: CEP, 9/10/2005 3:25:28 PM

Amazing, that firms with the expertise to clean up the mess are getting contracts?


Reply 4 - Posted by: Lawsy0, 9/10/2005 3:28:15 PM

If firms with Bush ties snag Katrina deals, at least we can be sure it'll be done right and as promised.

There aren't any lib companies with any creditibility; or any they didn't rip off from day care centers.


Reply 9 - Posted by: Halfgenius, 9/10/2005 3:48:13 PM

Approximately 60% of Americans supported Bush in '04, So I suppose the OM and the 'Rats would preferr that the President George W 'Bush' go to the party that hates his guts and manages to tell him so every single day that he's been President and allow them to have the contracts...what's wrong with this picture? Suck it up 'Rats...you started losing beginning in '94 but in '00, you lost big time, also in '04 and you'll continue to lose as long as you portray your anti-Americanism and hatred for the vast majority of America. Learn to live with it...Americans have!


Reply 10 - Posted by: Scotty, 9/10/2005 3:57:11 PM

Maybe the contracts should have been awarded to Harpo Inc...gawd forbid they should go to any corporations that know what they are doing, much less any such corporations with "ties" to Bush (sheesh).


Reply 12 - Posted by: mp4747, 9/10/2005 4:03:05 PM

Again I say, who should get the contracts. The Sierra Club, Earth First, Ben and Jerrys, Al Gore, Hienz?


Reply 15 - Posted by: TeacherNet, 9/10/2005 4:06:07 PM

#8 - You completely "got" what bugged me about this.

As for Halliburton getting yet another contract... most of you read what Krauthammer wrote yesterday... think about it. In politics perception is everything... there will be a call to see if there was a bid for this work, who made the decision, how many other firms were involved and what their expertise is, etc... Just another issue to hand to the other side.




Reply 16 - Posted by: Maybeth, 9/10/2005 4:18:24 PM

Ya see, Reuters, it's like this. When the job calls for the best out there, you hire them. Period. There is no time to dilly dally around playing political correctness games.


Reply 17 - Posted by: votedforbush, 9/10/2005 4:27:53 PM

Be careful in defending Halliburton at any cost. David J. Lesar, Chairman, President & CEO has decided to have Halliburton join the Oklahoma lawsuit designed to empower corporations to fire gun-owning employees.
Yep - they want to destroy Second Amendment rights.


Reply 18 - Posted by: Scotty, 9/10/2005 4:54:07 PM

Let's see...you need some contract work done around your house as quickly and reliably as possible; who do you pick? Someone you know and whose work you are acquainted with, or someone whose work you are unfamiliar with, or some whiny bitter stranger with a history of generating excuses instead of results??? Decisions, decisions.


Reply 20 - Posted by: Hays, 9/10/2005 5:16:45 PM

I think Bush should have hired fly-by-night outfits that neither he nor anyone else has ever heard of to avoid the appearance of impropriety. Oh yes, and make sure to pay them in cash upfront.

IDIOTS.


Reply 21 - Posted by: starboard, 9/10/2005 5:26:08 PM

The headline shows the stupidity of the media. What morons!


Reply 22 - Posted by: KarinG1, 9/10/2005 5:37:50 PM

What are the Reutervillians trying to imply here? This looks almost like libel.


Reply 23 - Posted by: Bmartin, 9/10/2005 5:40:51 PM

and the point is????


Reply 28 - Posted by: god of irony, 9/10/2005 10:10:45 PM

Idiot reporter doesn't get it. Halliburton is sending out sub contract feelers all over the country. Halliburton isn't going to be doing the rebuild but they are one of only two companies in America that the skill to manage this.

BTW poster if you have such a problem with Haliburton I suggest you start your own company then go to the Army Corps of Engineers website where you too can bid on these contracts.
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The Traveler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:44 PM
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1. Halliburton ... first against the wall come the revolution.
Seriously. When we regain control of Congress, an investigation into Halliburton and procurement policies must needs be launched. Jail time for suits will be a result, I assure you.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:45 PM
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2. Bush got 60 pct in 2004? Hahaha...they are nuts! They don't know anything.
Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 09:51 PM by kikiek
It was posted by half-genius. I think he is overstating his mental abilities too. And they don't seem to realize that Halliburton has been ripping off this country with their Iraq contracts. Or they're too stupid to read and only listen to oxyrush.
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:48 PM
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3. No..he's right...Bush beat Kerry 60% to 58%!
...With 135% of all precincts counted by Diebold.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:52 PM
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5. Oh forgot the diebold factor.
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 07:27 AM
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13. And that factors in those 3,000 votes Bush got BEFORE voting started n/t
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 05:46 PM
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16. Oh, that's right, forgot that he swept the absentee votes
from the 9/11 victims!
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:50 PM
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4. Do we really need posts from these nutjob websites?
where half-baked jackoffs vomit on their computers and press enter.
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:52 PM
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6. I've been asking the same thing forever....
I avoid Faux, rightwing radio, and ANY rightwing website like the plaque.. but even if I wanted to know what they were up to, all I have to do is log on here..

:shrug:

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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 10:02 PM
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7. Ldotters make freepers look like Edmund Burke
they are not knuckle draggers, but the tiny creatures over which the knuckles are dragged
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 10:05 PM
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9. Geez..the name makes me think it's people of swedish descent. I hope not.
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 10:03 PM
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8. I look at these sites to see how Bushbots defend their racism
Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 10:04 PM by Erika
and their worship of an elitist corporate king. Most of them appear to be red staters who have never been out of their own state. They have preconceived notions from generations ago. They are worthy of our pity and our contempt. For a real racist conservative site, see www.pipelinenews.org and look at their posts.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 11:00 PM
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10. How times change.
20 years ago, they'd be railing about these government-big business, no-bid contracts. Of course, that was when they were on the outside looking in. It amazes me how many core conservative principles that they've tossed or compromised in order to cover for their boy-king. Talk about moral and political relativism; these people are world-class practioners.
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 11:02 PM
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11. The handle "Half-genius" tells it all.
Genius isn't like infinity that can be divided in to a billion pieces and still be infinite.

I've heard lower cutoffs, but suppose genius IQ were defined to be 160.

Half of that is 80. An IQ of 80...enough said.
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 06:10 AM
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12. I think an IQ of 80 was what Brick Tamblin in "Anchorman" claimed to have.
(And remember, in the postscript at the end of the film, Brick was revealed to have later become a political advisor to Dubya.)
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 08:45 AM
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14. LOL, that explains a lot!
:rofl:
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 08:53 AM
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15. Will Halliburton be hiring NOLA locals to
help take back their city with paid jobs?
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