same shit, different color
 

Acenture was and was not Anderson. All of the big X (4 these days) accounting firms have consulting wings. Theoretically they operate as a separate business entity, but it’s more structural. Deloitte and Deloitte Consulting here in town are in the same floor of the same building, go to the same X-mas parties, and share client information. They have to maintain them as separate entities more for SEC requirements than business functions.

Re: Big Bucks from Iraqui Conflict
 

Yes, that outrages me too. Now I cant profit from the oil for cash, cash.

Andersen Consulting actually sued its parent company to break free of them. They won, but couldn't keep the Andersen name, thus the really stupid name "Accenture" -- which turned out to be one of the best things to happen to them.

And global corporations everywhere lived happily ever after with the occasional help of the US 3rd Infantry Division.:rolleyes:

Most have their own private forces under the likes of Sandline and Global Risk Management. BIg game these days, GSG (Gurka Security Guards) was one of the biggest until their leader fgot tortured to death in Sierra Leone in '99 or so, kinda put them off it.

Yeah, but you can't beat having the 3rd infantry at your beck and call, especially when you don't even have to pay for it. That's why you hire the former secretary of defense to be one of your CEO's. ;)

Don't ask Cheney about Halliburton, or you might get your ears singed!


edit: Here's a less squeamish account.

One of our local news anchorettes referred to it as "a popular curse word that starts with the letter 'F'."

Am I the only one that immidietly thought of them all sitting in rows wearing shorts? With a teacher off to one side? God knows some of them could do with a good session with a wooden ruler.

Reminds me off a behavior control technique that was described to me. Using a small recorder, that the student knows about, you give a play by play of the behavior and tape any outbursts. "Dick is standing on his desk with his right arm toward Patrick. His middle finger extended. 'FU Pat you party traitor'. 'Dick I'm going to play this tape for your Dad.' 'I don't need his vote!' "

Yeah, wrong-doers get a bit testy when called upon their actions.:D

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. :haha:

Interesting that people are surprised and amazed by Cheney saying it ...

I'll betcha no one woulda blinked had such verbiage come from the lips of Messrs. Clinton or Gore. (okay, people would have noticed Gore dropping an f-bomb, but only because of the whole Tipper and the Mothers of Prevention connection).

Actually, what makes it funny is all the false outrage when Kerry said it in a Rolling Stone interview.

What the vice president needs is this .