Halliburton Bailing Out - Page 3

TheMercenary · 03-30-2007, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Of course he forgets to mention that the Pentagon also had same people who could have done it. What KBR provided is materials necessary for a long term occupation. Nobody wants to touch that issue because we were not there to take over the country, were we? Only Rush Limbaugh tells you how to think. Project for a New American Century was a little more honest. Note the boldface word is theirs: To protect our oil.

Really? Who? KBR was at nearly every deployment I went on in the last 8 years of my AD. They were doing it long before I ever hit the field, for years.

Protect who's oil? the oil in Texas?

tw · 03-30-2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Protect who's oil? the oil in Texas?

Playing dumb works for you.

bluecuracao · 03-30-2007, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

How they paid workers, how they operated thier board room, how they paid thier share holders, really not a damm bit of that mattered. None of it.

Huh. That's a funny thing to say, for someone who's apparently so concerned about how their tax dollars are being spent.

TheMercenary · 03-30-2007, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

Huh. That's a funny thing to say, for someone who's apparently so concerned about how their tax dollars are being spent.

Oh, I am concerned. Concerned that it not be spent on non-citizens who are here in the US illegally. For troops on deployment it would be an extremely appropriate use of funds. Come to think of it we have been doing that since the birth of the nation.

bluecuracao · 03-31-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Oh, I am concerned. Concerned that it not be spent on non-citizens who are here in the US illegally. For troops on deployment it would be an extremely appropriate use of funds. Come to think of it we have been doing that since the birth of the nation.

How can that be, when income tax wasn't imposed until the Civil War? Even then, the average American didn't really pay any until the 20th century.

A government contractor wasting funds on overly-high salaries and perks doesn't count as spending for troops on deployment--but you know that, since you avoided the comment.

04-02-2007, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

Huh. That's a funny thing to say, for someone who's apparently so concerned about how their tax dollars are being spent.

I don't think the two jive... a contract and how much they pay their employees are not connected.
Of course IF they are the lowest bidder.

bluecuracao · 04-02-2007, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I don't think the two jive... a contract and how much they pay their employees are not connected.
Of course IF they are the lowest bidder.

They are indeed connected--by billable (and "billable") hours, and employees who are hired to work on specific contracts.

busterb · 03-29-2007, 09:41 PM

As an aside, Were you paying the bill?

TheMercenary · 03-29-2007, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by busterb

As an aside, Were you paying the bill?

Absolutely, every time they gave me a pay check they took out the money to pay for it, in taxes.

Happy Monkey · 04-01-2007, 12:14 AM

Salaries and perks are the least of the problems. (last 3 links are pdf)

Happy Monkey · 04-03-2007, 10:20 AM

And he had nothing to do with their selection and sweetheart deal?

Flint · 04-03-2007, 10:23 AM

Didn't you hear him? Get over it already! What is it with you people?

TheMercenary · 04-03-2007, 10:26 AM

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And he had nothing to do with their selection and sweetheart deal?

And what's the difference. Better go back and read a little practical history of how they got to where they are today. Their history is why they got the deals. As I said before I could give a rats ass about the connection to Cheney. That relationship is one of pure amusement and fun for the lefties to jab at, who cares. Certainly not the people on the ground who were getting what they needed from them to do the job.

Flint · 04-03-2007, 10:37 AM

Those lefties will poke fun at anything as long as they know it will hurt the troops.

Happy Monkey · 04-03-2007, 10:41 AM

So first you say he didn't do it, and now you say who cares if he did. Par for the course. Deny deny deny, oops! Who cares, it's old news now.

03-29-2007, 09:41 PM	#8
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	As an aside, Were you paying the bill? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

04-01-2007, 12:14 AM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Salaries and perks are the least of the problems. (last 3 links are pdf) __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-03-2007, 10:20 AM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And he had nothing to do with their selection and sweetheart deal? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-03-2007, 10:23 AM	#12
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04-03-2007, 10:37 AM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Those lefties will poke fun at anything as long as they know it will hurt the troops. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-03-2007, 10:41 AM	#15
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	So first you say he didn't do it, and now you say who cares if he did. Par for the course. Deny deny deny, oops! Who cares, it's old news now. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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