Big Bucks from Iraqui Conflict - Page 3

TheLorax · 05-28-2004, 09:01 AM

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.

Kofi Annan · 05-31-2004, 08:57 AM

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Originally posted by marichiko
One of the things that outrages me as much as anything else is how Bush and Cheney are profiting financially by the fiasco in Iraq.

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

russotto · 06-01-2004, 01:18 PM

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.

06-01-2004, 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by russotto
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.

jaguar · 06-02-2004, 02:05 AM

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.

06-04-2004, 12:00 PM

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.

Happy Monkey · 06-24-2004, 05:49 PM

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

edit: Here's a less squeamish account.

wolf · 06-25-2004, 12:27 AM

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

jaguar · 06-25-2004, 03:27 AM

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Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who was on the receiving end of Cheney's ire, confirmed that the vice president used profanity during Tuesday's class photo.

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.

Griff · 06-25-2004, 07:11 AM

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!' "

06-25-2004, 06:22 PM

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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
Don't ask Cheney about Halliburton, or you might get your ears singed!

edit: Here's a less squeamish account.

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

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2004, 07:26 PM

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Kevin Kellems, a spokesman for the vice president, said, "That doesn't sound like the kind of language that the vice president would use,....snip ."

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

wolf · 06-26-2004, 12:11 AM

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).

Happy Monkey · 06-26-2004, 06:52 AM

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

richlevy · 06-26-2004, 09:23 AM

What the vice president needs is this .

05-28-2004, 09:01 AM	#31
TheLorax Keeper of the Decorum Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NC - USA Posts: 59	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. __________________ "Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." Dr. Seuss

06-02-2004, 02:05 AM	#35
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	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. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-24-2004, 05:49 PM	#37
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Don't ask Cheney about Halliburton, or you might get your ears singed! edit: Here's a less squeamish account. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics] Last edited by Happy Monkey; 06-24-2004 at 05:52 PM.

06-25-2004, 12:27 AM	#38
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	One of our local news anchorettes referred to it as "a popular curse word that starts with the letter 'F'." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-25-2004, 07:11 AM	#40
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	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!' " __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-01-2004, 01:18 PM	#33
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	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.

06-04-2004, 12:00 PM	#36
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	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.

06-26-2004, 12:11 AM	#43
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-26-2004, 06:52 AM	#44
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Actually, what makes it funny is all the false outrage when Kerry said it in a Rolling Stone interview. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-26-2004, 09:23 AM	#45
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	What the vice president needs is this . __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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