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Sun Aug-29-10 01:19 PM
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| 10. Rec. Getting the word out is important, hindsight or not. |
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Failure to learn from history......
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| -U.S. wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq |
UpInArms |
Aug-29-10 12:10 PM |
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Someone got the money. |
tridim |
Aug-29-10 12:13 PM |
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Yep |
DJ13 |
Aug-29-10 12:16 PM |
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Profits which vanished to a PO Box in the Bahamas |
MetaTrope |
Aug-30-10 08:23 PM |
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Bingo!!!! +666 trillion!!!! Ditto for Afghanistan. nt |
valerief |
Aug-29-10 12:17 PM |
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Yep, |
Andy823 |
Aug-29-10 12:24 PM |
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This is an ongoing problem, and it is happening in Afghanistan as well. |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-29-10 12:28 PM |
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This is the post to recommend a thousand times! The illegal and immoral invasion and |
Raster |
Aug-29-10 01:52 PM |
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dems supported it |
populistdriven |
Aug-29-10 12:39 PM |
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No they did not - they criticized it - nice try though |
jpak |
Aug-29-10 02:30 PM |
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Explain the Obama Administration renewing Blackwater/Xe's contracts |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-29-10 02:49 PM |
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Xe builds power and sewage treatment plants? Don't think so |
jpak |
Aug-29-10 03:57 PM |
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but Halliburton does, and their contracts were also renewed |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-29-10 04:00 PM |
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Yeah - Obama inherited a lot of shit from Bush/Cheney especially Rummy's FdUped "Contract Military" |
jpak |
Aug-29-10 05:31 PM |
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Those were no-bid contracts |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-29-10 05:45 PM |
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Also don't forget the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 |
alp227 |
Aug-29-10 03:51 PM |
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Wow - quite a leap from that to Bush-era Iraq construction scams |
jpak |
Aug-29-10 03:59 PM |
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For the record, some yea/nay highlights |
alp227 |
Aug-29-10 04:31 PM |
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DLC's neoliberals are the soulmates of neocons |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-29-10 04:22 PM |
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Oh, they criticized it.... |
daleanime |
Aug-29-10 07:29 PM |
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I respectfully recommend you go back and look at the vote count |
obxhead |
Aug-30-10 10:10 AM |
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And then we made sure not to tax their ill-gotten gains. |
aquart |
Aug-29-10 01:51 PM |
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Exactly - that money |
xxqqqzme |
Aug-29-10 02:06 PM |
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HALLIBURTON AND its subsidies got the money which |
Bitwit1234 |
Aug-29-10 02:16 PM |
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a three word phrase comes to mind ... |
zbdent |
Aug-29-10 05:29 PM |
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Halliburton, Bechtel, Blackwater--friends of Dummya and Darth |
No Elephants |
Aug-30-10 06:28 AM |
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They got billions and billions... |
BrklynLiberal |
Aug-30-10 12:24 PM |
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+1! |
shanti |
Aug-30-10 11:32 AM |
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No, really? |
sakabatou |
Aug-29-10 12:32 PM |
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$436 Million a day.. 24/7/365... this is what it costs to maintain the wars.. |
lib2DaBone |
Aug-29-10 12:53 PM |
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I watched the "History Channel" talk about the Mississippi river, and how |
zbdent |
Aug-29-10 05:33 PM |
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Our school district is trimming corners closer and closer |
Plucketeer |
Aug-29-10 12:55 PM |
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Government employees |
The Wizard |
Aug-29-10 02:03 PM |
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Rec. Getting the word out is important, hindsight or not. |
JohnnyLib2 |
Aug-29-10 01:19 PM |
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No bid cost plus contracts I wonder who thought up this way of doing things? |
Botany |
Aug-29-10 01:24 PM |
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The whole story is told in a book entitled The Halliburton Agenda |
JDPriestly |
Aug-29-10 03:03 PM |
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I can't stand that photo |
MissDeeds |
Aug-29-10 03:53 PM |
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Here is the way that picture looks to me |
LiberalLovinLug |
Aug-30-10 01:45 PM |
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these wars were requested by the MIC. the repooks and dems were happy to comply. |
KG |
Aug-29-10 01:26 PM |
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so much was money was hidden it is said it will end up costing over 2 Trillion dollar$ including the |
sam sarrha |
Aug-29-10 01:34 PM |
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+ $1.5 billion that vanished into the night... |
SOS |
Aug-29-10 01:39 PM |
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enormous sinkhole for our hard-earned money. And Afghanistan is worse... |
nightrain |
Aug-29-10 01:47 PM |
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Why, you know, it would have been cheaper not to destroy it in the first place! |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-29-10 01:48 PM |
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The money wasn't wasted, it was stolen |
MrScorpio |
Aug-29-10 01:55 PM |
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You can bet there are some beautiful McMansions and yachts |
Submariner |
Aug-29-10 01:58 PM |
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...or Dubai. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Aug-30-10 08:21 AM |
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No bid contracts, understaffed/underqualified auditors, |
OnyxCollie |
Aug-29-10 02:09 PM |
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Rebuilding? |
yellowwood |
Aug-29-10 02:26 PM |
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That was shock & awe! |
Botany |
Aug-29-10 02:37 PM |
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Just because it isn't new doesn't mean it's not news |
JHB |
Aug-29-10 02:39 PM |
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Enough said. |
NOLALady |
Aug-29-10 03:01 PM |
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It's OK, we will just cut Social Security to pay for it. |
Bluebear |
Aug-29-10 03:07 PM |
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"Waste" implies unintentional screw up, not, it was a give-away to the M-I Complex. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-29-10 03:12 PM |
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Hey.Maybe war is a racket.Nah. |
Yeahyeah |
Aug-29-10 03:39 PM |
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All these projects were propaganda to say all the good we are doing over there. |
itsrobert |
Aug-29-10 03:48 PM |
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Meanwhile, this country falls apart at the seams. |
GoCubsGo |
Aug-29-10 03:54 PM |
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And now states are cutting essential services and education funding for want of a few billions |
Vehl |
Aug-29-10 04:02 PM |
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Check it out. What less than $5 billion would buy the people |
chill_wind |
Aug-29-10 10:16 PM |
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exactly! |
Vehl |
Aug-29-10 10:18 PM |
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Where are the Indictments? |
ctwayne |
Aug-29-10 04:07 PM |
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Nation Building 101 |
pjt7 |
Aug-29-10 04:13 PM |
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"Conservatives" LOVE spending money. They put the 'moron' in oxymoron. |
FarLeftFist |
Aug-29-10 04:13 PM |
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But we have to cut SS right now to save the economy. |
L0oniX |
Aug-29-10 04:16 PM |
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as you said; |
Dyedinthewoolliberal |
Aug-29-10 04:18 PM |
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It was a scheme to loot the American tax payer and pay off War contractors. |
harun |
Aug-29-10 04:32 PM |
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Wasted? this implies that it has come to a halt |
quakerboy |
Aug-29-10 04:45 PM |
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That subject line should be - 'US pays billions of taxpayer dollars to |
geckosfeet |
Aug-29-10 04:51 PM |
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This story pretty much makes you want to puke. |
Vinca |
Aug-29-10 05:00 PM |
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Corporate wars for profits! It's why corporations never want wars to end. |
GreenTea |
Aug-29-10 05:44 PM |
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Halliburton doesn't think so. |
muntrv |
Aug-29-10 05:48 PM |
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OOPS! There it is!!! n/t |
Fire1 |
Aug-29-10 06:00 PM |
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Wasted... Is wasting... Same difference?? n/t |
Fearless |
Aug-29-10 06:00 PM |
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You can't get rich on the government dime by actually DOING anything. |
sofa king |
Aug-29-10 06:11 PM |
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Immediately |
Dj13Francis |
Aug-29-10 06:35 PM |
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It was called a stimulus plan for Halliburton and the other corporations |
jwirr |
Aug-29-10 06:36 PM |
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We didn't waste it. All of Bush's corporate buddies got it - just like it was planned |
slay |
Aug-29-10 06:46 PM |
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U.S. wasted trillions wrecking Iraq. n/t |
daleo |
Aug-29-10 09:12 PM |
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It's sitting in Dubai at Halliburton headquarters! |
DailyGrind51 |
Aug-30-10 05:53 AM |
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bookmarked. |
Soylent Brice |
Aug-30-10 07:33 AM |
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Nothing surprising here.... |
rasputin1952 |
Aug-30-10 08:07 AM |
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They don't exactly waste billions. They steal billions. nt |
valerief |
Aug-30-10 08:53 AM |
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Understandable, I have a similar problem |
Bragi |
Aug-30-10 08:55 AM |
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Not to mention the immense pallets of CA$H that were sent there, and disappeared into limbo |
BrklynLiberal |
Aug-30-10 12:22 PM |
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It's not a waste if you were one of the many recipients of the 'free' money. |
pinniped |
Aug-30-10 10:25 PM |
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so all of those who "rah, rah, rah" America-"go our team" |
newspeak |
Aug-31-10 09:38 AM |
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Iraq War destroyed this country |
lovuian |
Aug-31-10 08:29 PM |
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US Defense Secretary arrives in Iraq. The war is not over? |
Sulis |
Sep-01-10 08:13 AM |
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