Ldotters defend Halliburton getting Katrina contracts

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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.