Haliburton overcharged the U.S. taxpayers to the tune of 100 million

[mopaul]

but that's o.k., they are making war and genocide and the world safer for billionaires.

will there be an investigation? indictments?


fuck no.

[Binka]

1. 100 M? That's All? Damn Haliburton Being generous these days.

eom

[shoelace414]

2. that accounts for 100M out of 9B

[indepat]

3. History will doubtless show this is but a microcosm of the whole affair

[Botany]

4. I wonder how the Jackson trial is going? n/t

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[DoYouEverWonder]

5. Of course not

but I've got a failed land deal in Arkansas from 20 years ago that must be throughly investigated.

[Felix Mala]

6. Damn, Cheney consult fees do take a bite!

[itzamirakul]

7. Shovelin' shit....

I just read the funniest story in the St. Petersburgh (Florida) Times.

It seems that a young man was caught up in the big salaries paid by Haliburton for American contractors to go to Afghan and drive trucks. So this guy signs up and waits impatiently for several months and is finally notified that he has been accepted as a truck driver.

He is flown to Afghan and when he reports to work he finds that he has been assigned to drive the "honey wagon" or SST (shit-sucking)trucks. His job is to clean out the portable toilets for the soldiers and contractors and then to go clean the prisoners's toilets and hose down the area.

After puking for a few days, he quit and came back home to Florida. So much for THAT $85,000/year shitty job.

Here's are some snips from the story:


<snip>
Dirty deal
Antony Lineberger went to the war zone to drive a gas tanker, make some real money, help his country. He wanted excitement; he got excrement.
By LANE DeGREGORY, Times Staff Writer
Published March 15, 2005

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TREASURE ISLAND - But no one told him about the toilets.

* * *
Antony Lineberger left Treasure Island six weeks ago to drive fuel tankers across Afghanistan. He had been trying to get a job with Halliburton for more than nine months.

After 14 years of hauling fuel to boats around Tampa Bay, he longed to see the Middle East, have a little adventure, make some real money, help out his country.

The 42-year-old registered Libertarian had cut off his waist-length ponytail, given up his apartment, stored his furniture, sold his share of the family business and left his old dog with a friend.

,snip>
He planned to stay in Afghanistan for at least a year.
<snip>
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[Trailrider1951]

8. That's right

Here's the link:

KBR spent millions getting $82,100 worth of LPG into Iraq
By DAVID IVANOVICH
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - Iraq needed fuel. Halliburton Co. was ordered to get it there — quick. So the Houston-based contractor charged the Pentagon $27.5 million to ship $82,100 worth of cooking and heating fuel.


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3085603

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