Halliburton Hired for NO Storm Cleanup

[Panda1]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3335685
Sept. 1, 2005, 8:30PM

AROUND THE REGION
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Halliburton hired for storm cleanup
The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.

KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.

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"People are gonna see compassion pour in here"-Chimp

[BlueJac]

1. Team Bush at work.....

protecting America and making a fortune for Halliburton!

[blondeatlast]

2. Jaw; meet floor.

They've outdone themselves now.

[readermostly]

19. I couldn't agree more. There is no shame in Bush/Cheney empire.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

3. Please tell me this is a very sick joke

[blondeatlast]

5. Note the fact that it was in a "news bites" section of the Chronicle...

How utterly conveeeeeeeeeeeenieeeeeeeeent...

It should be on the front effing page.

[Totally Committed]

4. This isn't a joke? n/t

TC

[blondeatlast]

6. Nope--check the link... nt

[movonne]

7. Well that should totally fuck up everything...they really do not want

to rebuild NO...

[meppie-meppie not]

8. the people of NO should be hired for the cleanup not fucking Helliburton!

They were so poor to begin with why the hell not give them good paying jobs doing the cleanup and at the same time giving them new jobs skills! WTF is the matter with those assholes!!!

[katinmn]

9. If there's money to be had, Cheney wants his cut.

[sunnystarr]

10. Guess now we know what Cheney's been doin all week (nt)

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

11. I wish someone would poll the American public to ask if they

feel it is appropriate for Halliburton, with its ties to Cheney et al, to do the clean up and receive the profits?

And should there be ongoing audits on cost controls etc, and quality of work, if they are allowed to do it?

[Totally Committed]

12. Well, if this is not a joke...

What is most striking is this: They don't even seem to care about perception any longer. They don't care how people see this, or who objects... no bids, no proposals, just BOOM! Halliburton gets the contract.

It is this Eat-Shit-and-Die disregard for the American people and how we might feel and think that just about gets on my last nerve about these people.

They are determined to walk away from their time in this administration with as much money as they could get from it.

It and they are obscene.

TC

[Panda1]

13. It gets worse...

They want it ALL. And who's going to stop them?

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/hurricane_katrina.html
Halliburton gets Katrina contract, hires former FEMA director
1 Sept. 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The US Navy asked Halliburton to repair naval facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Houston Chronicle reported today. The work was assigned to Halliburton's KBR subsidiary under the Navy's $500 million CONCAP contract awarded to KBR in 2001 and renewed in 2004. The repairs will take place in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Allbaugh managed Bush's campaign for Texas governor in 1994, served as Gov. Bush's chief of staff and was the national campaign manager for the Bush campaign in 2000. Along with Karen Hughes and Karl Rove, Allbaugh was one of Bush's closest advisers.

"This is a perfect example of someone cashing in on a cozy political relationship," said Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington watchdog group. "Allbaugh's former placement as a senior government official and his new lobbying position with KBR strengthens the company's already tight ties to the administration, and I hope that contractor accountability is not lost as a result."

[Digit]

14. KO needs to see this!

Panda, send this on to Keith...and include the part you added about it being worse!

[Panda1]

20. Done

Thanks for the suggestion.
He probably already knows...but just in case.

[gokar]

15. When they can steal votes, they can steal anything..n/t

[Julius Civitatus]

16. And they have hired Joe ALLBAUGH to manage the job

That is Joe Allbaugh, Bush crony, former Bush campaign manager, who later Bush appointed to FEMA and mismanaged the agency to the mess it is today.

Halliburton just got hired to clean up NOLA, and Halliburton, in return, just hired Allbaugh.

This is third-world cronyism to a level truly unexpected in a modern, civilized nation. Thievery at colossal levels, folks.

:mad:

More info about this con over here:

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/hurricane_katrina.html

[rumpel]

17. Is this for real? Are they going to profiteer again?

I am going to contact Waxman tomorrow.

[Julius Civitatus]

18. They never miss a chance!

Death, misery and destruction?
Well, someone's calling for Hallibuton.

It all sounds "kaching, kaching" to Halluburton, as they lick their lips in anticipation of the bite they are going to take.