Comments on: Friends in High Places http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:11:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Great Society :: Transforming Risk Into Opportunity :: June :: 2006 http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-129610 The Great Society :: Transforming Risk Into Opportunity :: June :: 2006 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:46:08 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-129610 <p>[…] in High Places (Bechtel), 05.20.06 [ Permanent Link | ‘); | ‘); | Technorati Links ] The Great Society © 2005-2006 TGS was created using the Firefox web browser and may notbe viewed as cleanly in others. Get a free website from Blogsome. Theme was originally designed by Lee Penney and customized thereafter. Projects Expose the Right Untitled War Profiteering Series TGS Extras Favorite Quotes iTunes Music Trends Recommended Books Monthly Archives […]</p> […] in High Places (Bechtel), 05.20.06 [ Permanent Link | ‘); | ‘); | Technorati Links ] The Great Society © 2005-2006 TGS was created using the Firefox web browser and may notbe viewed as cleanly in others. Get a free website from Blogsome. Theme was originally designed by Lee Penney and customized thereafter. Projects Expose the Right Untitled War Profiteering Series TGS Extras Favorite Quotes iTunes Music Trends Recommended Books Monthly Archives […]

]]> By: The Great Society :: Friends in High Places :: May :: 2006 http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-128115 The Great Society :: Friends in High Places :: May :: 2006 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 05:12:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-128115 <p>[…] $2,829,833,859 to be exact. [Cross-posted at Firedoglake] [ Permanent Link | ‘); | ‘); | Technorati Links ] The Great Society © 2005-2006 TGS was created using the Firefox web browser and may notbe viewed as cleanly in others. Get a free website from Blogsome. Theme was originally designed by Lee Penney and customized thereafter. Projects Expose the Right Untitled War Profiteering Series TGS Extras Favorite Quotes iTunes Music Trends Recommended Books Monthly Archives […]</p> […] $2,829,833,859 to be exact. [Cross-posted at Firedoglake] [ Permanent Link | ‘); | ‘); | Technorati Links ] The Great Society © 2005-2006 TGS was created using the Firefox web browser and may notbe viewed as cleanly in others. Get a free website from Blogsome. Theme was originally designed by Lee Penney and customized thereafter. Projects Expose the Right Untitled War Profiteering Series TGS Extras Favorite Quotes iTunes Music Trends Recommended Books Monthly Archives […]

]]> By: Citibeck http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112869 Citibeck Sun, 21 May 2006 19:23:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112869 <p>Iraq was pretty much a pass. Planet Bechtel is why they passed.</p> Iraq was pretty much a pass. Planet Bechtel is why they passed.

]]> By: oligopolist http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112850 oligopolist Sun, 21 May 2006 17:17:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112850 <p>Of course, Bechtel is a member of the <a href="http://oligopolist.net">Global Network for Political Oligarchy</a>.</p> <p>Your$ $incerely, </p> <p>The Oligopolist</p> Of course, Bechtel is a member of the Global Network for Political Oligarchy.

Your$ $incerely,

The Oligopolist

]]> By: mommybrain http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112658 mommybrain Sun, 21 May 2006 14:43:09 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112658 <p>Prof Rat 122 - Want to read some more about drug scams? Google Catherine Austin Fitts and read her NarcoDollars pieces - 3, IIRC. She also has some interesting things to say about Citicorp (biggest drug money launderer in world).</p> Prof Rat 122 – Want to read some more about drug scams? Google Catherine Austin Fitts and read her NarcoDollars pieces – 3, IIRC. She also has some interesting things to say about Citicorp (biggest drug money launderer in world).

]]> By: Cafe Politico » Connecting the Dots http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112656 Cafe Politico » Connecting the Dots Sun, 21 May 2006 14:34:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112656 <p>[…] It’s really sad, but unfortunately you won’t see this sort of connecting the dots from the mainstream media, despite the obvious importance of the issue considering the current political climate of corruption and what is going on in Iraq. […]</p> […] It’s really sad, but unfortunately you won’t see this sort of connecting the dots from the mainstream media, despite the obvious importance of the issue considering the current political climate of corruption and what is going on in Iraq. […]

]]> By: spaghetti happens http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112622 spaghetti happens Sun, 21 May 2006 13:16:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112622 <p>“Bechtel subcontracted workers’ safety to two British firms - ArmorGroup and Olive Security - though details were not disclosed, reported the San Francisco Chronicle on April 30.”</p> <p>How can the details not be disclosed when it’s a government contract we’re talking about–our tax dollars at work? How can the details of a government contract, or subcontract, be kept secret from the very people who are footing the bill?</p> <p>O, Congress, where is thy oversight?</p> “Bechtel subcontracted workers’ safety to two British firms – ArmorGroup and Olive Security – though details were not disclosed, reported the San Francisco Chronicle on April 30.”

How can the details not be disclosed when it’s a government contract we’re talking about–our tax dollars at work? How can the details of a government contract, or subcontract, be kept secret from the very people who are footing the bill?

O, Congress, where is thy oversight?

]]> By: raj http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112558 raj Sun, 21 May 2006 07:40:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112558 <p>Just to remind you, Bechtel also mismanaged Boston’s “Big Dig” project. The approximately 3 mile tunnel was originally (in the 1980s) estimated to cost on the order of US$4Billion, and, under Republican state government administrations, has ballooed to well over US$14billion (nobody really knows for sure how much). And the tunnels leak like seives.</p> Just to remind you, Bechtel also mismanaged Boston’s “Big Dig” project. The approximately 3 mile tunnel was originally (in the 1980s) estimated to cost on the order of US$4Billion, and, under Republican state government administrations, has ballooed to well over US$14billion (nobody really knows for sure how much). And the tunnels leak like seives.

]]> By: mommybrain http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112459 mommybrain Sun, 21 May 2006 05:46:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112459 <p>Matt, excellent digging. Did I hear recently that Bechtel was under the microscope for doing a bad job on almost everything they have done, or left half-done, in Iraq?</p> Matt, excellent digging. Did I hear recently that Bechtel was under the microscope for doing a bad job on almost everything they have done, or left half-done, in Iraq?

]]> By: Matt O. http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112434 Matt O. Sun, 21 May 2006 05:28:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/20/friends-in-high-places/#comment-112434 <p>Thanks for the kind words guys! (I just got off of work, thus the delay.)</p> <p>I tried to get a copy of the book I mentioned but the library didn’t have a copy and I couldn’t get one soon enough to read the whole thing. It certainly sounds like a real hoot.</p> Thanks for the kind words guys! (I just got off of work, thus the delay.)

I tried to get a copy of the book I mentioned but the library didn’t have a copy and I couldn’t get one soon enough to read the whole thing. It certainly sounds like a real hoot.

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