Comments on: In the Cards… http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:11:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom Baker http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-186428 Tom Baker Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:06:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-186428 <p>Wow the Geneva Convention and no more Haliburton all in one week. One would thing the White House is trying to appear moderate.</p> <p>Don’t let them fool you.</p> Wow the Geneva Convention and no more Haliburton all in one week. One would thing the White House is trying to appear moderate.

Don’t let them fool you.

]]> By: ccmask http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185550 ccmask Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:28:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185550 <p>Halliburton from Yahoo:</p> <p>Prev Close: 75.58<br /> Open: 74.61<br /> Last Trade: 74.42</p> <p>The shaking of the canes soon?</p> Halliburton from Yahoo:

Prev Close: 75.58
Open: 74.61
Last Trade: 74.42

The shaking of the canes soon?

]]> By: ccmask http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185546 ccmask Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:24:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185546 <p>How are other companies going to help out? I thought the reason for the no-bid contracts was because Halliburton was the only company that was able to do the job. If I had to take a very wild guess I would say that something big is about to come down. The movie wrt Halliburton could be just the beginning. Think Enron.</p> How are other companies going to help out? I thought the reason for the no-bid contracts was because Halliburton was the only company that was able to do the job. If I had to take a very wild guess I would say that something big is about to come down. The movie wrt Halliburton could be just the beginning. Think Enron.

]]> By: Harry B. Heisler http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185528 Harry B. Heisler Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:08:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185528 <p>The KBR contract referenced in the article, LOGCAP, was a COMPETIVELY awarded (single-award) contract. </p> <p>Haliburton a public company and the parent of KBR routinely reveals in their public audited disclosures that their government business is the lowest margin business they have.</p> <p>Just the facts-</p> The KBR contract referenced in the article, LOGCAP, was a COMPETIVELY awarded (single-award) contract.

Haliburton a public company and the parent of KBR routinely reveals in their public audited disclosures that their government business is the lowest margin business they have.

Just the facts-

]]> By: Simp http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185474 Simp Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:11:59 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185474 <p>The thing that bothered me about the Cafferty clip was Wolfie chiming in:</p> <p>Yes, it seems as though they are “teetering” on the verge of civil war now.”</p> <p>Mark my words this is the new meme to temper the perception. Iraq IS in a civil war and now for months and will be for months the pundits will say “on the verge of a civil war” They’ll never come out and say it.</p> The thing that bothered me about the Cafferty clip was Wolfie chiming in:

Yes, it seems as though they are “teetering” on the verge of civil war now.”

Mark my words this is the new meme to temper the perception. Iraq IS in a civil war and now for months and will be for months the pundits will say “on the verge of a civil war” They’ll never come out and say it.

]]> By: DeanOR http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185350 DeanOR Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:36:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185350 <p>This No More Halliburton No-bid Contracts pr is just part of the Republican election bullshit. They think it would fit in nicely with some kind of fake withdrawal plan, as Christy suggests.</p> This No More Halliburton No-bid Contracts pr is just part of the Republican election bullshit. They think it would fit in nicely with some kind of fake withdrawal plan, as Christy suggests.

]]> By: angie http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185339 angie Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:28:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185339 <p>thanks, lotus. The entire region is turning into hell.</p> thanks, lotus. The entire region is turning into hell.

]]> By: clueless http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185324 clueless Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:14:30 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185324 <p>The vultures are abandoning the carcass. </p> <p>Not much meat left when that happens.</p> The vultures are abandoning the carcass.

Not much meat left when that happens.

]]> By: lotus http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185307 lotus Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:00:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185307 <p>angie 98, it’s probably one or both of these silencers:</p> <p>a) Anything Israel does is just-all-right with the neocons</p> <p>and/or</p> <p>b) They’re so overwhelmed with Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and NKorea, they don’t have an eye left to cast upon Israel vs. Hamas/Hezbollah.</p> <p>Well, then there’s c) too:<br /> They’re too out-of-ideas to lift their heads above the parapet. Running and hiding seems more prudent to the clueless.</p> angie 98, it’s probably one or both of these silencers:

a) Anything Israel does is just-all-right with the neocons

and/or

b) They’re so overwhelmed with Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and NKorea, they don’t have an eye left to cast upon Israel vs. Hamas/Hezbollah.

Well, then there’s c) too:
They’re too out-of-ideas to lift their heads above the parapet. Running and hiding seems more prudent to the clueless.

]]> By: e.c. http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185294 e.c. Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:51:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/12/in-the-cards/#comment-185294 <p>it’s nice to say that they are going to open the contracts up to competitive bidding, but the truth is that there aren’t that many companies geared up or even capable of providing servicies on the scale the military needs. who do you think is going to end up with the lowest bid (even with some graft figured in), a company who has to factor in all the start-up costs of an operation this size, or one that is already running one. they may say they are going to split up the work, but don’t be surprised when down the line they just quitely decide that it wasn’t as “cost effective” to do it that way, and helliburton ends up still doing everything.</p> it’s nice to say that they are going to open the contracts up to competitive bidding, but the truth is that there aren’t that many companies geared up or even capable of providing servicies on the scale the military needs. who do you think is going to end up with the lowest bid (even with some graft figured in), a company who has to factor in all the start-up costs of an operation this size, or one that is already running one. they may say they are going to split up the work, but don’t be surprised when down the line they just quitely decide that it wasn’t as “cost effective” to do it that way, and helliburton ends up still doing everything.

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