Comments on: The Halliburton Scam: You Can Do Better Than That, BusinessWeek http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:38:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Oracle http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344738 The Oracle Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:15:38 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344738 <p>And as Halliburton rakes in even more billions on no-bid contracts awarded them by the Bush administration, Dick Cheney laughs all the way to the bank to cash in the millions he’s receiving, as he steps around the dead bodies of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi citizens, as well as the dead bodies of Hurricane katrina victims, and let’s not forget the dead bodies of those killed on 9/11.</p> <p>The sub-humans in the Bush administration have given new meaning to the word “SCUM”.</p> And as Halliburton rakes in even more billions on no-bid contracts awarded them by the Bush administration, Dick Cheney laughs all the way to the bank to cash in the millions he’s receiving, as he steps around the dead bodies of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi citizens, as well as the dead bodies of Hurricane katrina victims, and let’s not forget the dead bodies of those killed on 9/11.

The sub-humans in the Bush administration have given new meaning to the word “SCUM”.

]]> By: darrelplant http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344660 darrelplant Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:33:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344660 <p>Back in July, Dawn Kopecki at BW actually did an article called <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_31/b3995075.htm">“When Outsourcing Turns Outrageous”</a> which I learned about when <a href="http://www.darrelplant.com/blog_item.php?ItemRef=538">I noticed a discrepency in the portrayal of outsourcing’s costs</a> between the story and a <a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/07/24/PM200607245.html">Marketplace radio broadcast about outsourcing</a>. What’s odd is that I just got a note from Kopecki this morning about my post, some three months after it went up. Then this turns up on FDL. Strange coincidences.</p> Back in July, Dawn Kopecki at BW actually did an article called “When Outsourcing Turns Outrageous” which I learned about when I noticed a discrepency in the portrayal of outsourcing’s costs between the story and a Marketplace radio broadcast about outsourcing. What’s odd is that I just got a note from Kopecki this morning about my post, some three months after it went up. Then this turns up on FDL. Strange coincidences.

]]> By: Mommybrain http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344576 Mommybrain Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:31:14 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344576 <p>Thanks, Blank Kludge and Jinny for the advice. I’ll spend some time on it tomorrow. If it’s a battery issue, I’ll just buy a new one and swerve around the hassle of a complete crash.</p> Thanks, Blank Kludge and Jinny for the advice. I’ll spend some time on it tomorrow. If it’s a battery issue, I’ll just buy a new one and swerve around the hassle of a complete crash.

]]> By: scarecrow http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344480 scarecrow Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:54:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344480 <p>New thread from Jane on Michael J. Fox ad:</p> <p><a href="http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/michael-j-fox-ad-for-claire-mccaskill/">New thread</a></p> New thread from Jane on Michael J. Fox ad:

New thread

]]> By: mickster http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344478 mickster Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:52:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344478 <p>New thread upstairs!</p> New thread upstairs!

]]> By: scarecrow http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344476 scarecrow Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:50:34 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344476 <p>Marion in Savannah — yep, and the other parts are even better. If I quoted all the good stuff, I’d be arrested, kidnapped, rendered, and never seen again. The NYT editorial page has been disgusted with Bush’ lawless regime and lack of integrity/honesty/accountability and its secrecy/incompetence for months.</p> Marion in Savannah — yep, and the other parts are even better. If I quoted all the good stuff, I’d be arrested, kidnapped, rendered, and never seen again. The NYT editorial page has been disgusted with Bush’ lawless regime and lack of integrity/honesty/accountability and its secrecy/incompetence for months.

]]> By: immanentize http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344475 immanentize Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:48:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344475 <p><a href="#comment-344464"><em>Cozumel @ 101 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-344457"><em>immanentize @ 97</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>23/5</p> <p>(Not counting Lieberman who will caucus with the Dems. They will allow him to maintain his seniority but will deny him some bragging rights as payback. Then, they will toss him to the curb in 2008 when they take the Presidency and four more Senate seats thanks in large part to the 5 to 3 Dem ratio in the country’s gov. mansions.)</p> <p>Take it to the bank! ;~)</p></blockquote> <p>imman,</p> <p>Welcome to the 23/5 club! LOL ; )</p></blockquote> <p>I knew I heard it somewhere!</p> <p>E|:~) (like my little pokpie?)</p> Cozumel @ 101

immanentize @ 97

23/5

(Not counting Lieberman who will caucus with the Dems. They will allow him to maintain his seniority but will deny him some bragging rights as payback. Then, they will toss him to the curb in 2008 when they take the Presidency and four more Senate seats thanks in large part to the 5 to 3 Dem ratio in the country’s gov. mansions.)

Take it to the bank! ;~)

imman,

Welcome to the 23/5 club! LOL ; )

I knew I heard it somewhere!

E|:~) (like my little pokpie?)

]]> By: Marion in Savannah http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344474 Marion in Savannah Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:47:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344474 <p><a href="#comment-344472"><em>scarecrow @ 105</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>And the editorial, after taking the president to task for denigrating all serious discussion as unpatriotic, ends thusly:</p> <blockquote><p>It is time for the American people to confront all the things that the president never had the guts to tell them about for three and a half years.</p></blockquote> <p>The rhetoric is catching up with KO, who liberated the debate; the new watchword is “accountability.”</p></blockquote> <p>Can we nominate KO for a REAL Medal of Freedom? Huh? If anyone deserves one he’s the man.</p> scarecrow @ 105

And the editorial, after taking the president to task for denigrating all serious discussion as unpatriotic, ends thusly:

It is time for the American people to confront all the things that the president never had the guts to tell them about for three and a half years.

The rhetoric is catching up with KO, who liberated the debate; the new watchword is “accountability.”

Can we nominate KO for a REAL Medal of Freedom? Huh? If anyone deserves one he’s the man.

]]> By: scarecrow http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344472 scarecrow Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:42:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344472 <p>And the editorial, after taking the president to task for denigrating all serious discussion as unpatriotic, ends thusly:</p> <blockquote><p>It is time for the American people to confront all the things that the president never had the guts to tell them about for three and a half years.</p></blockquote> <p>The rhetoric is catching up with KO, who liberated the debate; the new watchword is “accountability.”</p> And the editorial, after taking the president to task for denigrating all serious discussion as unpatriotic, ends thusly:

It is time for the American people to confront all the things that the president never had the guts to tell them about for three and a half years.

The rhetoric is catching up with KO, who liberated the debate; the new watchword is “accountability.”

]]> By: Marion in Savannah http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344470 Marion in Savannah Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:39:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/21/the-halliburton-scam-you-can-do-better-than-that-businessweek/#comment-344470 <p><a href="#comment-344466"><em>scarecrow @ 102</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Opening paragraphs of tomorrow’s NYT editorial:</p> <blockquote><p>The generals who told President Bush before the war that Donald Rumsfeld’s shock-and-awe fantasy would not work were not enough to persuade him to change his strategy in Iraq. The rise of the insurgency did not do the trick. Nor did month after month of mounting military and civilian casualties on all sides, the emergence of a near civil war, the collapse of reconstruction efforts or the seeming inability of either Iraqi or American forces to secure contested parts of Iraq, including Baghdad, for any significant period.</p> <p>So what finally, after all this time, caused Mr. Bush to very publicly consult with his generals to consider a change in tactics in Iraq? The president, who says he never reads political polls, is worried that his party could lose some of its iron grip on power in the Congressional elections next month.<br /> . . .</p></blockquote> </blockquote> <p>No fu*@#ng shit… Really? Who’d'a thunk it… I just pray that Rove is crapping cupcakes…</p> scarecrow @ 102

Opening paragraphs of tomorrow’s NYT editorial:

The generals who told President Bush before the war that Donald Rumsfeld’s shock-and-awe fantasy would not work were not enough to persuade him to change his strategy in Iraq. The rise of the insurgency did not do the trick. Nor did month after month of mounting military and civilian casualties on all sides, the emergence of a near civil war, the collapse of reconstruction efforts or the seeming inability of either Iraqi or American forces to secure contested parts of Iraq, including Baghdad, for any significant period.

So what finally, after all this time, caused Mr. Bush to very publicly consult with his generals to consider a change in tactics in Iraq? The president, who says he never reads political polls, is worried that his party could lose some of its iron grip on power in the Congressional elections next month.
. . .

No fu*@#ng shit… Really? Who’d’a thunk it… I just pray that Rove is crapping cupcakes…

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