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Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2003 10:47:27 am PST #2599 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
Caroma - Mar 29, 2003 10:50:19 am PST #2600 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
You know he and his cronies are going to make a fortune, right? Follow the money.
Nope, even they realized how awful it looked.
brenda m - Mar 29, 2003 10:51:00 am PST #2601 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
You know what this headlong rush gave us? A fat contract to Halliburton and soldiers in forest fatigues.
They're now reporting, in addition to Blair's comments that they don't have the overwhelming force in place that they'd planned, that some of the troops are nearly out of food, water, and fuel.
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2003 10:58:50 am PST #2602 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's worse than a conversation, really, because it doesn't evaporate into the ether -- so if I get things wrong, they sit around here for people to come and read and opine on.
Trudy Booth - Mar 29, 2003 11:00:45 am PST #2603 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The article is downloading slowly.
Caroma, it doesn't look bad, it is bad.
The fact that they got caught and are pulling back doesn't negate that they tried to do it in the first place.
Trudy Booth - Mar 29, 2003 11:05:41 am PST #2604 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Finally read the article.
So, Halliburton won't have the monopoly on the re-build. They'll still make a fortune.
Burrell - Mar 29, 2003 11:22:25 am PST #2605 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Nope, even they realized how awful it looked.
Snort. Even you can't think this makes them look good. Besides, it's not like they aren't gonna give a nice deal to Halliburton (see below):
Halliburton, which declined to comment, could still be awarded a sub-contractor role.
Ayup, just as I figured. Still think they are being entirely selfless?
Caroma - Mar 29, 2003 1:18:41 pm PST #2606 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
Whoa, remember I was the one who blew the whistle on them over in Natter to begin with. Of course they're being "selfish"--it's called trying to make money for their workers and shareholders.
No, it doesn't make them look good. But it's still true that a) not many companies can do what they do and b) Cheney has been totally out of the company since 2001. He still knows people there, sure, but what can be done about that? Should the whole upper echelon resign because one of their own became VP?
Deena - Mar 29, 2003 1:21:54 pm PST #2607 of 9843
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Not many... how many? what precluded them? why is halliburton the best choice? That's only 2 years. The connections are still there. Why is it okay to be included with connections, but not okay to exclude because of same connections?
And now I'm feeling like I've just colonized the Unamerican thread for my own purposes.
sorry.
Trudy Booth - Mar 29, 2003 1:22:50 pm PST #2608 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Caroma, the assertion is that Cheny's setting up his friends to make a bundle by dragging us into an ill-advised war. Then he himself will make a bundle down the line in return.
It's not a matter of how things "look". It's a matter of engineering politics for massive financial gain.