Haliburton
 

Here we go again. Haliburton has open ended contracts again. God how I hate this administration, this president and this vice president.

Bush allies getting Katrina work
Companies with ties to the White House among the first awarded reconstruction deals.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/12/news...reut/index.htm

Sorry to ask, but why the hack is it the least capable people always appear to end up in the highest political positions (not just in the US) ? :roll:

Another question: Are Americans capable of learning ? We'll see 3 years from now, I guess :know:

Ya know,I don't know that much about Haliburton or what they do or who owns it but the question I have is....Are they in the business of making money?...which most companies are ...and if so are they supposed to roll over on there bellies and not use the resources they have to get work and make money just because of there insider contacts.Every company or Empire in the world uses whatever resources it has access to , to further it's goals.I "DO" understand that many ethical and or legal issues regarding unfair trade practices have to be adhered to but can ya really blame anyone or country for trying to get an "Edge"...this is the ugly side of human nature...this is why there is poverty and hunger.THe haves and have not...who ya know etc...Why so suprised about it. LOL...Welcome to humanity.

Re: Haliburton
 

What other companies without close WH ties were awarded deals?

Who is Haliburton's competitor to rebuild 2 US bases down in Louisiana?

Was there contract bidding on these deals?

Can someone give us the whole picture?

http://www.halliburton.com/default/m...ws_090205.html

Not actually the 'whole' pic, cause it is a press release from Haliburton site, but it gives you an idea of why they there and whats goin on.

From the site Sharktooth has posted. Bolding by me:

Correction: Sharkstooth posted the link to the Halliburton press statement - not me.

Oops, sorry. I fixed it.

Tja.

Pentagon audits released by Democrats in June showed $1.03 billion in "questioned" costs and $422 million in "unsupported" costs for Halliburton's work in Iraq.

To me thats enough to put the brakes on.

I agree but is there an alternative contractor at this point?

With thanks to Michelle Malkin (numerous hyperlinks in original article):

THE DEMOCRATS' KATRINA PROFITEER
By Michelle Malkin · September 11, 2005 02:19 PM
From the "Bias? What liberal bias?" files...

On Saturday, CNN.com had a piece [9/12 clarification carried by Reuters] titled "Firms with White House ties get Katrina contracts:"

• Companies with ties to the Bush White House and the former head of FEMA are clinching some of the administration's first disaster relief and reconstruction contracts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
  
  At least two major corporate clients of lobbyist Joe Allbaugh, President Bush's former campaign manager and a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, have already been tapped to start recovery work along the battered Gulf Coast.
  
  One is Shaw Group Inc. and the other is Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root. Vice President Dick Cheney is a former head of Halliburton.

The Baton Rouge-based Shaw Group, CNN tells us, is a major corporate client of Joe Allbaugh, President Bush's former campaign manager and a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Among its Katrina-related contracts are this one valued up to $100 million from FEMA; and this one also valued up to $100 million from the Army Corps of Engineers.

But in their zeal to embarrass the Bush administration, CNN overlooks one very fat and inconvenient fact--and embarrasses only itself.

The Shaw Group, a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate, is headed by Jim Bernhard, the current chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party. Bernhard worked tirelessly for Democrat Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco's runoff campaign and served as co-chair of her transition team. Another Shaw executive was Blanco's campaign manager. Bernhard is back-scratching chums with Blanco, whom he has lent/offered the Shaw Group's corporate jets to on numerous occasions.

So, why was none of this mentioned in CNN's Bush-profiteers-are-evil narrative?
Send them a clue here.

Fortunately for CNN, they weren't the only ones guilty of this glaring omission:

UPI failed to note that the CEO of the Shaw Group also happens to be the Louisiana Democratic Party chairman and beleaguered La. Gov. Kathleen Blanco's most influential crony.

So did the London Observer.

And Reuters/MSNBC. And the CBC.

And the NYTimes (reprinted in the Minnesota Star Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, the Scotsman, and scores of media outlets around the world).

Like I said: Bias? What liberal bias?

Okay. Should I be a little embarrassed by my blowup? I'm not.
Let me change that to I hate ALL politicians but especially the president and vice president. Both groups should be barred for conflict of interest.
I'm kind of wondering if the Shaw group was chosen to fend off the trouble from using Haliburton. I may have some kind of paranoia in regards to Haliburton but I don't think so.
The questionable financial dealings of Haliburton to me is enough reason not to use Haliburton.

Embarrassed? No. Check the facts? Try it some time. But it's not your fault. It's what everyone watches and reads over their cornflakes at breakfast.
Yes, it shows.

For the record, I don't think they're anything special. I can also think of worse.
Again, I ask who are the alternative contractors who can take up such a hugh and specific task on the spot?

"The biggest contractor for the government for the past 20 years or so gets another couple of contracts. Well if that ain't a big surprise. It ain't like they haven't been awarded at least half of the contracts like these for a couple of decades, even under the Clinton administration.

They specialize in disaster and war cleanup, especially involving the petroleum industry and other industries.

It's like being suprised that oil companies hired Red Adair when their oil rigs caught fire.

Of course, the moonbats will soon be saying Bush and Cheney have a weather machine and they're producing hurricanes to get more business for Haliburton."