Leahy: Border security measure reads 'like a Christmas wish list for Halliburton'

[cali]

This is from the latter part of June but it's interesting, that's for sure. Ah yes, Halliburton. Not exactly a fave corporation of the Senator's. Remember when Cheney told him to go fuck himself? That was over Halliburton. And yeah, this boondoggle passed with overwhelming support.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has panned a proposal to fast-track billions of dollars in spending on border security as a boondoggle for government contractors.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has panned a proposal to fast-track billions of dollars in spending on border security as a boondoggle for government contractors.

The amendment requires implementation and activation of $4.5 billion in technology and equipment to achieve full surveillance of the U.S.-Mexico border.

“I am sure there are federal contracting firms high-fiving at the prospect of all of the spending demanded by some of our friends on the other side in this amendment,” Leahy said on the Senate floor.

Leahy criticized the GOP-sponsored language for waiving standard federal contracting rules.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/307205-leahy-border-security-measure-reads-like-a-christmas-wish-list-for-halliburton#ixzz2atlFGDFT

[newfie11]

1. Meanwhile infrastructure goes to hell

Must feed the corporations ya know cause they are people.

[cali]

2. this is everyday crap for Congress

corruption is both casual and accepted.

[newfie11]

3. Sad but very true

And I don't see any attempt
At changing the situation.

[cali]

4. your comment kind of sparked an idea for me

it might sound silly, but I'd love to see an anti-corruption caucus formed in congress. It would make headlines if nothing else.

[newfie11]

10. Is that possible?

[cali]

11. Sure. Congresscritters are free to form all kinds of caucuses

i.e. the teaparty caucus.

[newfie11]

12. Yes your right

Sorry to much wine

[Berlum]

5. "All your tax dollars are belong to us. Smirk. Sneer." - Military-Industrial Complex, Inc.

?w=570

[duhneece]

6. Privatization of necessary (so called or not) services can never be a good thing

I'm starting to see that, whether we're talking water, military security, prisons...

[cali]

8. stop fucking spamming. and yeah, I disagree with Leahy, Bernie, Peter, the guv

and Miro on this, but use a few brain cells. It's not the only issue of importance. This is the ONLY FUCKING thing you've posted about here on DU.

[OregonBlue]

9. I refuse to go to the link. The Hill is a Sun Myung Moon blog, part of the Washington Times.

Per Wiki: News World Communications, Inc., is an international news media corporation.[1] It was founded in New York City, in 1976, by Unification Church founder and leader, Sun Myung Moon. Its first two newspapers, The News World (later renamed the New York City Tribune) and the Spanish-language Noticias del Mundo, were published in New York from 1976 until the early 1990s. In 1982, The New York Times described News World as "the newspaper unit of the Unification Church."[2] [3]

News World Communications owns United Press International, The World and I, Tiempos del Mundo (Latin America), Segye Ilbo (South Korea), Sekai Nippo (Japan), the Zambezi Times (South Africa), Middle East Times (Egypt)[4] and GolfStyles (formerly Washington Golf Monthly). Until 2008 it published the Washington D.C. based newsmagazine Insight on the News.[1] Since 1982, News World's best-known affiliate was the Washington Times. On November 2, 2010, Sun Myung Moon and a group of former Times editors purchased the paper from News World.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_World_Communications

Let's not give them any clicks.