Halliburton - Disgusting.....

[mefoolonhill]

http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/050307roco02

[GetTheRightVote]

1. Could not say it better myself.

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[tsuki]

2. Kick. Everyone needs to read this.

[MissMarple]

3. Blatant corruption....and everyone just shrugs.

How much worse does it have to get?

"All through last year's searing presidential campaign, the mere mention of Halliburton stirred fury and bitterness in the blue states. How, Democrats asked, had the Houston-based oil-and-gas conglomerate won all those deals to provide services to troops in Iraq? What role had Dick Cheney played behind the scenes, given that the vice president had been Halliburton's C.E.O. from 1995 to 2000, walked away from the job with an estimated $35 million, and continues to get six-figure deferred-salary compensation from the company, despite his denials that he does? True, Halliburton's $12.5 billion division KBR had expanded over the years from oil and gas to do lots of government work: about half of its 60,000 employees in 43 countries handle military needs, from building bases to serving food. But other companies—Fluor for one, Parsons for another—service the military, too. Why hadn't they been considered?

Worse, KBR appeared to have mismanaged the work it got. At various hearings of the House Committee on Government Reform last year, ranking minority member Henry Waxman (a Democrat from California) turned livid as he detailed charges of reckless spending, chaos in the distribution of supplies, and profiteering by KBR executives—charges less often refuted than shrugged off."

[Kurovski]

4. Kick

A good article to keep in your files.

[American in Asia]

5. not only blatant,

but in your face corruption, with no attempt to really hide it. I should be shocked...it's sad I'm not.

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[ElectroPrincess]

6. Yes, it's now "so what?" Neo-cons & Oil Corporations OWN our asses (USA)