Halliburton hired for storm cleanup
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...siness/3335685
The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.
KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.
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not really a shocker is it? Good to know the old boys network still works even with a lot of their manpower still in Iraq
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Hey, if they're truly the best qualified to perform the task, I don't have a problem with it.
It's the unbid contracts that gnaw at me.
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A little money in the pocket of our good friend Dickie....
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Originally Posted by registerthis
Hey, if they're truly the best qualified to perform the task, I don't have a problem with it.
It's the unbid contracts that gnaw at me.
Exactly. It amazes me that people fail to make that distinction and gloss right over a salient portion from the original post:
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KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.
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come on everyone get it out of your system....say it the eviiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllll dick cheney,the evillllllllllllllllllllllllll halliburton--ok u feel better now???? who's supposed to help fix the naval facilities roto-rooter?!?!?!?
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Originally Posted by registerthis
Hey, if they're truly the best qualified to perform the task, I don't have a problem with it.
It's the unbid contracts that gnaw at me.
Agree 100%.
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Yup, if they are the best in a contract bid. I don't see how anyone could a problem with it.
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Originally Posted by RedBloodedAmerican
Yup, if they are the best in a contract bid. I don't see how anyone could a problem with it.
Agree. good post. Halliburton does great work. If there are any over charges, the press will find out. The White House I assure you are watching them as well, they don't want any more trouble. Everything will be on the "up and up."
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Originally Posted by George Foster
Agree. good post. Halliburton does great work. If there are any over charges, the press will find out. The White House I assure you are watching them as well, they don't want any more trouble. Everything will be on the "up and up."
Now surely you don't believe THAT. There's $9 billion missing in Iraq (that's with a "b").
And if the press does find out, Rove will spin it and you'll believe it.
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Let's not go overboard and think that Haliburton and washington insiders are looking out for our best interest.
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Originally Posted by George Foster
Agree. good post. Halliburton does great work. If there are any over charges, the press will find out. The White House I assure you are watching them as well, they don't want any more trouble. Everything will be on the "up and up."
Are you serious?
When has this White House ever exercised any real oversight over "one of its own"?
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When has any White House not done this? ;)
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When has any White House not done this? ;)
The "they all do it" defense.
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The "they all do it" defense.
Sounds more like the "selective amnesia" illness on your part.