Wow! What a shocker! Bush and Cheney busy helping themselves to the spoils of war.

Isn't this really why we illegal invaded Iraq in the first place?
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Let's here it for Dictator Bush and company!

Yahoo!!

"Oilfield services conglomerate Halliburton Co. on Thursday said 2005 was the company's best in its 86-year history..."

Well, this sure was worth the death of over 2,230 plus American lives and untold thousands of innocent Iraqi lives.
IMPEACH THE WAR PROFITEERS.

Lisa,

You are beginning to sound more like Sheehan every day.

Congrats!!!

The similarities are uncanny. Hope you don't look like her though. LOL.

Oh and sorry if I miss your "last word" post, I am running out the door late.

Have a good one!

NICEVILLE:

Who's Lisa?

NICEVILLE:

Oh and sorry if I miss your "last word" post, I am running out the door....

Do us all on here a favor and keep on running.

What's good for Halliburton is good for America.

Who would've thought that Halliburton was actually in business to make a profit? Damn those evil capitalists!

If 2005 was great, just think how wonderful 2006 will be when Iran's oil infracsrtucture goes up for no bid!

Sorry, have to run. If I don't make it to confession this morning I'll burn in shame (and in hell if I kick the bucket this week).

Posted by niceville at 2006-01-29 11:38 AM | Reply

"I am running out the door late....
Posted by niceville at 2006-01-29 11:37 AM | Reply"

For the noontime stoning on the village green.

rethug4under$1-vermin-nicey, It's not that the company made money and you all know it-you're using a strawwman arguement(and not very well) It's that a great deal of that money is taxpayer money-they were"given" in No-Bid contract work for the Government. Who runs the Government? Oil Company Executives-one of whom is a former CEO of Halliburton-"Dickless" Chainee, Who gave up the job to become VP, This Crimoinal Cabal should at the very least-spend the rest of their lives in prison for the massive fraud they've perpetrated against the U.S. Gov.
But I forget-as long as it's not a welfare Mother cheating to another 50 bucks a month in food stamps so she can fed her kids-it's an ideal situation.
Losers-Lunatics-self-absorbed-
self-centered crybabies worry about taxes-
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHH"DON'T GIVE MY TAX MONEY TO WELFARE QUEENS-GIVE IT DIRECTLY TO DICK CHENEY" WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHH

what a bunch of self-centered posers.....

"Republicans kill amendment to investigate Halliburton contract abuse; pledge hearings in December

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2005 (www.HalliburtonWatch.org)

-- -- Although Senate Republicans killed an amendment that would have established a special investigation into war profiteering by Halliburton and other companies by a vote of 53 to 44 today, they have pledged to investigate Halliburton before the end of the year."


Hmmmm. The Republicans want NO special investigation by neutral parties. Instead the Republican mafia are going to investigate it THEMSELVES. How many Republithugs have stock in Halliburton? Hmmmm?

Chris:

Niceville insists on using my real name.

He thinks he's intimdating me.

Personally, I think he has a thing for me. He obviously loves my name, and now he's hoping I don't look like Sheehan.

Niceville....stop your fantasizing over me, I'm already taken.

You are FAR from my type!!!

Go find LZK...I think she would be a closer fit for you.

"Let's here it for Dictator Bush and company!"


Brilliant statement ummmmmkkkaaaayyy.

What other company in the world can handle this operation? This is a reasonable question for unreasonable and cynical Lefties.

Good question Chris-Probably all of them-but-again-we'll never know...
The only question anyone has to ask is-how far would greedy and ambitious men go to steal everything they can get their hands on? Especially when their best buds have their hands covering alarm buttons?

Aww, is Niceville stalking again? How cute.

I know Doc...it fails in comparison to your constant anal sex comments to other men here. Now THOSE are brilliant statements aren't they??

LOL

You guys don't get it? Why am I not surprised? Support the theives-and lose any credibility here. I don't think it's unreasonable to ask why Congress won't allow ANY indepedant Investigations into Halliburton's war profiteering and illegal activities, the fact that you buy into their bushit-well-just proves their ain't no accountin' for other people's stupidity......Enjoy your "Halliburton" Brand Kool-Aide-now with 25% toxic waste-YUMMY!

OUR MILITARY'S WELFARE AND SAFETY IS SECOND TO HALLIBURTON'S OIL PROFITS:

The following is a partial transcript of dialogue between Congressman John F. Tierney (D., MA) and a representative of Halliburton:

"Mr. TIERNEY: So it is a little astonishing to me, and I think to others, the planning for what is going to happen to our troops, their meals, their water, their housing, the essentials of life, their protection, all of that doesn't even begin to happen until May 2003, after Baghdad falls, but in the meantime the administration had your company planning for Iraq's oil infrastructure months before it had a plan how to support our troops. The GAO report also indicated that the Army failed to follow its own guidelines. The Army's guidance recommends a comprehensive statement of work be developed in the early phases of the contingency planning. Can I take it that you were never charged by the Department of Defense to start the planning with respect to the support of the troops; and that it wasn't a case of your delaying it on your own?

Mr. WALTER: In Iraq, yes. We were already involved in the planning in many other areas, in Kuwait, in Afghanistan, in Djibouti and other locations. So we have been working with the Army in many other locations.

Mr. TIERNEY: So despite the contact that you had with them, they [Rumsfeld's DOD] never asked you to start the contingency planning for the troop situation in Iraq until May 2003?
Mr. WALTER: To the best of my knowledge, yes.

Mr. TIERNEY: I think it is just disturbing, when we look at these priorities, that we have troops living in tents, eating MREs through August 2003, because there hadn't been adequate pre-war planning for dining facilities and housing. We have heard reports over and over again that our troops didn't have enough body armor or armored vehicles....

INWI:

I wonder what MRS. Niceville would say about his "crush" on you hahahahahaha

"I wonder what MRS. Niceville would say about his "crush" "

I'm sure HE welcomes the break from Nicevilles attention.

Capitalism at it's sleaziest-trust Halliburton & the bushleague Cabal to consider profit before the welfare of the troops. This is why The Military had it's own Logistics System-owned and operated by the military-so it was either on time or as close as could be expected-so, there was no profit motive involved-cost LESS than the current system....

IMPEACH BUSH/CHENEY THE WAR PROFITEERS

From "HalliburtonWatch.org":

"A former Halliburton employee, Marie deYoung, audited accounts for Halliburton subsidiary KBR. She claims there was no effort to hold down costs because all costs were passed on directly to taxpayers. She repeatedly complained to superiors of waste and fraud.

The company's response, according to deYoung was: "We can be as dumb and stupid as we want in the first year of a war, nobody's going to care."

The former Army chaplain produced documents detailing alleged waste even on routine services: $50,000 a month for soda, at $45 a case; $1 million a month to clean clothes -- or $100 for each 15-pound bag of laundry.

"That money could have been used to take care of soldiers," she said.

Another former employee, Mike West, says he was paid $82,000 a year to be a labor foreman in Iraq, but never had any laborers to supervise. KBR said "just log 12 hours a day and walk around and look busy," he said."

Frank55,

You're only degrading yourself whenever you rudely adjust another persons moniker. You and others on this site are proof that whenever the left is failing to win the arguement, you always resort to name calling. As the old saying goes, "sticks and stones..." So, keep it up with the insults as they are so becoming of you and others like you.

Denver Coder,

There is only one other company that I know of that can do what Halliburton does, and that company is Schlumberger. However, it is owned by the French. Thus, I have no problem with the US government awarding this work to Halliburton, an American owned company.

"You're only degrading yourself whenever you rudely adjust another persons moniker. You and others on this site are proof that whenever the left is failing to win the arguement, you always resort to name calling.....There is only one other company that I know of that can do what Halliburton does, and that company is Schlumberger. However, it is owned by the French. Thus, I have no problem with the US government awarding this work to Halliburton, an American owned company.
Posted by Republican4ever at 2006-01-29 01:24 PM | Reply"

Oh, for chissake, don't get yer knickers in a twist about screwing around with other people's monikers. It's done here all the time. Usually for rudeness, sometimes for fun. And it's done by left and right.

As for Halliburton, its competition is NOT limited to Schlumberger (founded in 1927 and based in NYC). There's also Bechtel and TKP. The contracts could also have been parceled out and spread around.

Halliburton's no-bid contracts are a disgrace.

REPUBLICAN4EVER:

There is only one other company that I know of that can do what Halliburton does, and that company is Schlumberger. However, it is owned by the French. Thus, I have no problem with the US government awarding this work to Halliburton, an American owned company.

Well, we all know that Schlumberger (along with Polish companies, British companies, and many coalition and non-coalition countries NEVER WERE GIVEN A SINGLE BID for reconstruction in Iraq after Bushie and the Neocons blew the country to bits. Halliburton had the $$$$$$ locked up for itself from day one and made sure NO ONE ELSE ever got a chance.

Do you mean to tell me that NO ONE ELSE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD could supply sodas for our troops (and at $45 a case), clean 15 pounds of laundry at $100 a bag, or even sub-contract for decent body armor? Hell, I could make a trip down to Ralph's Supermarket this afternoon and get you some cases of soda -- and lot cheaper too.

So your saying that ONLY Halliburton could supply hot meals for our military? Any catering service in the world could handle that one.

YOU ARE RIGHT ON ONE THING -- ONLY HALLIBURTON would allow putrified drinking water to be given to our troops in order to save $$$$$$$$ and make profit. Probably no other country IN THE WORLD would be that sleezy. So when it comes to supplying water with fecal matter in it and making our troops sick -- yep, that's a "Halliburton-only specialty" alright.

Correction: second to last sentence in my 1:55 p.m. post should say "company" not "country"

REPUBLICAN 4EVER:

YOU ARE WRONG. Schlumberger is NOT a French company. It is the second largest oil-services company and is AMERICAN-OWNED. It merely has a French subsidary. And why is that? So that SCHLUMBERGER and HALLIBURTON could use foreign companies as shills for actual American companies in order to operate in Iraq's "Oil for Food" program prior to Halliburton actually taking everything for itself after Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq to grab its oil fields. DO SOME INVESTIGATION BEFORE YOU SPOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LINE LIES. Read below the PROOF - an article from "The Observer" written in 2000:


"Millions of dollars of US oil business with Iraq are being channelled discreetly through European and other companies, in a practice that has highlighted the double standards now dominating relations between Baghdad and Washington after a decade of crippling sanctions.

Though legal, leading US oil service companies such as Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, Flowserve, Fisher-Rosemount and others, have used subsidiaries and joint venture companies for this lucrative business, so as to avoid straining relations with Washington and jeopardizing their ties with President Saddam Hussein's government in Baghdad.

By submitting their contracts to the UN via mainly French subsidiaries, many of which do little more than lend their name to the transaction, the companies are treated as European, rather than US or Japanese, applicants."

CalifChris,

While I agree that mistakes have been made, it is wrong to only focus on the negatives. I'm sure that Halliburton is also responsible for some great achievements as well. Sort of like how we never hear about the thousands of aircraft that take off and land safely everyday, but the one that does not is in the headlines.

My company also had its greatest year ever last year... that must be a bad thing according to Calif and crew. How very liberal to look at a company making money as a bad thing...

You can all piss and moan about people making money while I continue to make the money.

CalifChris,

My bad. I thought the French owned Schlumberger. I used to work in the Oil and Gas industry years ago, and this is what I remembered being told. My mistake if I was wrong on that one. Maybe I'm just not remembering correctly. Whatever the case, it is not information that I received from the Republican party.

"I wonder what MRS. Niceville would say about his "crush"?

I'm sure Nutwad's left hand doesn't mind.

PARTYOFCORRUPTION4EVER:

While I agree that mistakes have been made, it is wrong to only focus on the negatives. I'm sure that Halliburton is also responsible for some great achievements as well.

Give me a break. Great achievements? The outright theft of our U.S. Treasury and intentionally poisoning the water of our military guys in Iraq in order to make obscene profits would only be considered "great achievements" to a Republican. THAT'S ONLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

The corruption of the Republicans now under the Bush Neocons is worse than organized crime. Have you no dignity or pride that you still want to stay with these scumbags that idolize Bush no matter what he and his thugs do and say? Doesn't it bother you that he lied to you about taking us to war? How much do you accept from these scum until you finally say "too much." At least I can hold my head up high. It was not easy to change parties for me. I am basically conservative, not very liberal at all. But I know corruption, greed, and the final, absolute goal of those Republicans now in power to destroy this country any way they can for profit. My priorities are AMERICA FIRST, not PARTY FIRST. Sadly, you rather stay and continue to back the worse, most corrupt Administration ever to be in the White House.

REPUBLICAN4EVER:

CalifChris,
My bad. I thought the French owned Schlumberger

You're forgiven. If it wasn't for "google" I wouldn't have known it either. In fact, I had never heard of them before now. Learn something everyday, huh?

"...mistakes have been made..."

Boy, you can say that again...and again...and again.

Wasn't that one of Ronnie Reagan's lines? "Mistakes were made."

And please, GOPer4Evr, check you facts before laying them out here, e.g. "French" ownership of a US-owned company. Sheesh, your credibility might suffer if you keep dropping factoids.

THAT'S ONLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

You were never a Republican. You've been a hippie tree hunging lib your entire life.

Apparently, Denver Coder has never read any of 101 Chickenhawk's insult filled rants.....Or those stand-up "christians" like Niceville, Vernon, BLT2 etc..

CalifChris,

Is there evidence that the water was intentionally poisoned? I find this very hard to believe.

Is there evidence that the water was intentionally poisoned?

How about negelect.

There is only one other company that I know of that can do what Halliburton does, and that company is Schlumberger. However, it is owned by the French. Thus, I have no problem with the US government awarding this work to Halliburton, an American owned company.

Posted by Republican4ever at 2006-01-29 01:24 PM

This seems to be all to common a misconception. There are plenty of large companies that could do the job, as has been listed above. Also, if you are in Oil and Gas, or no anything of construction or pretty much any large project, there is a thing called subcontracting. You don't need to be a large company to do a large job! You organize, you hire subcontractors. When a large building is made, Turner construction doesn't do everything, in fact the do very little on some. The sub out iron workers, they sub out electrical, they sub out glazing etc.

Now there are a few reasons to be upset with Halliburton. First is the obvious nepotism (very un capitalistic/free market, so by that very nature all true conservatives should be mad as hell), second is the profits made by the company are on the blood of American soldiers, third the profits made are paid for by the American taxpayers. I don't want to see my tax dollars go towards huge profits; I want the best bang for my buck. By very definition we aren't getting bang for our buck if huge profits are being made, which brings us back to the no bid contract itself.

This really should piss off conservative, if it doesn't piss you off, stop calling yourselves conservative.

REPUBLICAN4EVER:

Is there evidence that the water was intentionally poisoned? I find this very hard to believe.

As far as I know it was definitely not INTENTIONALLY poisoned. My understanding is that Halliburton just didn't want to put any money into putting chlorine into the water and let fecal matter and all other kinds of goodies just fester in the to the point where our military guys were getting very sick from it. Legally it would be a stretch, but you could argue that they should have known what the health consequences would be so it might be legally construed as "intentional" but they didn't do it on purpose to make them sick. The did it purely to cut corners and to make $$$$$$$. At least that's my understanding of it. Haven't read all about it so can't say for sure. That's just my understanding on it as of now. Would have to check further but am too busy right now. Maybe somebody else can answer it for you.

Denver Coder & R4E

What other company in the world can handle this operation? This is a reasonable question for unreasonable and cynical Lefties.

I am sure this is what you have been led to believe by Limbaugh/Hannity, but it is far from the truth.

Halliburton has been granted monopoly status by the government. By making the contracts largely all-inclusive, the government has made sure only one company could handle them.

In truth, many smaller firms could handle portions of the work, probably more efficiently than Halli.

I'm sure Halli subcontracts smaller companies to do much of the work. Then Halli bills the government, with a large markup for themselves, thus creating the middleman. When, in fact, the Gov could be dealing directly with the smaller firms for less then they have to pay Halli and the smaller firm together.

The Gov has tied up all of the work under one no-bid umbrella. Halli can charge what it wishes. The other companies don't even have an opportunity to try, unless they're in Halli's favor.

SPC1970

You were never a Republican. You've been a hippie tree hunging lib your entire life.

Hmmm, never knew trees were "hung" -- not even the giant Sequoias. hahahahaha

Oh, and yes, I was a registered Republican who voted for Bush in 2000. Left the party in late 2002 WHEN I OPENED UP MY EYES to what had taken over the White House.

If you think 2005 was a great year for Halliburton and Exxon, just wait til 2006 is over!

Halliburton took many, many projects for themselves for $$$$$$ that could, and should, have been given to Iraqi businesses instead. Making of concrete had always been a big business for Iraqis and yet Bush and Thugs made sure that any concrete needed was instead shipped into Iraq at a HUGE PROFIT rather than let the Iraqis continue to make it.

Just one of many THOUSANDS of ways Bush is screwing over the Iraqi people and has kept them UNEMPLOYED forcing many to earn a living by instead helping (and therefore being paid by) the insurgents. The Bush corruption never, never stops.

google CHENEY HALLIBURTON STOCK for a
good old-fashion rags to riches story.
It'll warm your heart. Only in America.

Oh, and yes, I was a registered Republican who voted for Bush in 2000. Left the party in late 2002 WHEN I OPENED UP MY EYES to what had taken over the White House.

Posted by califchris at 2006-01-29 03:11 PM


What was the "straw that broke the camel's back?" so to speak

EBERLY:

The "straw" was 1) I kept seeing excuse after excuse put out by Bush for going to war in Iraq turn out to be untrue, and 2) living in California, Bush's absolute refusal to control our borders not to mention his disgusting butt kissing with Mexico's Presidente Fox really angered me. If fact just days before 9-11 Bush was down in Mexico groveling with Fox and ready for open borders for his 'free trade' agenda. Last, and even worse today, were Bush's constant push and blessing for corporations to outsource American jobs. And it's gone downhill with Bush ever since. I was totally behind him on 9-11, I still agree with us having gone into Afghanistan as I felt that was right to do after we were attacked.

It was just a slow accumulation of things that always seemed to be against the average American and pro the ultra rich and the corporate crowd that eventually opened my eyes to what Bush really was all about -- money for the ultra rich crowd and take away all you can from the average guy.

In the beginning couple of years I wanted to believe that it was just one thing, or maybe two things, I didn't agree with and that Bush would get better but he seemed to want to destroy and take everything away from us and privatize it for his rich pals. Just did not like the way he was leading the country then and now I HATE the way he is leading the country. Bush is a CORPORATION. He is not a President for the people of the U.S. Just my opinion but it was eventually enough to change parties although I am not that comfortable as a democrat because i am basically conservative in values. Dems want open borders, don't like Nativity scenes at Christmas, and want alot of changes to our long held culture and values all in the name of "multi-culturalism" to the point where America is losing its identity altogether and I don't like that. Pat Buchanan {an anti-Neocon, anti-Iraq war, and anti-outsourcing of American jobs kind of guy) and Lou Dobbs (of CNN) are two people who pretty much state views similar to mine. Especially Dobbs. Wish he was running for President in 2008.

EBERLY -

Why don't you start a new party putting together the best qualities of the two parties we now have and I'll join. We really need a third party in this country.

"the best qualities of the two parties"

That shouldn't take long.

We really need a third party in this country.

There are third parties now, but nobody votes for them. Voters like to be on the winning side no matter how bad they are.

Ray --

Good observation. It's sad but true.

"nobody votes for them."

Hey!!

I voted for Nader.
I voted for Badnarik.

I voted for Larousche.


Guess I'm just nobody.
sniff

;^)

Guess I'm just nobody.
sniff

Don't feel bad Zat. I voted for nobody.

"the best qualities of the two parties"

That shouldn't take long.

Posted by zatoichi at 2006-01-29 04:00 PM | Reply


ROFL! Yes, we need a third party that will suck and blow!

"Don't feel bad Zat. I voted for nobody."


Well I had to somehow express my utter dissatisfaction with the choices provided.

And I feel that voting is a license to bitch.

Someone please step up and name Haliburton's number one competitor. Anyone?

Now, I'm sure Michael Moore, the left's fat boy idol, is happy about this. After all, Mikey owns stock in Haliburton, at least he did until it was uncovered. Just like John Kerry owns stock in WalMart. You guys are so gullible.

Someone please step up and name Haliburton's number one competitor. Anyone?

You should take the time to read the posts.

We've already addressed, at least in part, why Halliburton has no competition, and why we see problems with this.

Perhaps you would like to tell us why you're okay with Halliburton, as they are?

Instead you decided to deflect with a statement about who, among those you don't like, owns Halliburton stock. I suspect many people, including myself own the stock. Many do not even know they own it, because it's buried deep in some mutual fund. It still doesn't make the Halliburton monopoly a good idea.

"Someone please step up and name Haliburton's number one competitor. Anyone?"

Go you Yahoo....

Type in "halliburton" and "competitors" and see what you get...

It's research time.

REPUBLICAN4EVER

My bad. I thought the French owned Schlumberger.

Hey, don't feel bad. I was checking out some stuff on google and came across at least two or more publications (mostly Republican favored) who were trying to defend Halliburton by saying that Schlumberer was a FRENCH company (instead of saying it was an American-owned company with a subsidiary in France). So if columnists who are suppose to check this stuff out can put it in print, don't blame yourself for thinking it too.

There is only one other company that I know of that can do what Halliburton does,

Posted by Republican4ever at 2006-01-29 01:24 PM | Reply

What is that? Defraud the Army for meals never served?

Give contaminated water to our troops in the desert?

Califchris--I doubt the conservative media missed anything.

America doesn't need a third party; it will probably only have two. Once the GOP is dissolved, we can get back to a two-party system. I just hope the "real" conservatives keep control of their party this time. Getting sidelined in your own party- talk about limp.

It would actually, IMO, be better if we had coalition style parties, rather than two large parties. That way, the Fundie whackjobs could have their own party, the NeoConartists could have their own, and all the sane Americans could have various parties which would sideline the whackos and crooks.

OMG Oil companies made record profits? Wake up KNOW NOTHING left wing stooges. Oil is almost $70 bucks a barrel. WHO sets that price? Do you inderstand free markets, and the laws of supply abd demand.

calchris would sooner die than learn how the US and the World economy works. OPEC sets the price you fuckin idiots. Not GW or Dick Cheney, nor Michael Too Fat Moore.

He should sue his parents and the entire food industry...it's obviously NOT his fault he's so seriously obese.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. -
Will Durant (1885-1981)

"2005 was the company's best in its[Halliburton's] 86-year history, a year anchored by ..... increased rig activity."

Sometimes the truth just [Freudian] slips out.

rig: verb

To manipulate fraudulently.

Webster's College Dictionary.

OMG Oil companies made record profits? Wake up KNOW NOTHING left wing stooges. Oil is almost $70 bucks a barrel. WHO sets that price? Do you inderstand free markets, and the laws of supply abd demand.

Um, yeah. The Carlyle Group sets that price. Saudi, Kuwait, Iraq, blah blah are the force behind BushCo. You are the one needing to learn how the world works: you know absolutely nothing about Bush and how they make their money, do you?

Wake up, moron. They claim it is more expensive to produce oil, that it's getting scarce, etc. So, how does that translate into more PROFIT? Costs would mean higher costs, not higher profit, asshat.

They claim it is more expensive to produce oil, that it's getting scarce, etc. So, how does that translate into more PROFIT? Costs would mean higher costs, not higher profit, asshat.

Posted by justsomeguy at 2006-01-30 09:10 AM | Reply

On top of that, Exxon Mobil is expected to release 2005 earnings that will be higher than most countries annual budgets.

More tax cuts for the oil industry now!

EXXONMOBIL'S CHAIRMAN REX W. TILLERSON COMMENTED:
"ExxonMobil's fourth quarter earnings excluding special items were $10,320 million, up
23% from fourth quarter 2004, reflecting higher crude oil and natural gas realizations and
improved refining and marketing margins. Net income for the fourth quarter was
$10,710 million, up 27% from 2004.
There is a great deal of public interest in global energy prices.

The 'no-bid' process was actually enacted in the early '90's. (I am citing this out of memory, so bear with me if I miss a detail.) The reasons that the government wants 1 company providing the full range of services are:

1. Accountability: One company providing a wide range of services means that contact and control for those services falls under 1 hierarchy.

2. The bidding process is streamlined when a need arises for such services - a quick, no-bid assignment.


Halliburton competed with (and won) other companies to be the government's sole provider for these types of services. It is my understanding their no-bid status will sunset, and they will be required to compete (again) for no-bid status.

Also, take a look at Halliburton's profit and loss statements from 1993-on. They didn't do well in 1993 and 1994. Specifically look at the company (within the conglomerate known as Halliburton) that is providing services in Iraq. I do believe that it operated at a net loss for '03 and '04.

If 2005 was great, just think how wonderful 2006 will be when Iran's oil infracsrtucture goes up for no bid!

Posted by northguy3 at 2006-01-29 12:22 PM | Reply

Hope your right, I own Halliburton stock!

The Vice President of the United States who has very close ties with Halliburton was very instrumental in taking to the country into a war from which Halliburton makes vast profits from no-bid contracts.

This does not pass the smell test. Add to that the corruption and non-delivery of services paid for and that there is some kind of ongoing financial arrangement benefiting Cheney and it does not pass the stink test. But so little about the GOP does these days - see DeLay, Abramoff, Frist, Cunningham, the K Street project and on and on. But as long as the sheep stay herded by Limbaugh, Hannity, O' Reilly and FOX all this will continue.

Oil futures.

Yeah baby yeah.

Posted by niceville at 2006-01-23 09:06 PM

We know where nicEVILle's hypocrite heart and fat balding head are.

This does not pass the smell test.

Smell like roses to me.

Halliburton has been caught price gouging in Iraq during a time of war and no punitive measures were taken. It is a fact. The government has admitted it.

So all you Halliburton apologists are basically defending company that stole from us during a time of war.

But keep hanging those flags outside your trailers anyway.

"The flags hanging outside the trailers" enable those who say "smells like roses to me" to laugh all the way to the bank. You have to admit that despicable as they are, Rove, Bush and Cheney and their supporters have certainly come up with a winning formula to hit the megamillions treasury jackpot while only buying a few "tickets" for relatively few bucks.

"What other company in the world can handle this operation? This is a reasonable question for unreasonable and cynical Lefties."
Yes, it's so odd that the industry Bush came from, (oil/energy) and Cheney, (Halliburton) are recording record profits, (the largest corporate profits in history --- during a time of hardship for the average American).
It's just a coincidence, (wink, wink).

I reviewed S+P, Value Line, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Argus, Zacks, Morningstar, Buckingham,etc, opinions regarding halliburton. NONE of them are taking about "Iraq no bid contracts" as source of revenue streams for Halliburton. Oil is at an all time high , AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IRAQ. Oil is high because OPEC sets the price. What part of that do you not understand?


Justsomeguy ET ALL what a bunch of idiots. Maybe you can correct all the rating agencies and wall Street with your new found intelligence!

OPEC sets the price

And if I decimate the food producers in your area, is it Sera Lee that you blame for the increased price of your Twinkies?

Just what part of "stability of the oil supply is threatened; Bushco's buddies are exploiting the planned instability" don't you want to comprehend?

You are a simplistic apopogist Dave. Sad that you waste you life like that with childish scenarios that only the willfully deluded buy.

Regards,
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Hmmmm. The Republicans want NO special investigation by neutral parties. Instead the Republican mafia are going to investigate it THEMSELVES. How many Republithugs have stock in Halliburton? Hmmmm?

Posted by califchris at 2006-01-29 12:51 PM | Reply

I bet they won't allow the Halliburton douchebags to be sworn-in.

Don't feel bad Zat. I voted for nobody.

Posted by Ray at 2006-01-29 04:25 PM | Reply


And you still feel entitled to bitch? Amazing.

Well everybody knows you shouldn't vote unless there is a party or candidate that exactly agrees with one's views in every particular.

Get a life!!
The Halliburton hawks are not new to this at all! Remember Southeast Asia! They will always be there to pick up the pieces no matter the party in control. It is time for a party of the people! Stand up for what you really want! Elect a competent, center of the road politician who wants a change!