[Jaymax]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnemyCombatant', 'H')AARP is not a conspiracy theory.

[merecat]

The contracts didn't even go out to bid! Yes it makes you wonder. Here's some interesting reading: link

[Triffin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oli', 'C')an they subcontract the work out to all the black people in NO?

[sventvkg]

how fucking stupid do people have to be to believe that his current Government hasn't fucked things up for this country to a degree never seen before in modern history...It's unbelievable that it's come to this...I'm going to start getting ready for the inevitable because i now believe it's all going to go down..Take that for whatever you think it means.

[gg3]

And the present director of FEMA is a guy whose last job was as a lawyer for the Arabian Horse Breeders' Association! From which he was fired for financial improprieties! (no sh--, look it up: put FEMA and "Arabian Horse" into a search engine)

And now, Halliburton. Speaking of looters. It was too-little-too-late in Iraq, and then all the snouts went for the trough. Same story in Louisiana. Fallujah USA. Fallujah American-style.

There's another reason they're not going to hire all those displaced black folks. Assume for a moment an enlightened administration that faced a similar disaster. Assume they opened up the closed military bases to house the displaced families, and then signed up every local building contractor and civil engineering contractor to start hiring these folks to rebuild their own city.

What would you have at the end of that? A very large group of formerly poor people who got jobs at dignified middle class wages, to rebuild their own city. And when they were done, they would have an absolutely ferocious sense of ownership of that city. Their personal bonds with their geographic locality would be as solid as the concrete they'd poured.

Can't have that in a globalized economy, run by jet-setters with no geographic loyalties, that thrives on "churn" (turnover and transience) and cheap labor. Plain and simple.

[falser]

The cycle of the Bush government:

Step 1: Destroy foreign/domestic city/country
Step 2: Hire Haliburton to rebuild
Step 3: Profit!!
Step 4: return to step 1

[Barbara]

Seems to me they're evacuating the city all over the country because they don't want any witness for the real death toll. Maybe I'm wrong...

[mgibbons19]

woohooohoo LOL hahahaha ROTFLMAO.



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[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gg3', 'A')nd the present director of FEMA is a guy whose last job was as a lawyer for the Arabian Horse Breeders' Association! From which he was fired for financial improprieties! (no sh--, look it up: put FEMA and "Arabian Horse" into a search engine)

And now, Halliburton. Speaking of looters.

It was too-little-too-late in Iraq, and then all the snouts went for the trough. Same story in Louisiana. Fallujah USA. Fallujah American-style.

There's another reason they're not going to hire all those displaced black folks.

Assume for a moment an enlightened administration that faced a similar disaster. Assume they opened up the closed military bases to house the displaced families, and then signed up every local building contractor and civil engineering contractor to start hiring these folks to rebuild their own city.

What would you have at the end of that?

A very large group of formerly poor people who got jobs at dignified middle class wages, to rebuild their own city. And when they were done, they would have an absolutely ferocious sense of ownership of that city. Their personal bonds with their geographic locality would be as solid as the concrete they'd poured.

Can't have that in a globalized economy, run by jet-setters with no geographic loyalties, that thrives on "churn" (turnover and transience) and cheap labor.

Plain and simple.

[GreyGhost]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('falser', 'T')he cycle of the Bush government:

Step 1: Destroy foreign/domestic city/country

[GreyGhost]

I was hoping for some thoughtful, reasoned arguement on this site. Come on people you can do better!
My point is that hiring halliburton for NO cleanup does not prove anything. You people seem to thing it is one more reason to hate Bush. How about getting on the team for a change and supporting what is after all a democratyically elected government?

[GreyGhost]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'T')hey are pro big business. Big business does not give a shit about dying people. Big business gives a shit about money.

[something_awfull]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'O')kay. Fine. I will be intelligent. Georgy Sneer-Boy-Phoney-Good-Ole-Boy and Clinton before him and Georgy's daddy all gutted FEMA and the Army Corp of Engineers.
They all did it expressly do reduce government because they are anti government. They are pro big business. Big business does not give a shit about dying people. Big business gives a shit about money. DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW! good

[GreyGhost]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('something_awfull', 'y')a can't make money by killing off your customer base

[NevadaGhosts]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')roops and civilians at a U.S. military base in Iraq were exposed to contaminated water last year and employees for the responsible contractor, Halliburton, couldn't get their company to inform camp residents, according to interviews and internal company documents.

[Jack]

Hmm...let's see now.

(Adjusts sun glasses. Adjusts tie. Takes a sip of water. Clears throat)

There is no established regulatory infrastructure within the host nation (i.e., the sovereign and independent free state of Iraq) that prohibits, regulates or controls such actions. Since there is no controlling legal authority, no laws were broken. Therefore, even though the situation is regrettable, and a committee is presently seeking solutions to any problems that might have arisen or might subsequently occur, no laws were broken. Thus, all acts by Halliburton, its affiliates and agents, were legal.

Or, in summary, it's all good.

(Grins. Reflects on how much better it is to be a shill than to have a real job. Departs.)

[coyote]

Watch out Jack, if you keep talking like that someone is sure to hire you...