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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:41 AM
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Good god, has anyone been to the Halliburton website?
I had to go there on work-related business. Talk about defensive. Right up front there's a big list of puff-pieces from the media about how great Halliburton is like -

03/19/04 USA TODAY - Halliburton CEO says firm saves money for Pentagon

01/06/04 The Wall Street Journal - Army Corps Clears Halliburton In Flap Over Fuel Pricing in Iraq

11/11/03 The New York Times - Cynics Without A Cause

11/06/03 The Washington Post - No 'Cronyism' In Iraq

10/17/03 The Wall Street Journal - Halliburton's Mission

It just screams 'WE'RE NOT EVIL! PLEASE DON'T SAY WE'RE EVIL! WE'RE REALLY NOT. OK, SOMETIMES. BUT ONLY SOMETIMES. OH, OK, IT'S MOST OF THE TIME.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:45 AM
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1. And I thought that site was a parody!
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:47 AM
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2. They have a section where you can send messages of support
to Halliburton employees in Iraq. I had to leave the site immediately before I did something very, very bad.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:50 AM
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3. You KNOW those things are piped directly to the DoJ
But then again, you are in Canada, which would make retrieving you for transport to Guantanamo quite difficult.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:55 AM
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7. Oh, they have an office in town, and I have a close relative working there
I could be disappeared!
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:56 AM
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8. Better watch yourself! Your relative may be a corporate spy!
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:58 AM
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9. Actually, I think they're feeding him BFEE propoganda.
I was round at his place at the weekend, and he has a signed copy of David Frum's The Right Man - The Unexpected Presidency of George Bush (or whatever). I wonder if he got it for free.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:05 PM
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13. Probably. My dad has an autographed copy of an Ollie North book.
Got it for free at a seminar Shell held. Ollie was the speaker. He hates North. I imagine your relative attended something where Davey Frum spoke. That man is a disgrace to Canada.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:08 PM
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17. I've never discussed politics with him, so he could be reading it
for laughs. His son subscribes to Adbusters, so it could even be the son reading it ironically. Or they just leave it around to scare the hell out of lefties like me.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:14 PM
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20. A severed head has a similar effect
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fryguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:50 AM
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4. where are the headlines:
"Halliburton awarded $6 Billion in no-bid contracts."

"Halliburton found to serve rancid food to America's fighting men and women."

"Kidnapings Lead to New Vacancies with Halliburton Trucking Division."
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:01 PM
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10. Post-War Contractors Ranked by Total Contract Value in Iraq and
Afghanistan
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/resources.aspx?act=total

Campaign Contributions of Post-War Contractors
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/resources.aspx?act=contrib

And for those of you that think mercenaries really help our GI's, until recently they charged our wounded for meals served in military hospitals.

Wounded GI's Get Free Hospital Meals
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=21368

Mercenaries:grr:
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:06 PM
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15. The inside skinny is that most of the Halliburton workers in Iraq
are desperate to get the hell out by hook or by crook.
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:51 AM
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5. Way the hell off-topic
Your new sig pic -- excellent choice, Lord Byron. I just picked up "Isn't Anything" on 180-gram vinyl. *drools*
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 11:54 AM
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6. Cool. I didn't know it was out on 180 gram. Nice.
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Sparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:08 PM
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16. What the heck is that in your sig line?
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:09 PM
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18. It's an album cover. My Bloody Valentine - 'Loveless'
An extraordinary psychedelic masterpiece. It's a blurred photo of a guitar (a Fender Jaguar, I think).
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:38 PM
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21. I think it's a Fender Jazzmaster
Fender, to the best of my knowledge, has NOT directly profited from the war in Iraq, BTW. (Just trying to bring this back around to Halliburton, somehow.)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:47 PM
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22. No. I heard Gibson had those contracts wrapped up years ago.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:03 PM
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11. Oh my heavens...we were all wrong in our assessments of that
most admirable corporation. They are perfect and we didn't realize it.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:05 PM
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12. Personally, I'd like to thank Halliburton for giving us the chance
to correct our incorrect thoughts. All praise Halliburton!
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Sparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:06 PM
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14. They also have commercials going (at least in Houston)
stating how they are not the enemy.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:10 PM
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19. Defensiveness like that is no way to run a PR offensive.
It just makes people suspicious.
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