Is there a movement to keep Halliburton's filthy hands off New Orleans?

BurtWorm

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Tue Sep-06-05 11:52 PM
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Is there a movement to keep Halliburton's filthy hands off New Orleans?

Can one be started? :grr:

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niyad

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Tue Sep-06-05 11:52 PM
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1. sorry, they already have a contract to repair various military bases.

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BurtWorm

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Tue Sep-06-05 11:54 PM
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2. Why can't we move to get Congress to rescind the contract?

How did they get it anyway?

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niyad

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Tue Sep-06-05 11:57 PM
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3. link to the announcement below:

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/hurricane_katrina.html

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BurtWorm

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Wed Sep-07-05 12:00 AM
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5. So it's part of an old contract.

Disgusting. Halliburton must looooove manmade and natural disasters.

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rwheeler31

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Tue Sep-06-05 11:57 PM
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4. The company runs the goverment and the military

what ,what , how.

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shance

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Wed Sep-07-05 12:02 AM
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6. If Republicans can tear up contracts and change their mind, so can we.

This is criminal and Cheney's war and disaster profiteering must stop NOW.

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BrklynLiberal

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Wed Sep-07-05 12:03 AM
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7. This thread discusses what may be the only hope.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4670087&mesg_id=4670087

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BurtWorm

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Wed Sep-07-05 12:07 AM
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8. Excellent! Thanks.

:toast:

It's true. The people have to take control.

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Cleita

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Wed Sep-07-05 12:08 AM
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9. The only way I have ever known to stop a company in

its tracks is to send in auditors, you know to look at their accounting? You have to find a reason for it like suspected stealing, cheating, racketeering, not paying taxes. Someone has to file a complaint. I would suggest state auditors because the feds are in Cheney's hip pocket.

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BurtWorm

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Wed Sep-07-05 12:11 AM
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10. Well we do have reasonable cause.

Just look at the mess they made in Iraq. They're already being audited by the Pentagon. But does that stop them? No! They just hire another Bush cronie (Allbaugh, of all motherfuckers) and the public guardians turn their heads.

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Cleita

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Wed Sep-07-05 12:23 AM
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11. Yessss, but isn't the Pentagon a little in that hip pocket?

I don't know. It 's just a suggestion. Auditors that are allowed to do their job can pretty much uncover anything.

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BurtWorm

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Wed Sep-07-05 12:26 AM
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12. Waxman has been trying to get an audit going for years, hasn't he?

I don't want to be a nay-sayer, but it seems that if Waxman can't get an audit with teeth in it, it will be very difficult for anyone else to. A movement with teeth in it would be required. Maybe such a movement's time is drawing near?

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Cleita

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Wed Sep-07-05 01:08 PM
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13. I think it is.

Maybe an internationally sponsored audit since Halliburton is not incorporated in the USA from what I have read, which makes me wonder why they haven't been prevented from doing business here in the first place. It was always my understanding that companies that wanted to do business outside of their home state had to incorporate in each state that they had offices and business. I could be wrong though. Maybe laws have changed and loopholes have been created. I will have to look it up.

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