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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 05:52 PM
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Things to do with very large piles of other people's money.
Remember there are two L's in Halliburton, only one in Bechtel.

This audio clip from NPR's Marketplace, referenced at talkingpointsmemo.com, is indeed worth the listen. Its a salesman on the hunt in Iraq, telling it like it is ( at least to some degree). $87 billion annually is $10 millions per hour, 24/7.

http://www.marketplace.org/play/audio.php?media=/2003/10/13_mpp&start=00:00:21:41.0&end=00:00:26:52.7

http://talkingpointsmemo.com
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Tinoire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 06:10 PM
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1. Where do I find one of these piles for myself?
The obscenity simply boggles the mind.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 06:18 PM
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2. Global Market Link sounds like a candidate for RICO, if you ask me
Trying to charge Iraqi businesses $7500 to join their 'consortium' so that they can subcontract work from US companies? Isn't that the same scam the mob used to run on the docks?

John Gotti has got to be kicking himself that he didn't get into government work...

Listen to the audio linked above. It's really interesting to hear the Iraqi's reaction to this "offer they can't refuse."
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bushclipper Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 06:41 PM
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3. gamble...
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