You mean to tell me we are paying private companies to protect our

hector459

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Thu Apr-21-05 06:37 PM
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You mean to tell me we are paying private companies to protect our

military. What the hell is wrong with that picture? AND we are paying them more than we pay the men and women in our military. Way more. WTF is that all about?

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annabanana

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Thu Apr-21-05 06:38 PM
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1. Yup... f*cked up isn't it.?.......n/t

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indepat

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Thu Apr-21-05 06:39 PM
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2. Way, way, way, way more in all probability.

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applegrove

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Thu Apr-21-05 06:48 PM
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3. Does this mean the days of private military are starting? Like private

schools where the elite military are protected from the vulgarities of the bad stuff?

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Nikki Stone 1

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Thu Apr-21-05 06:48 PM
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4. This is one reason the military hates Ronald Dumsfeld

Even my most conservative military friends hate Rumsfeld, and this is one of the reasons why. The "privatization" of the military has been going on for quite some time, but this war has seen the most we've ever had. Halliburton had a lot of these contracts, of course. This is why our soldiers were getting two sport bottles of water a day in summer desert conditions.

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hector459

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Thu Apr-21-05 06:52 PM
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5. So it isn't me? I didn't hear it wrong? It IS TRUE!!!

I am just fucking amazed!!!!

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liam_laddie

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Thu Apr-21-05 06:56 PM
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6. the public trough

This's all about the ownership society, don'cha know? All these
rent-a-cop firms start up, hire some help and voila! you've got a
stable bringing in...say...what? ...$8-$10K a month a head? It's
the honey pot on a scale never seen, or imagined, before this
neocon gang came on the scene. They are literally looting our
treasury, and I hope I live to see them all executed for treason.
Maybe drawn and quartered...

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Jacobin

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Thu Apr-21-05 07:02 PM
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7. It's kinda like hiring hit men to protect policemen who can't patrol

without being shot.

The whole thing is so fucking upside down, it defies description.

The military hiring guards to protect itself because it can't protect itself.

What in the fuck does that tell you?

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liberal43110

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Thu Apr-21-05 07:04 PM
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8. It's the privatization of the military

Privatization of all types of government functions has been dramatically increasing, and most people simply do not realize the consequences (of course, the neocons most certainly do realize the consequences, but they actually approve of them).

We've privatized significant elements of our military. We have privatized our elections. We have privatized our school systems. We have privatized our health care systems, and are increasing this privatization with "vouchers" for many programs, much like with schools.

It's truly disgusting.

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