There is a hearing on corrupt contractos in Iraq on Cspan right now (Mon 2:40 pm)

ThomWV

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Mon Apr-28-08 01:43 PM
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There is a hearing on corrupt contractos in Iraq on Cspan right now (Mon 2:40 pm)

Its just amazing how corrupt it is.

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annabanana

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Mon Apr-28-08 01:46 PM
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1. It's a pity most of America is busy working itself to death

for the smallest possible salary and most meager health plan "that the market will bear". .

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Indi Guy

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Mon Apr-28-08 01:55 PM
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2. K & FRGGIN' R...

Halliburton (KBR) is a disgusting group of cut-throat scunbags.

They were using the same trucks to transport ice & dead bodies.

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jtrockville

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Mon Apr-28-08 02:26 PM
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3. These ex-KBR employees..

estimated waste fraud and abuse at anywhere between 40% and 80%.

And they were under threat of being "let loose" on the streets of Baghdad if they opened their mouths about the waste fraud and abuse they witnessed.

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malaise

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Mon Apr-28-08 02:28 PM
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4. Thanks watching n/t

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gratuitous

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Mon Apr-28-08 02:28 PM
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5. Let's spend some more money in Iraq

Otherwise, the dollars that have already been spent will look like a waste of money.

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spanone

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Mon Apr-28-08 02:28 PM
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6. unfrickenbelievable....

Edited on Mon Apr-28-08 02:36 PM by spanone

they would threaten to put employees out on the streets of iraq by themselves if they blew the whistle.....i'd say that's a murder threat

imagine this....it's a democratic president and it's a republican congress....crucifixion...wall to wall media....outraged (r)senators

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1776Forever

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Mon Apr-28-08 03:04 PM
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7. I sent emails to Sen. B Nelson of Fl & McCain in 2004 about this many times!

Sen. Bill Nelson wrote back that he didn't see anything wrong with the practices and so did McCain! I am a 60 year-old Grandmother that knew about the wrong doings of these corporate thieves! Come on! The MSM was a part of this too but they are owned by the same Corporations and that is why I don't like the 1996 Communications Agreement that then Pres. B. Clinton signed! Look what they have done to our country!!!!!!!! SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!

:argh:

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Indi Guy

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Tue Apr-29-08 01:48 AM
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8. The no-bid contractors like Halliburton & Blackwater are accountable to no one...

...with the exception of the American people.

Gratefully, there are congressmen who are delving into the claims of the brave and patriotic whistle-blowers.

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