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leekohler
Sep 11, 2005, 09:56 PM
I'm starting to get really sick of this. I guess it's OK for Bush's pals to profit from other's misery. These contracts should go to the lowest bidders.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050910/pl_nm/contracts_dc;_ylt=AtjMENfVr4JhNKnxyrCyvpqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-


Xtremehkr
Sep 11, 2005, 10:22 PM
It's unbelievable, the amount of corruption and incompetence that is given a free pass when it comes to this Administration. I am sure that there is some on both sides of the aisle, to a certain extent. But the amount of corruption in the Republican party has become almost cartoonish lately. They remind me of the robbers in cartoons, the ones who run around with the bags that have the dollar signs on them.

http://www.cruise4two.com/WEB/elements/MoneyBags.jpg
yg17
Sep 11, 2005, 10:24 PM
To this day, I'm still amazed that Clinton nearly gets kicked out of office for getting a BJ from his intern while Bush is the most corrupt president we've ever had and is praised. So, I guess it's OK for us to lie, cheat and steal, as long as we keep our pants zipped up?


Oh, what a great country this is indeed. :rolleyes:
leekohler
Sep 11, 2005, 10:26 PM
To this day, I'm still amazed that Clinton nearly gets kicked out of office for getting a BJ from his intern while Bush is the most corrupt president we've ever had and is praised. So, I guess it's OK for us to lie, cheat and steal, as long as we keep our pants zipped up?


Oh, what a great country this is indeed. :rolleyes:

No- it's only OK if we're Christian, or claim to be.
Xtremehkr
Sep 11, 2005, 10:30 PM
No- it's only OK if we're Christian, or claim to be.

Which, when you think about, is even worse. Though it shows that corruption spreads all the way into a number of major churches, because they all support Bush as being this marvelous Christian leader.
leekohler
Sep 11, 2005, 10:31 PM
Which, when you think about, is even worse. Though it shows that corruption spreads all the way into a number of major churches, because they all support Bush as being this marvelous Christian leader.

And that is what makes this administration so terrifying.
solvs
Sep 12, 2005, 01:21 AM
To this day, I'm still amazed that Clinton nearly gets kicked out of office for getting a BJ from his intern while Bush is the most corrupt president we've ever had and is praised. So, I guess it's OK for us to lie, cheat and steal, as long as we keep our pants zipped up?
As someone who criticized Clinton, I long for the days of his mere adequacy. I'm amazed that so many people let Bush and his crew get away with so much just because he has an (R) next to his name. I know a lot of people who defend the stupid crap the Dems do, but none of it this bad. And plenty of them have no problem criticizing "their own".
Deepdale
Sep 12, 2005, 01:55 AM
But the amount of corruption in the Republican party has become almost cartoonish lately.

Once New Orleans is rebuilt perhaps the Republicans will add insult to injury by officially having it renamed Cheyneyville.
mactastic
Sep 12, 2005, 09:20 AM
No- it's only OK if we're Christian, or claim to be.
Clinton is a Christian too. :confused:
broken_keyboard
Sep 12, 2005, 09:32 AM
I think as long as he keeps killing terrorists he will be forgiven a lot.
IJ Reilly
Sep 12, 2005, 09:49 AM
Well it's all okay, then!
Zaid
Sep 12, 2005, 09:52 AM
Well i guess that's it then. The US is now officially a Cronyocracy, next stop kleptocracy!
leekohler
Sep 12, 2005, 10:22 AM
Clinton is a Christian too. :confused:

Yes, but he was a "liberal"- so it doesn't matter. Everybody knows that a "liberal" can't really be a Christian. ;)
Lyle
Sep 12, 2005, 10:23 AM
From the story:At least two major corporate clients of lobbyist Joe Allbaugh, President George W. Bush's former campaign manager and a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, have already been tapped to start recovery work along the battered Gulf Coast.

One is Shaw Group Inc. and the other is Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root. Vice President Dick Cheney is a former head of Halliburton.The remainder of the story spends a lot of time reminding us who Halliburton is; for some reason, they fail to mention who heads up the Shaw Group (http://www.shawgrp.com/). It's Jim Bernhard (http://www.shawgrp.com/About/message.aspx), the Chairman of the Lousiana Democratic Party (http://www.lademo.org/index.php?display=ShowPage&i=329508&pid=329508). According to his bio, he co-chaired the transition team for the governor of Louisiana, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.
leekohler
Sep 12, 2005, 10:32 AM
From the story:The remainder of the story spends a lot of time reminding us who Halliburton is; for some reason, they fail to mention who heads up the Shaw Group (http://www.shawgrp.com/). It's Jim Bernhard (http://www.shawgrp.com/About/message.aspx), the Chairman of the Lousiana Democratic Party (http://www.lademo.org/index.php?display=ShowPage&i=329508&pid=329508). According to his bio, he co-chaired the transition team for the governor of Louisiana, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.

But the Shaw Group is still Bush's campaign manager's client. I fail to see the relevance. Just because a Democrat is involved, that's supposed to make it less unethical? Point is- Bush is doling out federal tax dollars to all his buddies and their clients. And I'm sure the reason they spend more time on Halliburton is due to Cheney's direct ties to them.
Don't panic
Sep 12, 2005, 10:56 AM
Well i guess that's it then. The US is now officially a Cronyocracy, next stop kleptocracy!

oh, but we've been there for a while...
tristan
Sep 12, 2005, 02:38 PM
"Hey, a hurricane! What a great opportunity to loot the treasury."

It's sick. And these guys obviously don't believe in free enterprise, that's just a smokescreen. They believe in fat, dumb, and happy.
solvs
Sep 12, 2005, 03:43 PM
From the story:The remainder of the story spends a lot of time reminding us who Halliburton is; for some reason, they fail to mention who heads up the Shaw Group (http://www.shawgrp.com/). It's Jim Bernhard (http://www.shawgrp.com/About/message.aspx), the Chairman of the Lousiana Democratic Party (http://www.lademo.org/index.php?display=ShowPage&i=329508&pid=329508). According to his bio, he co-chaired the transition team for the governor of Louisiana, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.
I'm sure it's all a big mess of kickbacks and favors. Everyone is profiteering from this. People always do with things like this, and they don't get punished because they line the pockets of the politicians who should be watching them. Dems do it too, no one is surprised by that.
leekohler
Sep 12, 2005, 04:07 PM
I'm sure it's all a big mess of kickbacks and favors. Everyone is profiteering from this. People always do with things like this, and they don't get punished because they line the pockets of the politicians who should be watching them. Dems do it too, no one is surprised by that.

Exactly- I keep trying to stress this. This is not about Democrat vs. Republican. This is about what's going on right now, with this particular president.