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Originally posted by Eric Coffey
No, you and I aren't reaping the rewards, but I am sure that GW and Chaney "slush fund" account balances are looking pretty nice these days. Those kick-backs from the NON-BID Halibuton contracts totalling close to 2 BILLION couldn't have hurt. No, we didn't "go there for the oil", but the spoils of war are not fictional, they just only make it to a select few.
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Eric you should checkout
this thread. Halibuton is still the only company up for the job (that never really happened this second time around.)
Also keep in mind, our government makes (by far) the most money from a healthy economy (read: easy taxes) By keeping the price of energy (gas, in this case) low, people have an easier time adding to the GNP. The more GNP, the more money to be controlled by politicians. . .the more money controlled by politicians, the more lips are kissing their collective ass. . . .and that's what its all about. . . .a win-win.. . we get lower gas prices, the politicians get high pucker factor.
To think that the Bush admin is playing such a simple quid-pro-quo with Halibuton, as you and Aurel describe, is ludicrous. Not a single other company has cried "foul . . .we wanted to be responsible for putting out massive amounts of oil fires in Iraq"
It's just leftist propoganda, mascarading as a "princple" argument.
Its like . . .what if the right got all PO'd about a 90's army cookie contract going to Nabisco. Sure, Nabisco is about the only company capable of handling the task. . .but sheesh, there's Al Gore, and all his tabacco affiliation. . .Nabisco is owned by Phillip Morris . . connect the dots, man . . .we're all gett'n shafted by the man.
