a quick question before heading to work

[rodbolt]

now that halliburton and others have almost run out of the 20.5 Billion dollars given them a year os so ago to do reconstruction in Iraq is almost gone and based on the results these contractors have shown. what do we do in the spring when they ask for another 20 Billion ??<br /> and no I am not bashing Halliburton they just happen to be the most widly known name of about 20 or so contractors.

 

[QC]

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I only want to know what they were paid to do and what did they do. It is irrelevant to me what the current status is without that info.

 

[PW2]

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Paul Wolfowitz assured us that the Oil revenue from Iraq would pay for this whole deal. <br /><br />I think Haliburton should wait for that revenue to kick in.

 

[KaGee]

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Just why should we demand more from the contractors in Iraq than we do from them here at home?<br /><br />Who here can name a major public project in your backyard that completed on time, within the budget?<br /><br />You know Rod, you could have just as easily asked the same about New Orleans.

 

[Laddies]

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You hit that right on the head KaGee, any govermentaly project is floating on a sea of our wasted money--Bob

 

[QC]

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Originally posted by KaGee:<br />Who here can name a major public project in your backyard that completed on time, within the budget?

After the Northridge Earthquake here in the early '90s (?) there were some major Freewys damaged. Anyway, the State or the Feds or whoever wrote the contracts with progressive bonuses for early completion. All were done early . . .

 

[KaGee]

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That was a good deal for you guys QC. I wonder if the folks in Boston feel the same way about the big dig up there?

 

[TilliamWe]

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KaGee, you have a good point. The I74 bridge was closed for 6 months here in Peoria. It openned on time, but just on the east side, the Interstate still had to stay closed. So the construction company faced "fines" of $10000/day. But they blameds it on steel shipments that were late, so they can appeal to IDOT, and may not pay any fines. In the meantime, the road was closed an extra month. Construction never seems to go as planned, or cost what "they" say it will.<br />So in regards to Halliburton, I'd like to see what exactly they were paid to do, and how much of it they have done. And also, it's about time for US to start reaping a little oil profits!!

 

[BoatBuoy]

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Originally posted by TilliamWe:<br /> And also, it's about time for US to start reaping a little oil profits!!

Heck with the oil profits. How 'bout just some oil. There's already enough profits being made off it.

 

[JB]

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It's a vast left wing conspiracy to impoverish our government and demonize all capitalists.

 

[TilliamWe]

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In that case JB, call me the Head Demon! Capitalism rules!<br /><br />My only "oil" complaint is this... now that oil is below $60/barrel, how come the prices don't fall as fast as they went up?? And what was the national average gas price when oil was last at this level? On the other hand, if we didn't use as much, demand would be lower, and the price would fall. So again, capitalism rules!

 

[rodbolt]

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dang<br /> not a single answer to a simple question.<br /> do we give them more come spring or cancel all their contracts, bar them from any more for 2 years and try again. or just quit,<br /> so far the iraq reconstruction debacle is so far outside the new orleans thing its laughable.<br /> I am not asking war monies just monies that has been sighned over and there just is no record of anything.<br />if ya wanna go hunt for the money start typing about IG and GAO halliburton and irag<br /> I track it periodically and its all been down hill. except the terrorist training camp in moyock NC, that camps proifits have skyrocketed.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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rodbolt, I say cut em off. Look for more contractors and put it out to bid again and not let them bid on it.

 

[jimonica]

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What style of capitalism is no-bid contracts?

 

[Haut Medoc]

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Republican.... ....Jk

 

[rodbolt]

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SBN<br /> wish I could. but its all mostly cheneyburton.<br /> I worked with halliburton,schumbereje and monsanto in the 80's. what a pack of liars they were then,<br /> big problem is all the contracts so far were never put out for bids.<br /> google a bit and loook at the govt sites, not any blog sites.<br /> cheney personnaly fuuuked me out of my fathers mesothelioma payments, he got his 31 MILLION and fuucked me and my sisters out of a measly 100K. no cheney and his worms a blight on the american public. <br /> his excuse to congress why Halliburton should not have to pay the mesothelioma payments was cause it may affect:::: hold on"""""" may actually affect::::: hold on a bit more:::::::: it may have affeceted NATIONAL SECURITY.\<br /> his fuuucking exact words and all went along with the knee jerk sheet we have been fed for 3 years. so he got 31 million and my dad who never smoked, did not drink, was a fred astaire and an auther murray dance instructor died AND CHENEY GOT THE COMPANY OFF THE HOOK><br /> standaed Rehub Sheet if ya ask me. dad got it while building warships for the US at newport news shipbuilding, he also was a supervisor and team planner for the construction and subsequent refueling of the USS Enterprise. seems not only did the goivt,the yard and the manufacture of the asbestos know what it did they supressed the info. my dad died cause m govt lied 50 years ago. no cheney got paid and my dad is dead, by the way my dad spent 4 years in the military, about 4 years more than most anyone else in the bacxk peddle admin

 

[treedancer]

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What was it that Cheney said when ask about why he never made it to Vietnam ?I believe it was better . I had better things to do

 

[jimonica]

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Cheney said "I had other obligations".<br />After 5 deferments.

 

[TilliamWe]

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Other obligations is better than burning draft card & fleeing to Canada!<br /><br />Rodbolt, my opinion to answer your original question, exactly, is, no we should not just give more money. That is never the answer. It should be rebid, an open to everyone, Iraqi firms, especially to bid. Problem is, supposedly Halliburton is one of the few companies that can handle the job. Is that really true? Do we need to start "Rod & Till Construction" and do it ourselves?

 

[KaGee]

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wish I could. but its all mostly cheneyburton.<br />I worked with halliburton,schumbereje and monsanto in the 80's. what a pack of liars they were then,<br />big problem is all the contracts so far were never put out for bids.<br />google a bit and loook at the govt sites, not any blog sites.<br />cheney personnaly fuuuked me out of my fathers mesothelioma payments, he got his 31 MILLION and fuucked me and my sisters out of a measly 100K. no cheney and his worms a blight on the american public.

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