Halliburton to serve more than 170,000 troops Thanksgiving dinner

[Lori Price CLG]

Mega barf alert! Halliburton to serve more than 170,000 troops Thanksgiving dinner

While Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with family reunions and large amounts of turkey and dressing, Halliburton is also planning to serve a Thanksgiving feast with all the trimmings to the troops currently deployed in the Middle East and Central Asia.

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As part of its Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP III) contract, Halliburton subsidiary KBR prepares meals and provides other vital life support services for the troops on a daily basis.

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Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

[Greeby]

1. They'd be better off eating raw sewage

Some of the reports Byron Dorgan has been bringing to the Senate floor regarding Halliburton/KBR serving contaminated food just make me sick :mad:

The guy been trying to get a Truman-like investigation going on the war profiteering for 2 years

[Lori Price CLG]

4. Yes, and the news item was from - get this - oilonline.com! n/t

[KittyWampus]

24. Indeed he has, and it makes me sick when DU'ers claim Dems do nothing

[Catshrink]

2. And will charge the feds for 340,000 meals

corporate welfare.

[koopie57]

3. I wish that

everytime I planned to do what I was paid to do that I had a headline in the newspaper. Or how about this new mother's headline ... "Lady has baby, plans to feed it."

[Cassandra]

7. Actually, I think that's more accurately...

overpaid to do. If Halliburton's hot dogs and mashed potatoes cost us $20 per person, who knows for how much we might be bilked for a Thanksgiving "feast" that's likely to be far less than the troops deserve.

[Qanisqineq]

21. Absolutely!

Absolutely the truth.

[marmar]

5. Which will no doubt become part of the corporate PR video...

How about giving them each about 1,000 shares of Halliburton stock? After all, they're fighting the war for Halliburton and the oil companies.

[Call me Deacon Blues]

6. NO! DON'T EAT IT!

It's ...

[Lori Price CLG]

8. LOL!! n/t

[are_we_united_yet]

14. dayum!

that was funny

:rofl:

[Poet Lariat]

9. Wonder what we pay for custome made "ice sculptures"

http://www.oilonline.com/news/headlines/internet/20051123.Hallibur.19726.asp

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KBR's food service staff across the Middle East region have applied their talents to create decorations using custom-made sugar-cube sculptures, ice carvings, intricately carved melons, decorated turkeys, gingerbread-house villages and special lighting to give each dining facility a special touch.
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Thanks LPCLG. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

[WePurrsevere]

17. "Well, isn't that special" pfft! How about you take all the money we're

putting into such fancy digs and "presentation" and BRING THEM HOME so they AND their loved ones can have something truly to be thankful for.

[adriennui]

19. isn't that special....

KBR profits from the blood of our troops. nauseating isn't it?

(sorry for the same thought, great minds think alike when it comes to public relations BS).

[Occulus]

31. How much GOOD food could all that have bought? n/t

[Submariner]

10. Pressed "Turkey Loaf" for the enlisted and real turkeys for officers

Steam heated....that's how the Navy would feed us on shore duty.

[TomClash]

11. Halliburton: reviving the vintage meaning of

SPAM

[Catchawave]

12. Halliburton feeds them on a daily basis ?

Whatever happened to mess halls and troops assigned mess duty?

[Vickers]

13. Mmmmmm...no-bid turkey.

YUMMY!

[Lori Price CLG]

16. Contractor served troops dirty food in dirty kitchens (Dec. 2003)

Contractor served troops dirty food in dirty kitchens

14 December 2003

The Pentagon repeatedly warned contractor Halliburton-KBR that the food it served to US troops in Iraq was "dirty," as were as the kitchens it was served in, NBC News reported on Friday.

Halliburton-Kellogg Brown and Root's promises to improve "have not been followed through," according to a Pentagon report that warned "serious repercussions may result" if the contractor did not clean up.

The Pentagon reported finding "blood all over the floor," "dirty pans," "dirty grills," "dirty salad bars" and "rotting meats ... and vegetables" in four of the military messes the company operates in Iraq, NBC said, citing Pentagon documents. :puke:

The report came as President(sic)George W. Bush fended off Pentagon reports that Halliburton-KBR overcharged US$61 million for gasoline it sold the military in Iraq. Dick Cheney ran Halliburton for five years until becoming vice president (sic).

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Lori Price

[zanne]

15. Well, that just makes up for everything. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Discount rate for the military, $400 a plate, including a plastic fork.

[BrotherBuzz]

20. You mean a spork, don't you?

[Maggie_May]

22. Halliburton should be paying for this

out of their own pocket. I figure that our guys have been dieing getting injured to protect their asses.

[DBoon]

23. "To serve man"

Is that how Halliburton will dish up this meal?

[Lori Price CLG]

25. Good one! n/t

[Chicago Democrat]

26. OILONLINE????? 'the original online source for the oil industry!'

:puke:

[Lori Price CLG]

27. Amazing, isn't it? BTW, Bush's media whores are keeping it...

a secret: While the media covered the 'delicious Thanksgiving feast' (*barf*) for the troops - *Halliburton* was not mentioned.

I wonder how much the US taxpayers were overcharged for this 'feast?'

Lori Price

[truthisfreedom]

28. i could make a joke, but i really hope that turkey tastes like home to our

soldiers over there. they deserve a big break.

[0007]

29. That's their job isn't it? What's the big deal about?

[Lori Price CLG]

30. Uh... that it shouldn't be? n/t

[0007]

32. I agree, it's big buck for the cheney crowd.