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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:54 PM Original message |
Waxman: "Potentially Thousands of Criminal Cases Involving Fraudulent Contracts in Iraq" |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. This could take awhile. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Keep in mind a lot of the Halliburton contracts had NO ceiling -- !!! |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No ceiling, no bid and usually the exact terms were SECRET!!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Most of it leaves me speechless . . . |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. That's what the APR on my credit card is!!!!! |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Halliburton was almost bankrupt... |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
58. I think you're mixing deferred salary with stock. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. re; charity...they put a ton of $ into a family charitable trust and called it donating to charity |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. AAAAARRRRGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!! |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. You forgot to mention payment guanteed regardless of contract completion. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Maybe Russert's successor can get Cheney on this weekend... |
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Spouting Horn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. Gee, |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R -- Thousands of cases of war profiteering. It has been horrible. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. It is very safe to say we have and ARE seeing war profiteering on a scale unprecedented. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Terrible. Too bad nothing will happen. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Oh yeah, person of little faith. I say some will pay, and dick's wad will crash without his cart. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Not little faith. No faith. |
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NM Independent (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Dick's wad? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Well some who are involved will be promoted. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
62. someone will pay for it |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. "He is slandering our republicon crony profit crusade." - Commander AWOL |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Bush Article of Impeachment XVI |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Great idea!! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Thanks and please join me in pointing to the Article number |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. DO SOMETHING! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. He's a Congressperson, not a dictator or a god. What are you saying he should do? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Is it possible to introduce a bill rescinding ALL Iraq contracts? |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Use the War Powers Act to nationalize the contractors |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ah JC!!! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. IMPEACH....We are sick of this...we KNOW IT ALREADY! |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. Obama should put Bunny in charge |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. You've heard of "too big to fail" ...Now its "too corrupt to prosecute" |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Don't EVER believe that..... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Message to Chairman Waxman...contact link |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Loose the hounds! n/t |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Something's going to give, maybe not in my lifetime |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. They stole and they stole and they stole and Congress gave |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Treasury ransacked by so many we don't have a posse big enough. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. crazy |
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Sunnyshine (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
27. There is toxic fraud and oily crimes everywhere!Why can't we help our own country out for a change? |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
28. Enough talk. Take action. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. What action do you suggest we take? n/t |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Actually, I was talking to Waxman and Congress :) |
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NM Independent (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. I am incredibly surprised at this... |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. The Claude went from the Army to helping oversee the army's spending |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
36. Are they just filling the Bush file full... |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. K&R Why am I not surprised? n/t |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
38. If you knew someone in the local area who was DoD, would you |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
39. WHY CAN'T WE GET RID OF THESE CROOKS? |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
41. We Have A Fighter.... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. Start listing and organizing them, these two war criminals Bush and Cheney |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
43. nothing to see here. move along democrats |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
44. Remember that Alberto Gonzalez would not look into allegations |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
46. kr |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
47. Just remember we spent 7 years and 77 million to investigate a blow job |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
48. Related Story: Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
51. We will need a Completely NEW DEpartment |
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oldskool (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
52. What are they waiting for |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
53. You get the impression that they're almost congenitally incapable |
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cosanostradamus (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
54. IT'S ONLY MONEY |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
56. Start by Enforcing Subpoenas, Henry |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
59. K&R. We need more brave reps like Waxman and Kucinich... |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
60. Run . . Run . . Run . . But You Just Can't Hide |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
61. I wish we could just print our own money |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. funny, I've had the same dream |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Starve the monster |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. they'll send out |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
65. Bush's last act will be pardons. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. Finding an Iraqi contract let to friends/cronies which is not fraught with fraud might be as hard as |
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TexasBushwhacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
69. Suspend payments to any suspects |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
70. note to dems: DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT DAMNIT! n/t |
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