Halliburton hired for storm cleanup

[Lori Price CLG]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3335685

Halliburton hired for storm cleanup
The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.

<snip>

Lori Price

[Avalux]

1. Why doesn't that surprise me?

Holy fucking shit. :banghead:

[TheCowsCameHome]

92. I cannot believe this.

I just cannot.

[susanna]

112. Because you've seen it all?

I know I have.

"Halli-fucking-burton." That's what I call them. I am generally loathe to swear, but they have made me re-think that position through constant assaults on all that is good, decent, and loving in the world. They are vultures. "We prey on death, sickness and misfortune -all over the globe." That should be their advertising tagline.

So there you have it. H-F-B.

[JRob]

116. because they did such a bang up job in Iraq...

:sarcasm:

[smbolisnch]

2. Shocked. Shocked!

:puke:

[flamingyouth]

Man. What a pathetic pantload.

:grr:

[davidinalameda]

3. you're kidding

holy bat fuck

why am I not surprised

[oldtime dfl_er]

NOOOOOOO

You CANNOT BE SERIOUS

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/813190

[Javaman]

4. welcome to iraq right in our own country....

Burn the farm the cow is dead.

[struggle4progress]

66. Bingo. eom

[12345]

5. is this a joke?

[Lori Price CLG]

21. Nope, not a joke... n/t

[Sabriel]

91. Please tell me this links to The Onion web site

This is it. What kind of creature has gall like this?

[halobeam]

6. My blood pressure was ALWAYS LOW.....it no longer is.....

I am f****** SO mad right now. No, of course not surprised, but those mutha..... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[tavalon]

7. I thought this was a parody site

It's not. I have actually managed to be shocked here. I'm not sure why. :banghead:

[onecent]

8. THAT IS TOTAL TOTAL BULLSHIT. n/t

[Wickerman]

9. THat at least explains where Cheney has been

busy setting up the no-bid contract.

[stubtoe]

82. Oh Man

I'll bet you're spot on the truth there. I feel sick

[Dr Fate]

10. I want Democrats ON TV demanding that they DONATE these "assets."

How can we make that happen, or should I fgive up on anything like that?

[MADem]

28. They'd still make money with all the write offs n/t

[howmad1]

130. Don't hold your breath.

See how much "Halli-fucking-burton" contributes to democrats.

[FormerRepublican]

11. And the other shoe falls.

Now all we need is the missing billions and the cycle will be complete.

I'd say I'm disgusted, but my disgust has pegged so long ago that I barely feel a nudge.

[Jamison]

12. Please!

I guess they weren't making enough profit over in Iraq.:sarcasm:

[Rhiannon12866]

13. You've gotta be kidding! Talk about incorrigible... As if people weren't

already pissed enough... What more does it take?!!!:grr:

[Endangered Specie]

14. Now just why am I not suprised one bit?

[shireen]

15. Let Halliburton clean up. Just don't pay them. n/t

[unrepuke]

22. Don't pay Cheney? Riiiiiight...howdya think the $10.5Bn passed overnight

...and there will be more.


MUCH, much more for Halliburton.

[sattahipdeep]

16. Private security too (Blackwater)

http://www.blackwaterusa.com/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4570927&mesg_id=4570927

[Lori Price CLG]

25. OMG, unreal... n/t

[sattahipdeep]

64. This too....oh good.....send the shell shocked in

Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of National Guard, said that by Saturday night, there
will be 7,000 National Guard soldiers in New Orleans. He said half of them had just returned
from assignments overseas and are "highly proficient in the use of lethal force." He
pledged to put down the violence "in a quick and efficient manner. :puke:

[DrZeeLit]

17. As if they haven't made enough money on misery and death.

You know... I made a joke about this last night.
Part of me cannot believe it.
And of course, most of me is just plain disgusted, but nodding... "yep, no surprise."

Sheeeeee It!

[lakeguy]

18. you HAVE to be f'in kidding me! how much more obivous can

it be that this administration is the most corrupt on the planet?

[Pirate Smile]

19. Don't they have enough to do in Iraq? That hasn't exactly been a bang

up job.

Do they expect to be bribed for whatever they do in LA, just like in Iraq?

Oh.My.God.

[young_at_heart]

20. Are they the ONLY company able to do this?

I'm so sick of hearing the name HALLIBURTON!

[babsbunny]

23. Well I guess one scandal after another,

one outrage after another, we are getting numb!!!! NO! Halliburton cannot be hired for this job! They are Carpetbaggers! They are not true Americans! They are sleeze!!!!!!! Please tell me this is not true!!!

[sarcasmo]

24. They have got to be kidding.

[kodi]

26. they had better donate the profits from this gig to disaster victims

.

[dethl]

27. I guess N-O-B-I-D actually spells Halliburton.....

This is sick...Bush is just handing more of our money into a trash can. Hell, it'd be better off in the trash than in the hands of Halliburton. At least we can recover the money that way.

[MADem]

29. It does, they have a five year run of no bid, no compete contracting

They are "special" and the boyking's pal Rummy is making sure the cash flows to those peckers...they've scaled back in Iraq because parts of their contracts are too dangerous, but I guess they figure they can handle a bunch of starved, weakened, flooded out Americans.

You are right, this is SICK.

[alarimer]

30. big surprise

Let me guess..no bid contract too?? Fucking assholes enriching their cronies.

[Verve]

31. I'm going to throw up!

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[AtomicKitten]

32. Me too.

Yak.

[slackmaster]

33. That sounds like something from The Onion

Truth is weirder and sicker than fiction.

[Lori Price CLG]

42. I knew Halliburton was going to get a contract before I even read it!

Bush evaded a question earlier, when he was asked who would help rebuild. He said, 'people who know about rebuilding,' something like that, not an exact quote. I knew it was going to be Halliburton.
Lori Price

[sattahipdeep]

49. Do you think this is why the aid was rushed

last night?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9175553/

[Lori Price CLG]

61. The aid will never reach the people who need it. Private donations will...

reach the people in need, in a lot of cases --but the 10.5 billion will be for Bush's paymasters.

Lori Price

[sattahipdeep]

67. Another haliburton overcharge opportunity n/t

[Eloriel]

34. Well, doesn't THIS just go hand in hand with my thread here -

ATTN DU RESEARCHERS -- LIHOP/MIHOP evidence stacking up
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4588088&mesg_id=4588088

Put this in the Cui Bono category.

[phusion]

35. HAHAHAAHAHA

Very fucking funny.

Oh, wait...

:grr: :argh:

[enough]

36. This is unacceptable.

[damntexdem]

37. I've joked about this being likely; but the reality so enrages me:

I'd better stop before I start joking about overpasses in New Orleans.

[OhioBlue]

38. that is complete bs

i cannot beleive how freakin' obvious this admin is and people still do not freakin' get it!!!! Arrrgggghhhhhhh!

[melody]

39. Doesn't it make you proud?

Our VP profits from the misery of his own people. Gosh, and now that they waited the clean-up will be even more profitable for them!

[Booster]

40. Apparently, Halliburton has moved it's headquarters off-shore to

avoid taxes. We need new legislation that says if a company does this, they can not be considered for government contracts under any circumstances, period.

[Lori Price CLG]

68. How convenient for them... too bad their offices won't be accessable...

if and when the second American Revolution arrives.
Lori Price

[mom cat]

41. I called that one several days ago.

[nothometoday]

43. damn...

Iam SO surprised

[acmavm]

44. Hagel's office is gonna get another call on their answering machine

when I get home.

This should tell the American people, by that I mean the sheeple, something very revealing about their boy george and his Unca Dick.

[Tesla]

45. Gee....KBR may be able to out do their 284% profits thay made last 1/4

[Lori Price CLG]

70. Don't forget the $72million bonus they received in May for their 'service'

in Iraq.

Lori Price

[tsuki]

46. No bid?

[txaslftist]

47. Hey, why shouldn't Halliburton make a buck in our country, too?

I mean, life throws you lemons...


:sarcasm:

[melody]

99. Yeah, but somethin' tells me...

That yellow stuff drippin' down on our heads ain't lemonade.

[antonialee839]

48. Because they are doing such a fine job in Iraq

Please note the sarcasm.

[OKNancy]

50. They don't care how it looks, they

seem to be immune from any criticism. I just can't believe this. The arrogance of it all is just too much.

[FlaGranny]

101. Arrogance is an understatement.

They just do whatever, right out in front of everyone, and then brazenly say it never happened. Who me? They are doing what they said - making their own history. They don't even care if we notice. It boggles the mind.

[VegasWolf]

51. I thought Halliburton was under indictment for misappropriating

money in Iraq to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars?

[bluestateguy]

52. If they bring home their mercenary thugs from Iraq, then it's OK with me

Anything to get them out of Iraq.

[neuvocat]

53. I guess Bush doesn't care LA voted for him

because he's out to screw them royally.

[The Wielding Truth]

54. So this is why people died to take time to sign the contracts.

Corruption and Greed.
Jail is to good for them.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

55. But I thought your fantastic energy bill was going to take care of

everything?

:thumbsdown:

[Ready4Change]

56. What other company can inhale 10 BILLION DOLLARS?

Only Halliburton has that kind of suckage.

[nothometoday]

57. Hmmmmm

not xhocked...not awed.....
CALL the white house..........
1 202 456 1111

[complain jane]

58. Could there be a legit reason for this?

Really, I'm asking seriously... I got into it on a freeper board about Halliburton in Iraq and the response was that Halliburton was the only company 'able' to do the job, and that if I knew otherwise, I should provide a list of other companies that could have done just as good a job. I didn't have a list. So if I'm going to talk about this elsewhere, I just want all my bases covered.

Is there some reason that could be used for Halliburton & subsidies to have been given this contract and not another company?

[The Wielding Truth]

78. US used to rely Mostly on the armed forces and not private enterprise

to provide disaster relief. Now we know that takes national tax revenues to support and there is little profit to be had there so we get THe CHeney GRoup.I guess as long as we don't mind having all our personal decisions and power provided in a democracy taken from us along with lots more money,of course hire Halliburton.But they are not accountable to us, just the DUDE that hires them. Liberty was purchased by too many of our ancestors and parents to give it up to Greedy,Callous,Ruthless, No matter how efficient Halliburton.

[leesa]

96. Hallibuton is the antithesis of efficiency. Have you not been paying

attention??

[leesa]

95. They said that about Iraq too and Halliburton was completely

incapable of doing the job. Other companies are more qualified. It's the standard "protect the GOP bloodsuckers" response.

[stlsaxman]

59. "At three naval facilities in Mississippi"....

that's all? that's a little bit of a relief, but still- it's the camels nose under the tent.

[LincolnMcGrath]

73. I believe it is more extensive than that.

KBR is getting damage assesment contracts. And Haliburton is getting additional clean up contracts. (Heard it on radio news on the way home from work just now.)

[stlsaxman]

77. yes- you're right Randi just said it was the whole Gulf Region that

Haliburton/KBR has the contracts for.

shit shit shit

[bushisanidiot]

60. And AWOL Bush sends the vultures in to loot the american workers pockets

again!! the military should be doing the cleanup, but that idiot would rather funnel our taxes to his buddies so they can make billions more in PROFITS!!

i swear.. all those repukes care about is cash..

halliburton should be doing the cleanup FOR FREE since they made out like bandits in IRAQ!!!!!!!!!!

[NVMojo]

62. somebody already said it today, we need a new Huey Long!

We need to overthrow this regime in control of our nation!!!

[BigBearJohn]

63. Right after Congress vote the 8B, I asked who is gonna get it the contract

Gee, I must be psychic.

[undergroundrailroad]

65. Does this vote stealer have NO SHAME? STOP LOOTING OUR VOTES!

:argh:

[corkhead]

69. We should change the name of the country to United States of Halliburton.

[sweetheart]

71. I have to wonder if there are any "other" companies in america

who can do such work. Surely this is all getting a little bit
incestuous.

[davepc]

72. Halliburton has a standing contract for this stuff. They're on retainer.

[FlaGranny]

103. Wonder how much of it they will lose? n/t

[SillyGoose]

74. After the money they looted from the US taxpayers this work should be done

After the money they looted from the US taxpayers this work should be done free of charge.

I am SO not surprised about this but it still drove my blood pressure up a few notches just reading those words in print.

:grr:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

75. Well, houd a thunk it?

[TheCentepedeShoes]

76. Well, houd a thunk it?

[Dervill Crow]

79. My next tank of gas will be bought with my winnings. I bet money on this!

I was so hoping to be wrong. Like this whole situation isn't heartbreaking enough, they just heap salt into the wound.

[demo dutch]

80. You're fucking kidding me!

[TransitJohn]

81. ******NEWSFLASH******

Water is wet. ******BREAKING******

[goforit]

83. Ahhhhhhhh!!!!.....Unfriggin believable!!!

[goclark]

84. Are they an equal opportunity employer

or do they all look like that criminal Cheney?


Are they trying to tell me that they are ALWAYS the ones to get the bid?


Huuum! Tin hat time.:tinfoilhat:

[laylah]

85. Their website

http://www.halliburton.com/index.jsp

I cannot find a "contact us" link but then again, I am VERY technically challenged. Maybe one of our DU techies can figure it out. What gluttonous pigs they are!

Jenn

[Lubernaut]

104. contact URL:

http://www.halliburton.com/news/media_contact.jsp

[habitual]

86. is this why they don't want aid from other countries?

because they had already thought to exploit this for halliburton?

[DemBones DemBones]

87. The only thing that surprises me is that this was in yesterday's

Houston Chronicle.

My cynicism can hardly keep up with actual events.

[laugle]

88. Yea they will be there until there is a CHOLERA epidemic,

I hope they drown in their OWN SHIT!!! Pardon the language...it is just sooooo disgusting!!!

[Shredr]

89. They should donate their time and resources!

And not profit off of more misery!

[bling bling]

90. There is no disaster that Bush's pals don't benefit from.

They can't lose. In every possible sense of the word. While Americans suffer, toil, starve, or sacrifice buying goods to simply drive their cars, Bush and his friends gain and profit.

I want to know just how much money Halliburton will be paid to do this contracted work.

I want to know just how much of the 10.5 billion dollar package is going straight to Bush's cronies.

[leesa]

93. I knew these bloodsuckers would get the job. They did a terrible job in

Iraq and now they will fuck this up while making a bazillion dollars???

This is an absolute outrage!

[all.of.me]

94. wow. what a surprise....

[beetbox]

97. And here comes Bechtel for the Big Gouge

under the guise of reconstruction heroes.

This is so fucking sick.

[Lori Price CLG]

107. Right, I am sure those whackjobs will rear their ugly heads, too. n/t

[Nikki Stone 1]

98. They are only handling military installations acc'd to the article

Is there more?

[salin]

100. no way... how many $ have been siphoned away

from projects, such as FEMA planned (then denied) efforts at disaster prevention, for obscene war profiteering and gouging at the hands of Halliburton. This, really, is obsene. Even if one can't draw a direct connection (as I infer above) this company has gouged tax payers and committed fraud against tax payers - they are the last company that should be profitting from this disaster.

[mitchum]

102. Run! Here come the blood$ucking vampire$!

[montieg]

105. Halliburton 's gonna profit from Katrina

I'll be damned! Halliburton got a cost-plus (construction capabilities) contract from the navy to work in the Katrina-damaged ports. Go figure! Bastards profit off of misery around the world.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3335685

[aresef]

106. My stepdad called this on Monday night.

[RogerARTcom]

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Who have Supported the Bu$h Gangsters with their Money

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And Return... Democracy to America

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6… Start Public Financed Elections / Free TV Radio Air Time 4 All

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And DEMOCRACY has RETURNED

more info at

http://www.RogerART.com

[TankLV]

111. Just dig a rusty spike into those people - it CAN get much worse

and WILL!

Where is the outrage?!!

I hope for the "mussolini" solution for these war criminals - with bush at the start of the "line"!

[jurassicpork]

120. No doubt when the world blows up

thanks to Bush Halliburton will get the fucking cost-plus contract for that, too.

JP
http://jurassicoprk.blogspot.com

[edbermac]

122. Thank God! We all know how hard up Halliburton is for money...

:sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

[northerdar]

123. Can someone tell me where dick cheney is. I am searching

for him ...IS HE DEAD?

[Ian_rd]

124. COST-PLUS means ...

... I work in construction, and a "cost-plus" contract means that it is essentially not bid (imagine that, Halliburton not having to worry about bidding something). Halliburton does not have to worry about how much money they are spending to get the job done. They will simply tell the government how much it costs, and then add their markup on top of it, which is a percentage of the cost. So, the more tax-money they spend, the higher profit they make.

Don't get me wrong, I don't believe this is the time to nitpick about cost, but with Halliburton's track record, they will simply turn this into another massive profit exercise for themselves. I can only hope there will be more fallout if they get caught screwing us in the gulf coast more than they did screwing us in Iraq.

[fleabert]

108. you have got to be fucking kidding me....

(sad that that subject line is already in my auto-complete memory)

they have done such a shitty job in Iraq, that we reward them with MORE work in the US?

FUBAR!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

109. yes, remember failure is rewarded.

because up is down.

[fleabert]

114. and shit is shinola...

and that fucker just gleams.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

115. hhahaha

:D

[Mnemosyne]

113. judas priest!!!!!

Thanks Lori.
A show of hands: who is not surprised by this? Hand is UP.

[Lori Price CLG]

131. The Blackwater USA terrorists are in N.O. as well, providing 'security'

...and 'crowd control,' along with (alleged) humanitarian efforts.
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/

Lori Price

[Mnemosyne]

134. They are the sickest

fucks on earth!:grr: :nuke:

I'm surprised they haven't gone in to sell rotted food yet.:grr:

Does their crowd control end up to be the scream machine?:grr:


Hey Lori do you know anything about the level 3 labs in or around the devastated area? Just asking.

Thanks,
V

[sakabatou]

117. Watch price-gouging go thru the roof!

[SoCalDem]

118. That's why PRIVATE donations are needed, folks..

The TAX MONEY WE ALL PAY is continuing to be siphoned into Halliburton's bank account.:puke:

[Bluebear]

121. Goode heavens, we are now the United States of Halliburton

SICKENING.

[Gelliebeans]

119. I emailed this article off far and wide

to anyone that has critisized the * administration in the last week. I sent one off to KO first.

[Ernesto]

125. Eh, I told you so...........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4561082&mesg_id=4561082

[PatriotGames]

126. Why am I not suprised?

[Maat]

127. My husband called it before the hurricane hit.

Will wonders never cease.

I'm just trying to figure out how I am going to explain to my daughter (and when) how corrupt her government is.

[emald]

128. well shit

this just takes the cake. do these fuckers know no bounds? greed will be the undoing of this country. jesus said that the rich are not gonna get it even though they think they do. guess thats what we are seeing. He's gonna be mad when He comes back. georgie boy will be shaking that day.

[WhiteTara]

129. ah, now I know where Heartless Dick

has been. Working out the contracts. Of course.

[jayctravis]

132. Did they have a little ceremony and tear open an envelope?

:sarcasm:

[jayctravis]

133. Did they have a little ceremony and tear open an envelope?

[TacticalPeek]

135. I think Mike Brown was brought into FEMA by Joe Allbaugh.

From the article:

The company, headed by Dick Cheney before he became vice president, has close ties to the Bush administration, and earlier this year confirmed that it had hired Joseph M. Allbaugh as a consultant on issues including disaster relief and homeland security. Mr. Allbaugh was the director of FEMA during the first two years of the Bush administration.

[judaspriestess]

136. Your fucking joking right???

I hate, hate, hate, this administration. I hope theyburn in hell for their blasphemy