Halliburton May Have Overcharged Millions DUH ALERT!!!!

[metisnation]

By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Pentagon (news - web sites) auditors found that Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites)'s former company may have overcharged the Army by as much as $61 million for gasoline in Iraq (news - web sites), senior defense officials said Thursday.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031212/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/halliburton_probe&cid=542&ncid=716







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SUX TO BE RIGHT WHO DIDNT SEE THIS ONE COMING???????

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. But, but, but...

We are oh so shocked! not

[PaDUer]

4. They're all stuffing

their pockets while the people watch...how much longer is this going to continue! Jail them all!

[MrBenchley]

7. Not Halliburton!!!

Why they've always seemed like such an honest bunch, too... (snicker)

[cthrumatrix]

16. Cheney said he needed more $$$ to big a larger "hole to hide in".....

And the congress and senate will do nada....zip...maybe reward more contracts.

[aeon flux]

2. Those army guys

enjoying the juicy kickbacks.

[young_at_heart]

3. Surely, this is a mistake

These upright Christian folks would never do anything like that to this great country!

[metisnation]

5. remeber

the ol one for you two for me trick....we got u now dick head!

[Jester_11218]

6. On FOX News

When they mentioned this story on FOX tonight they made sure to mention that Haliburton did not profit from any overcharges.

I had to throw up after that.

[salin]

11. except that 26 cents per gallon cited yesterday... (while most contracts

apparently are for about 1 cent per gallon...) But... thats not profit... its... er... revenue.

[Myra]

8. Good Duh Alert. I like that. & I like the quality of reporting at yahoo.

They aren't all propaganda all the time.

[caledesi]

9. Big surprise here. Not! eom

[imax2268]

10. I think...

this was brought up on DU just a few months ago...

It's about time they fessed up...is BushCo going to come out now and say that he is shocked and will take care of those involved....Doubt it...!

[tlcandie]

12. Maybe, ummm, maybe ...

Cheney will resign and go into background like one of the other admin members most recently and follow Wolfowitz out (heard he's leaving after first of year)? Nahh, didn't think so, but thought it was worth at least mentioning :eyes:

[DoctorMyEyes]

13. It's good that they thought ahead

and had that anti-fraud provision taken out of that bill for the 87 billion. They can't be prosecuted!

[phillybri]

18. Are you serious about this?

???

[DoctorMyEyes]

19. Yes!

Here's a link:
http://feinstein.senate.gov/03Releases/warprof103103.htm

[ze_dscherman]

14. kick

Good thing this becomes main news. Finally this story grew legs.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&edition=us&q=halliburton+overcharged

[BiggJawn]

17. Doesn't matter. The "Liberal Media" will cut the "legs" out from under it.

Just like they do EVERY story that should outrage the Sheeple...

If this keeps building, one "benefit" will be that we get an orgy between the two "tribes" with fuzzy video of bare boobs and buns wiggling all over the screen....Or maybe Dr. Phil will have Paris on and critique her technique while they roll "The Video"...

[MaineDem]

15. Dupe, I believe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=265012&mesg_id=265012

[Booberdawg]

20. Oh but they didn't "profit"

:eyes:

Uhm, you mean they would have lost money if they wouldn't have gouged the American people. :eyes:

[Myra]

21. Not to worry people. The Sherrif is returning the loot. He smoked 'em out!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/halliburton_probe&cid=544&ncid=716

The Sherrif "...trying to calm a political storm, said Friday that Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites)'s former company should repay the government if it overcharged for gasoline delivered in Iraq (news - web sites) under a controversial prewar contract.

"If there's an overcharge, like we think there is, we expect that money be repaid," the president told reporters when asked about the Halliburton contract controversy."


Nothing to see here folks, move along.

[jokerman93]

22. You left the best part out

He followed that by saying something close to:

The America people deserve a return on their investment. LOL

on edit:
The only way to explain a statement like that in the face of the incalcuable sacrifices that are being made -- Sheriff Punchpretzle is living in an alternat f'ing universe.

[dusty64]

23. Any chance this story

will still remain in the headlines despite the media whorefest?