Halliburton gets contract to repair damage from Hurricane Katrina

[Lori Price CLG]

News Updates from Citizens for Legitimate Government
02 September 2005
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

Halliburton gets contract to repair damage from Hurricane Katrina (HalliburtonWatch.org) 01 Sep 2005 The US Navy asked Halliburton to repair naval facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Houston Chronicle reported today. The work was assigned to Halliburton's KBR subsidiary under the Navy's $500 million CONCAP contract awarded to KBR in 2001 and renewed in 2004. The repairs will take place in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Halliburton hired for storm cleanup 01 Sep 2005 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.

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Lori Price

[leftchick]

1. who could have predicted this would happen?

:banghead:

[Lori Price CLG]

4. I saw this one marching down Broadway a mile away. n/t

[leftchick]

13. Good God They are shameles blatant robber barons

I fucking hate them all... :grr:

[Witchy_Dem]

25. Better question, who *didn't* see it coming? How fast they moblized that

deal...

[etherealtruth]

34. ... mobilized that deal a hell of a lot faster ...

... than they mobilized disaster relief for the American citizens in N.O. and the rest of the Gulf coast

[nini]

2. they dont' even try and hide it

unbelieveable..

[incapsulated]

3. .

Unreal.

[cally]

5. Please tell me this is a joke

Please.

[CatWoman]

6. oh, fuck no!!!

NO!!!

NO!!!

NO!!!!!!!!!!

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr::grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Lori Price CLG]

Nope, not a joke.... Bush is the piece of garbage joke, though. n/t

[Benbow]

7. Don't you have competitive tendering laws in the US?

How does the taxpayer know that the available budget is being "maximised", if you just give the work to Halliburton?

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. oh god. not again

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Save New Orleans, then save this country!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[Spazito]

8. Unfriggin believable!

Well, that answers the question of what Cheney was doing during his vacation, doesn't it!

[Dr Fate]

9. Can we press Democrats to demand they DONATE this stuff?

They only have a bout a GAZILLION dollars???

How can we press Democrats to press for this in front of TV cameras????

[VolcanoJen]

10. STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT

This can't be true. It can't. It can't!!!!!!

Is it??

If it is true, they'd better goddamned well be donating their help instead of charging the taxpayers.

[yy4me]

11. This can not be!!!

My God, how dare they. This is another smack in the face to all Americans!!!

[TroglodyteScholar]

12. So I wonder how much of the $10.5 billion approved by congress...

...will go directly to Halli? I'd wager at least $8b.

[Lori Price CLG]

17. A lot. I'm sure Giuliani will get $ for his Homeland Suckyourity companies

[tridim]

19. At least $8b, and as Bush said.. Much more to come

CEO Dick Cheney's company, Halliburton is going to make bank and they will rebuild for RICH, WHITE PEOPLE, not the poor blacks who are displaced.

Oh, and more oil company tax breaks and subsidies are certainly on their way.

[spuddonna]

14. SON OF A...

NO NO NO!!!!!!!

That BASTARD!! They're already profiting!? I can't... my head... JMJ!!

[auburngrad82]

15. The GOP has the biggest hairiest balls I've ever heard of

It's time to fix these bastards. They WILL pay for this in 2006 and 2008.

[bpilgrim]

16. feds say they're pay'n 1/2 a BILLION a day so far...

now we know how the iraqis feel :cry:

who will stand up to these THUGS!

http://media.globalfreepress.com

peace

[BeTheChange]

20. Wow.. that was quick..

This administration and most of our representation are shameless.

Prepare for the revolution. Im serious. It's coming.

[dbonds]

21. They don't even pretend not to be bilking us anymore.

[Lori Price CLG]

23. Right. Waiting for revolution, at this stage of the game. They are simply

not listening to petitions; TV ads; legal, nonviolent protests; boycotts; calling our congresspeople, etc.. All of those tactics have failed. It is time to take (back) what is OURS, namely our GOVERNMENT.

P.S. Don't forget the two STOLEN ELECTIONS, either. 'Voting' does not WORK.

Lori Price

[Lori Price CLG]

22. "It was the largest one-time cash transfer in the history of the NY Fed."

It was the largest one-time cash transfer in the history of the New York Fed. It weighed 28 tons and took up as much room as 74 washing machines. It was $2.4 billion in $100 bills, and Baghdad needed it ASAP. The initial request from U.S. officials in charge of Iraq required the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to decide whether it could open its vault on a Sunday, a day banks aren't usually open... The $2,401,600,000 was delivered to Baghdad on June 22, 2004. It was the largest one-time cash transfer in the history of the New York Fed.

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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0622-04.htm

Too bad that money is not available to the people in New Orleans, etc.

Lori Price

[brettdale]

24. Oh No

Who runs the USA?

[CantGetFooledAgain]

26. Holy fucking shit

It just keeps getting more and more surreal around here.

Does anybody outside of DU see or care about these things??

[julialnyc]

27. write cnn and say how sick this is!!!!

N/T

[Lori Price CLG]

28. The Blackwater Fascists are in on it, too!

Blackwater Joins Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort

This morning (September 1, 2005), Blackwater USA joined the ongoing relief effort in the Gulf Region devastated by Hurricane Katrina by dispatching a SA-330J Puma helicopter to help assist in evacuating citizens from flooded areas.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Erik Prince stated, “At this time, all Americans should band together and assist our countrymen who have been struck by this natural disaster.”

The following services are available:

Airlift Services
Security Services
Communication Support
Crowd Control
Humanitarian Support Services
Logistics and Transportation Services

http://www.blackwaterusa.com

Lori Price

[gollygee]

29. No wonder they've done so little in New Orleans

they've been saving money for the big Halliburton no-bid contract.

[Mabus]

30. Don't look behind that curtain!

Bush touring the Gulf (Mexican not Iraqi), food & water appearing and then three small paragraphs in the Houston Chronicle.

Nothing to see here, move along, there are a lot of bright shiny objects elsewhere.


CONSTRUCTION

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.

KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3335685

[fooj]

31. We, the people, need to REJECT this!

Bullshit! No way!

PEACE.

[Karmadillo]

32. Wait until the Democratic Party hears about this.

nt

[Ms. Clio]

33. My god someone I know joked about this days ago

This is just another indication that these people feel they have complete control of this nation and all our rage will mean less than nothing to them.

[Berserker]

35. Bullshit

KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process.
We the people should demand to see ALL the bids that were submitted.

[Misunderestimator]

37. Yeah... I don't believe that... AND it doesn't explain Halliburton

getting THIS contract NOW. They cleverly added the KBR thing to insinuate that the Halliburton contract was also negotiated back in 2004. It wasn't.

[Ms. Clio]

39. I'm sorry what are you saying bullshit about?

I'm saying that you would think it would look bad politically to have Halliburton do this, but these people obviously don't care about that.

Yeah, sure, we'll demand to see the contracts. Good luck with that.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

36. well c'mon folks... they've gotta get their big piece of pie

Just like always, y'know???

Man, I really hate these scumbags.

[Armstead]

38. This is what happens when you allow monopolistic power

We should have seen this coming for decades. The consolidation of industries has allowed the creation of uber-corporations that transcend competition and laws.