When Halliburton Fleeces The Pentagon, They Fleece Us

[Zomby Woof]

By now we're all pretty inured to any outrage these jokers in the Bush regime can conjure anymore. I reacted to today's news about Halliburton overcharging the Pentagon with the usual mix of cynical laughter, barely concealed anger, and disdain - comfortably blanketed with a shrug of "this is business as usual". Mostly I just stared at the TV indifferently, and finished my coffee.

Therein lies the outrage. What shouldn't be "usual" is, and this too, may pass into headline oblivion. But ket's try to prevent that anyway.

What gets overlooked in the coverage is that Americans ought to be rightly indignant at this news, because it is, after all, our tax dollars that get siphoned by the insatiable Pentagon beast, and when they get fleeced, WE get fleeced. In the New Era of Record Republican Deficits, please feel free to increase your outrage accordingly as the overspending keeps rocketing like missiles over Baghdad.

Write your senators and congressional representatives tonight. Tell them Halliburton and other no-bid contractors are accountable to US, because WE pay the taxes they are sucking off of the Pentagon teat.

Demand that our shunned allies be allowed to help with the rebuilding process, and that as long as Halliburton continues to do it, the Iraqi people will be increasingly hurt, the oil revenues will never materialize for them, the resentment over our presence will grow, and our tax dollars will continue to be sucked down into the snarling piehole of Dick Cheney and his good ol' boys.

[GOPisEvil]

1. That's the real outrage of the "only our allies can get contracts story".

It's just another way for the Bush administration to reward its corporate donors.

I'll fire off an e-mail ro Lloyd Doggett, Senators Cornyn and Hutchison (the latter two for hell of it).

[Zomby Woof]

2. I now have McCain and Kyl as my senators. oh boy

But McCain is no fan of Bush deep down, and you never know which way he'll turn on an issue. I will try appealing to their sense of alleged GOP fiscal responsibility by citing my some of my above points.

Even if they summarily dismiss us with form letters, they will be aware that a LOT of us are pissed off, and not just going to roll over for more abuse by this gang.

[GOPisEvil]

4. That will be my angle with the Senators.

I can be a little more, um, aggressive, with my Rep. He REALLY can't stand Bush. }(

[Zomby Woof]

3. Dean.Clark.Gore.Kerry.IWR.Nader.

Ok, I have mentioned those, so maybe it will draw some posts. :evilgrin:

[Blue_Tires]

5. bunch of criminals...

when my family looks at me funny whenever i say i don't trust corporations, all i need to do is point to this