If you were a multi-zillion dollar, multi-national conglomerate, whose former leader were now VP of the US of A I guess that you'd just come to expect the words "special treatment" would apply to you. I'm pretty sure that CheneyBurton does...
Only hours after deciding to withhold some payments to Halliburton Co. because of questions about billing for its work in Iraq, the Army reversed itself yesterday and said it would give the giant contractor more time to justify its claims.
The decision capped two days of confusion over whether the Pentagon would withhold 15 percent of payments to Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc. under federal procurement rules that require contractors to provide clear justification for their bills.
I guess that help is just a phone call away...ol' Crashcart probably went semi-apoplectic when he saw his earnings decrease as a result of the withholdings and the stock price drop of over a dollar per share following the announcment. Lucky for him, quick action got that share price back up again, eh?
After all, when you have a multi-billion dollar no-bid sweetheart contract, you have to protect your interests at all cost, right? Damn pesky gubmint wanting all that nasty accountability stuff. And rules? Why they're for companies that have no friends in the administration. You can take that to the bank.
posted by Jo Fish on 08.17.04 at 10:44 PM
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Cheney is still collecting more each year in defered salary from Halliburton than he receives as salary as VP.
The question needs to be asked repeatedly: in a situation like that, how would the average person react? Which master would he consider more important?
posted by: pfc on 08.18.04 at 08:42 AM [permalink]
it's amazing to watch this piece of shit coward speaking before veterans organizations. why they even allow him in the same room is mind-boggling.
posted by: tim on 08.18.04 at 01:04 PM [permalink]
Personally, I feel that the whole country has dumbed down to the point that you are the laughing stock of the world... I for one am very glad my kids and grandkids are and were not educated in this country... I was talking to a couple of recruiters the other day and they say they go through 75 to 100 kids to find one that has enough of an education to even qualify for the military... Sure wasn't that way in my day.
