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CBS News Exposes Kickback Scheme, As Epidemic Of Wartime Military Contract Fraud Grows
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- I am not sure how many time Cheney''s company, Halliburton, has been caught shafting the American taxpayer but I don''t put anything past him. With the possible exception of Lyndon Johnson, he seems to be one of the biggest crooks and cowards in this country. During the Vietnam war he ducked the draft but is more than willing to send other people to war. He does have the courage to face defenseless animals with a gun and his hunting partners.
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- You get the sense that our country is desperate for someone to show us the way. Not the old way. Not the same way, but a NEW WAY. Think about this for a minute. What if we pulled all of our troops out of South Korea? They''ve been there for 50+ years. What if we quit worrying about Iran, but instead, realized that its having a nuclear weapon will not mean the end of the world? What if we pulled all of our troops out of the Middle-East, and brought them all home? What if we realistically addressed the National Debt, and paid attention to REALLY DOING SOMETHING about stopping illegal immigration? These are the ideas of Republican Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul. He''s a ten term Congressman and a physician who has delivered over 4,000 babies. He''s an intellectual who''s published four books, three of which are devoted entirely to sound economics. He was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania as a pious Lutheran, but now he attends a Baptist church. Paul is given to mulling things over morally. Whenever he recollects the helicopter pilots he gave physicals to as an Air Force Flight Surgeon during the Vietnam War, a war which he now says was "totally unnecessary and illegal," he laments, "They were gung-ho. I%u2019ve often thought about how many of those people never came back." Candidates with the high level of personal integrity and proven track record of adherance to The Constitution, Congressman Paul has always demonstrated only come around once in a lifetime, if we''re lucky.
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- "It is still a growing scandal which Pentagon officials expect will uncover hundreds of fraudulent contracts."
Those responsible for this corruption should not be punished since
JESUS DIED FOR THEIR SINS. - Reply to this comment
This one sure got buried in a hurry:
"Veteran Suicides Highest Yet Recorded"
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/terror/printable3439629.shtml
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Doesn''t CBS care much about our troops?- Reply to this comment
- The biggest failure of the war isn''''t even being reported. The "coalition" has never at any point had any control at all of the Kurds. The administration loves to brag of "progress", but there''''s a large chunk of the country that has largely ignored our presence, and is threatening Turkey, which is a US ally.
Posted by downtowner97 at 10:11 PM : Nov 01,
I think if we could get the media off tabloid news, and start reporting real news that affect this country it would be a great thing. They have been in the tabloid business so long they forgot how I think. - Reply to this comment
- Posted by tuckerndfw at 10:02 PM : Nov 01, 2007
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It''s really sad tucker.
Your post can simply be categorized under "No *****" because anyone who has a brain, and is educated/knowledgeable about politics and the corruption of politicians realize all that you and so many other people say on this board every f''ing day.
All we can do, I guess, is to just repeat our posts like we do. It''s always the same sheeple who fight the obvious (as you had posted).
We''re banging our head against the wall! - Reply to this comment
- All these scandals are popping up at the time when bush has completed his two terms (no President can be elected for more then two terms any way) and CHENEY has made a fortune out of this war.
Loss in this war doesn''''t mean loss to Bush and Cheney.
Cheney has already transferred Halliburton''''s head office and CEO to Dubai, United Arab Emirates ( A country whose Royal Family members were having lunch with OSAMA BEEN-FORGOTTEN when Sir Bill Clinton once planned to execute him).
Posted by patriotic9 at 09:55 PM : Nov 01, 2007
Unreal isn''t it. The media can dig into the Clinton''s and try to smear campaign once again but they will not report stuff like this. If we can only get the media to report the news - Reply to this comment
- Money runs our goverment not the voters.
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- The biggest failure of the war isn''t even being reported. The "coalition" has never at any point had any control at all of the Kurds. The administration loves to brag of "progress", but there''s a large chunk of the country that has largely ignored our presence, and is threatening Turkey, which is a US ally.
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- "It is still a growing scandal which Pentagon officials expect will uncover hundreds of fraudulent contracts." - Now they are expecting us to believe this is all a shock to them, and that they had no part in this fraud, the largest heist in history. EVERY POLITICIAN IN D.C. KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON!!! The majority of them were a part of it, including the entire Republican party (the Treasonous Selling Out American Party). The largest heist in history plays on.
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- All these scandals are popping up at the time when bush has completed his two terms (no President can be elected for more then two terms any way) and CHENEY has made a fortune out of this war.
Loss in this war doesn''t mean loss to Bush and Cheney.
Cheney has already transferred Halliburton''s head office and CEO to Dubai, United Arab Emirates ( A country whose Royal Family members were having lunch with OSAMA BEEN-FORGOTTEN when Sir Bill Clinton once planned to execute him). - Reply to this comment
- Posted by formrusmcsgt at 09:40 PM : Nov 01, 2007
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As much as I like what Ron Paul represents... he has no more of a chance to become President as Ross Perot did back in 1992!
Underground popularity wins internet time, not a presidency.
The sad thing is... every forum, every message board, every user group has the same types of postings that we see here on this site every f''ing day, every f''ing news story.
I swear, if there was a news story about a christian conservative caught ******** a monkey at a zoo...
...there would be a posting on how Ron Paul is a supporter of animal rights and supports increased federal funding on public zoos! - Reply to this comment
- The Great Emperor Bush is not concerned with any "supply" problems the military may have. He simply demands that his troops keep fighting (and dying) for the "black gold" beneath the ground in Iraq, even if they have to throw rocks and dried camel dung at the evil "terrrrrorists"!
However, the Great Emperor is concerned about the bottom lines of Blackwater, Halliburton, KBR, and other "contractors" (war profiteers is a more accurate term) which is why the Emperor continually demands money from Congress (all of it borrowed from China) to "support the troops", while denying those same troops any time at home to spend with their families. And, he is confident that he will get every last dime from his blindly stupidly loyal Fascist Republicans and the cowardly spineless Democrats.
GOD HELP THE USSA!!!
SIG HEIL, BUSH!!! - Reply to this comment
- Gee. You don''''t actually think that because Cheney has Halliburton holdings in his trust that that could have anything to do with no one being prosecuted, or even indicted, do you?
Posted by formrusmcsgt at 09:42 PM : Nov 01, 2007
I know - I was just wondering if there was ever a lie generated to cover it up, or if it was ignored until it went away. - Reply to this comment
- Whatever happened with those pallets of cash that were worth $9 billion and came up missing?
Was there ever an investigation / an outcome to the investigation?
Posted by hungry1968 at 09:33 PM : Nov 01, 2007
Gee. You don''t actually think that because Cheney has Halliburton holdings in his trust that that could have anything to do with no one being prosecuted, or even indicted, do you? - Reply to this comment
- Ron Paul for Unemployed Politician 2009!
Posted by USAyesterday at 09:30 PM : Nov 01, 2007
Is this guy eat up with it or what? (Must be Paul''s son-in-law, eh?)
Like we need a John Bircher to follow a warmongering megalomaniac. Geez..... - Reply to this comment
- Whatever happened with those pallets of cash that were worth $9 billion and came up missing?
Was there ever an investigation / an outcome to the investigation? - Reply to this comment
- But I''''ll report you every day you spam.
Posted by formrusmcsgt at 09:26 PM : Nov 01, 2007
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Ron Paul for Unemployed Politician 2009! - Reply to this comment
- Posted by OldProphet at 08:43 PM : Nov 01, 2007
What name will you be using tomorrow?
Day before yesterday it was "theferrier". I reported you for spamming.
Yesterday it was "USAProphet". I reported you for spamming.
Today it''s "OldProphet", and I''ve reported you again.
Considering that no one bites on your ron Paul spam, you think you could take a hint.
But I''ll report you every day you spam. - Reply to this comment
- "There are currently 160,000 contractors working for the United States in the war zone but only 75 contract managers, and most of them are not trained."
Tell me that this doesn''t demonstrate a "rob the store" mentality on behalf of the administration.
Untrained contract managers overseeing $100 billion in contrats.
This stratches the definition of the word "inept" to beyond comprehension. - Reply to this comment
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