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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (438334)	8/5/2003 2:36:07 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I forgot to mention there was no competetive bidding for the Iraq reconstruction jobs... They were guaranteed a min. profit of 10%. Highly unusual Billion dollar GIFT to Halliburton. So you as a Chimp worshiping neocon GOP hack can't get beyond your PARTISAN bias and see the light that this was a stinker of a deal for the taxpayers and sunk their cash into the Halliburton principals and stockholders. Wake up and smell the coffee.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (438334)	8/5/2003 2:48:51 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

He was a fool to quit. Obviously it was a political move in hopes of improving the chances of getting the Beef ban lifted. Beef ban - another example of Americans practising "fair" trade. The reason I hear is to placate the Japanese who threaten to ban American beef if there's a chance that there's Canadian Beef in it. Little do the Japanese know that American beef testing/screening practices are far laxer than Canadian ones (the prime reason ONE BSE infected cow was found). Little do they know that American cattle producers/feed lots regularly break the rules on recycling animal protein. Little do they know that the risk of E.Coli in beef is a far greater health risk than BSE. Finally, Americans are willing to placate the Japanese more than their biggest by far trading partner - Canada. They should know which side their bread is buttered on.