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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (12419)	4/5/2004 1:38:54 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Hey, I didn't know Coulter had already admitted to being a lesbian. Just one of those things I knew to be true without hard evidence. Like Kerry, the phony energy crisis, the Bush AWOL on terror and the paper tiger Saddam I was right.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (12419)	4/5/2004 1:54:39 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

Another Halliburton scandal!!!! Iraq war is boon for Halliburton McDonald's sells Happy Meals. Halliburton Co. sells invisible ones. The mammoth defense firm once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney has suspended outstanding food bills of $174.5 million until it can resolve an embarrassing dispute with the Pentagon. According to military officials, Halliburton invoiced the government for four million phantom meals that were never served to U.S. troops in Kuwait. A Halliburton subsidiary, KBR, has the contract to feed all American service personnel in the war zone. Soldiers eat lots of food, and Halliburton has been making lots of money. Too much money, according to the Army. Earlier this month, Halliburton agreed to repay the U.S. government about $27.4 million that it had overbilled for meals at five military bases in Iraq and Kuwait. Auditors are currently reviewing the records at 53 other dining installations operated by KBR. The company says it has done nothing wrong, and 'is a good steward of taxpayers' dollars.'' Back when Halliburton was given such a large and lucrative role in U.S.-occupied Iraq -- it also got the contract to repair and refit the oil fields -- the Bush administration denied that it was handing out favors to the Texas-based conglomerate. ...contd. at.... miami.com