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

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (652942)	10/28/2004 7:35:02 PM
From: rokoko	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

THIS IS THE FACT. Bush record, Oct. 28, 2004 (keep the Kerry out of this equation) BUDGET DEFICIT (all time high) DOLLAR (all time low) HEALTCARE (Americans are loosing medical, expensive, flue vaccine etc.) IRAQ MESS (200 billion was already wasted, rather then building America) 400,000 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES have despaired in Iraq (Americans have been killed) BUSH FAS DIVIDED AMERICANS (and former friends - Nato allies) STOCK MARKET (down and sliding lower) Maybe I am ignorant, maybe I live on another planet, but can anyone give me 1 reason SINGLE REASON why should I vote for Bush?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (652942)	10/28/2004 8:00:07 PM
From: D.Austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I actually thought it was 10.5 Billion and not the $7 billion you claim.....The demohacks wouldn't want to chase the "food for oil" scam would they,no dirt there by gosh... ------------ In Iraq, Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) has been awarded five contracts worth at least $10.8 billion, including more than $5.6 billion under the U.S. Army's Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) contract, an omnibus contract that allows the Army to call on KBR for support in all of its field operations. When the Army needs a service performed, it issues a "task order," which lays out specific work requirements under the contract…From 1992 to 1997, KBR held the first LOGCAP contract awarded by the Army, but when it was time to renew the contract, the company lost in the competitive bidding process to DynCorp after the General Accounting Office reported in February 1997 that KBR had overrun its estimated costs in the Balkans by 32 percent (some of which was attributed to an increase in the Army's demands). KBR (obtained) the third LOGCAP contract in December 2001…[I]n November 2002 the Army Corps of Engineers tasked KBR to develop a contingency plan for extinguishing oil well fires in Iraq…[O]n March 24, 2003, the Army Corps announced publicly that KBR had been awarded a contract to restore oil-infrastructure in Iraq, potentially worth $7 billion. The contract KBR received…would eventually include 10 distinct task orders. KBR did not come close to reaching the contract ceiling, billing just over $2.5 billion…The contract was awarded without submission for public bids or congressional notification. In their response to congressional inquiries, Army officials said they determined that extinguishing oil fires fell under the range of services provided under LOGCAP, meaning that KBR could deploy quickly and without additional security clearances. ----------- Just wanted to put the true spin on your crap.....

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (652942)	10/28/2004 8:06:58 PM
From: D.Austin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

An L.A. Times op-ed of April 22 said, "Halliburton Received No-Bid Contracts During Clinton Administration For Work In Bosnia And Kosovo." An October 2003 article in the (Raleigh, NC) News & Observer quoted Bill Clinton's Undersecretary Of Commerce William Reinsch as saying "'Halliburton has a distinguished track record,' he said. 'They do business in some 120 countries. This is a group of people who know what they're doing in a difficult business. It's a particularly difficult business when people are shooting at you.'" ------------ I'm sure Kerry was happy that geese don't shoot back.....