WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' top contracting official on Friday called the government's grant of multi-billion dollar contracts to oil services giant Halliburton the worst case of contracting abuse she has ever seen.
"It was misconduct, and part of that misconduct was blatant," said Bunny Greenhouse, in an interview on NBC's Nightly News program.
Greenhouse has already demanded an investigation into the contracts that last year were granted to Halliburton, the energy services firm run by Vice President Dick Cheney from 1995-2000. According to her attorney, the FBI has since asked her for an interview on the matter.
A spokesman for President Bush on Friday said the president expects a full investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in how Iraq-related contracts were awarded to Halliburton.
"If there is wrongdoing, the president expects it to be investigated fully and dealt with," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters traveling with Bush to New Hampshire.
Oh, please. People--including soldiers in the field--have been screaming bloody murder about Halliburton's contracts and practices for eighteen months and Bush hasn't done dick about it. Neither have Republicans in Congress.
Nothing.
And now these sumbitches are trying to tell us that, if George W. Bush is re-elected, he fully expects Hallifburton to be investigated? Shit, maybe Cheney can head a fact finding commission.
Hey, George, if you're really troubled by all this war profiteering, what the fuck have you been waiting for? Bullshitter.
Damn, the White House is making a fool of me. First, I had to admit that the administration did tell the truth once, about having a couple October Surprises up it's sleeve.
Then my belief that they don't give a damn about health care was shattered when Bush showed his touching concern in protecting us from third-world pharmaceuticals! (Except, of course, the 75% of the world production of narcotics that originate in Afghanistan; but how could we influence events in a country that far away?!)
Now I've lost my claim that they didn't plan for the period after we invaded Iraq. Because we learn that at least a month before the war started, over $7 billion dollars had been allocated to restore the flow of oil, and a contractor had been picked and was gearing up for the work! (With all that oil now in our control, I expect to see gasoline prices at about 50 cent a gallon soon!)
Reconsidering my vote, here. I think GOD may be moving me to vote on blind, pig-ignorant faith, rather than the mountain of verifiable evidence that these are the most corrupt, self-serving, murdering asswipes ever to form a US administration.
Posted by: Jerry | October 31, 2004 at 01:59 AM
Listen, when God speaks to Bu$hCo, he understands what he must do: continue.
*sigh*
Wish we could put a bug in Bu$hCo's ear and have it say, "Jump off a high cliff, now!"
PS: My addy has changed to:
www.spacetimeltd.com/GentleBreezes/
Just call me "also not scum." :)
Posted by: gbreez | October 31, 2004 at 06:57 PM