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"Eric Dew" <
> Well, the person who alleged that Halliburton sold oil (which you replied
> to) was berating liberals, which might indicate that his leanings are
> more towards the conservative/right-wing side.

My comments were not directed at any individual.... my intent was simply
informational


>So your correction to
> his mistake should then indicate that it's the conservatives/right-wingers
> who are mistaken about some facts.  No democrats here (or elsewhere)
> have indicated that Halliburton is an oil producer or supplier, nor
> that the problem with Halliburton was that they have a strangle-hold on
> oil supplies.

During the Presidential election and following there have been many comments
from a wide array of sources linking Cheney and Oil production...including
many Dem politicians. In retrospect though I probably should have left off
the comments about the Dems as not germane to the present thread and rather
general and non specific..


> However, some people do have questions about a subsidiary, Brown and Root,
> and its very lucrative contract with the army.  It was a contract that
> was not given to competitive bidding, and was written out to be very
> lucrative for B & R (and hence, Halliburton) in that if B & R foot-drags
> or doesn't do things promptly, they're not dinged for the cost associated
> with incompetence.  How nice.  And how do I get to play that game?  Who's
> ass do I have to kiss, Dubya's or Cheney's?
> EDEW

Demonstrated competence to perform a complicated service under extreme
conditions for many years and you can get right in there with those big buck
cost plus contracts. Haliburton also lost 100 million or so on a South
American construction project...You win some and lose some, welcome to the
business world.

 Since Cheney was required to sell his stake in Haliburton as a price to
return to public service and since he played no part in the award of any
Gov. contract to any of the Haliburton subsidiary there would be no
substantive issue here. An expectation that any company he was ever involved
with must be penalized or shut out of viable Gov. work is pretty silly and
not very workable.   Soggy