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In article <ulgtkbgvph7rb7@corp.supernews.com>,
Rod & BJ <soggy@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
>"Brian"
>> Those eeeeeevil companies like Haliburton!!! Why, they actually purchase
>oil
>> on the open market and then sell it!!! I'm forced to buy it!
>
> Haliburton is a oil services & construction company not a Oil
>producer/seller....They might build a oil platform, might provide services
>to keep it running but they don't own or sell the output......granted the
>Dems anti Cheney oil hype didn't indicate this distinction but generally
>Dems never let a little fact or two interfere with a good yarn.  Soggy
>

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.  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.

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