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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/in...ND-PENT.html?h
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Hey Sand Brain! If you want people to read your ****ing propaganda,
how about posting the article instead of the link to some place
people have to fill out a form.

Sanders is right, here we go again.

" A Pentagon investigation has found evidence of overcharging and
other violations in billions of dollars worth of reconstruction
contracts for Iraq that were awarded to Vice President Dick Cheney's
former company, military officials said today."

This relates to this item:

http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefro...e/2003_11.html

Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn), Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal) and
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich)have requested that the Pentagon inspector
general investigate the alleged over-pricing of gasoline sent to
Iraq by Halliburton, Reuters reports. Haliburton is working under a
contract from the Army Corps of Engineers to supply gas to Iraq
until local oil refineries are brought back up to speed. The company
has been accused of overcharging the U.S. for the gasoline, but has
said that the high price is due to the cost of providing security.
Haliburton, which was formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney,
received Iraqi reconstruction contracts without going through the
normal competitive bidding process.

Any of you who had taken the time to fill out the form and read the
article would have noticed that it *is* the *Pentagon*, not just a
handful of Senators, which is investigating Halliburton on not just
this but other charges of malfeasance.

Sanders, I would hope that most readers have cleverly discerned that
"Senators... ...have requested that the Pentagon... ...investigate" doesn't
mean the same thing as "Senators are investigating".

I also hope that most people, outside of some radical Democrats who are
thirsty for administration blood, understand that "investigation" doesn't
mean the same thing as "criminal conviction".

I also hope that when some influential Senators ask the Pentagon for an
investigation, they get one but of course it's at taxpayer expense too,
isn't it? By the way how big is that investigation, is it as small as a
bread box or as big as an aircraft carrier?

After all, it's the Pentagon
that's getting slapped with Halliburton's price-gouging bills.

Like I said: ...outside of some radical Democrats who are thirsty for
administration blood.

And that means you, me, and every other American taxpayer is getting
gouged by the Bush/Cheney cronyism.

And proof of the claim that Halliburton was gouging has been legally proven
in which court of law?

I guess in Sanders-speak, "investigation" means the same thing as "reliable
evidence of wrongdoing", means the same thing as "indictment", means the
same thing as "trial", means the same thing as "conviction". What was your
profession again, Sanders?

Had enough yet???

Not yet, as deconstructing badly-thought-out claims is one of my hobbies.