2006-08-09 04:57:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because they are all bastards. God included.
2006-08-09 04:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Factcheck.org checked the facts about allegations by Democrats that there was a scandal because of the "no-bid" contracts awarded to Halliburton they stated, "It is false to imply that Bush personally awarded a contract to Halliburton. The ‘no-bid contract’ in question is actually an extension of an earlier contract to support U.S. troops overseas that Halliburton won under open bidding. In fact, the notion that Halliburton benefited from any cronyism has been poo-poohed by a Harvard University professor, Steven Kelman, who was administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Clinton administration. ‘One would be hard-pressed to discover anyone with a working knowledge of how federal contracts are awarded...who doesn't regard these allegations as being somewhere between highly improbable and utterly absurd,’ Kelman wrote in the Washington Post last November." (Emphasis added.)
It is certainly true that during a two year period Halliburton’s revenue from Defense Department contracts doubled. However, that increase in revenue occurred from 1998 to 2000 - during the Clinton administration.
2006-08-09 12:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the VP was the boss at King Hal. But if you look at it in a different perspective, it makes sense.
Lets say you friend owned a landsccaping company. Say he retired last year but he still has great things to say about their quality of work and still has some pull with the current owners. Would you call up 3 other companies looking for the cheapest price or would you be willing to pay a little more for the piece of mind and confidence that your friend's old company can do the job and do it well, and that if they dont, your friend still has enough pull to make sure your concerns are addressed by management and not ignored. For me, I am willing to pay a premium for premium service and that piece of mind.
2006-08-09 12:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by The Krieg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
President Bush just followed President Clinton. President did the same thing in Bosnia. Now President Bush did the same thing in Iraq0.
2006-08-09 12:11:45 · answer #4 · answered by fatboysdaddy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big buckeroos.
That is their god.
That is the way of the world.
They love it.
Grab the cash.
God doesn't have anything to do with it.
You don't want Him to be directly involved with everything you do, do you?
He lets everything go along.
Why do people bring Him into the bad things that people do?
Is there a need to blame Him?
Is it in you to blame God?
Lets blame Him, don't blame the man, blame God.
2006-08-09 12:10:15 · answer #5 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I don't think God reads yahoo answers, but if He does, maybe He is lurking around and is going to answer this one for you.
The answer is simple, government CORRUPTION.. need I say more?
2006-08-09 12:00:17 · answer #6 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are very few companys that do that kind of work or are capable of doing it on such a large scale.
2006-08-09 12:00:41 · answer #7 · answered by BAM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George bush is really under the power of Dick.
2006-08-09 12:01:11 · answer #8 · answered by right. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he believes that "One Hand Washes The Other". They gave him money to get elected, he repays.
2006-08-09 12:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by nsanders522 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dick Cheney use to run the company..Enough said?
2006-08-09 11:59:58 · answer #10 · answered by dwh12345 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋