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2007-03-08 11:17:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Elections

10 answers

Right question.
Wrong party.

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http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-new2.cfm?doc_name=inv2


1) Halliburton billed taxpayers $1.4 billion in questionable and undocumented charges under its contract to supply troops in Iraq, as documented by the Pentagon’s own auditors.

2) Parsons billed taxpayers over $200 million under a contract to build 142 health clinics, yet completed fewer than 20. According to Iraqi officials, the rest were “imaginary clinics.”

3) Custer Battles stole forklifts from Iraq’s national airline, repainted them, then leased the forklifts back to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) through a Cayman Islands shell company — charging an extra fee along the way.

4) Halliburton allowed our troops in Iraq to shower, bathe, and sometimes brush their teeth with water that tested positive for e. coli and coliform bacteria. One expert has said that the troops would have been better off using the highly polluted Euphrates River. Halliburton has admitted that it lacked “an organizational structure to ensure that water was being treated in accordance with Army standards and its contractual requirements.”

5) Halliburton served the troops food that had spoiled or passed its expiration date. Halliburton managers ordered employees to remove bullets from food in trucks that had come under attack, then saved the bullets as souvenirs while giving the food to unwitting soldiers and Marines.

6) Halliburton charged taxpayers for services that it never provided and tens of thousands of meals that it never served.

7) Halliburton double-charged taxpayers for $617,000 worth of soda.

8) Halliburton tripled the cost of hand towels, at taxpayer expense, by insisting on having its own embroidered logo on each towel.

9) Halliburton employees burned new trucks on the side of the road because they didn’t have the right wrench to change a tire — and knew that the trucks could be replaced on a profitable “cost-plus” basis, at taxpayer expense.

10) Halliburton employees dumped 50,000 pounds of nails in the desert because they ordered the wrong size, all at taxpayer expense.

11) Halliburton employees threw themselves a lavish Super Bowl Party, but passed the cost on to taxpayers by claiming they had purchased supplies for the troops.

12) Halliburton chose a subcontractor to build an ice factory in the desert even though its bid was 800 percent higher than an equally qualified bidder.

13) Halliburton actively discouraged cooperation with U.S. government auditors, sent one whistleblower into a combat zone to keep him away from auditors, and put another whistleblower under armed guard before kicking her out of the country.

14) Halliburton sent unarmed truck drivers into a known combat zone without warning them of the danger, resulting in the deaths of six truck drivers and two soldiers. Halliburton then offered to nominate the surviving truck drivers for a Defense Department medal — provided they sign a medical records release that doubled as a waiver of any right to seek legal recourse against the company.

15) Halliburton’s no-bid contract to rebuild Iraq’s oil infrastructure was the worst case of contract abuse that the top civilian at the Army Corps of Engineers had ever seen. She was demoted after speaking out.

16) Under its no-bid contract to rebuild Iraq’s oil infrastructure contract, Halliburton overcharged by over 600 percent for the delivery of fuel from Kuwait.

17) Halliburton failed to complete required work under its oil infrastructure work, leaving distribution points unusable.

18) Iraq under the CPA was like the “Wild West,” with few limits and controls over how inexperienced officials spent — and wasted — millions of taxpayer dollars.

19) Cronies at the CPA’s health office lacked experience, ignored the advice of international health professionals, failed to restore Iraq’s health systems, and wasted millions of taxpayer dollars. The political appointee who ran the office had never worked overseas and had no international public health experience.

20) Administration officials promoted construction of a “boondoggle” children’s hospital in Basra, which ended up more than a year behind schedule and at least 100 percent over budget.

2007-03-08 11:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

First, morals are largely a religious creation. And what is considered moral by one religion may be sinful under a different set of rules.

Second, saying "democrats" takes approximately 40% of the country and lumps them together under the assumption that they all think and believe the same. That's as irrational as saying all blondes think the same, or all people over the age of 50 think the same.

Finally, your question seems to make making the assumption as part of the premise. That's like asking "when did you stop beating your wife". The question is not answerable unless the person answering it accepts the premise.

2007-03-08 11:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1 0

Because their deifnition of morals is different from yours, so you say they have none. In reality, everyone does, but some of us don't believe in condemning gays or forcing Christianity on other people who don't want it.
So, really, your question should have been, why do dems have morals I do not agree with? Only you can know the answer to that.

2007-03-08 16:47:46 · answer #3 · answered by Ice 3 · 0 0

If a Democrat were to win in 2008, it would give terrorists worldwide a four year respite to rebuild, reload, and run wild without serious opposition from the United States. The price our nation and our allies would pay in blood and treasure for that mistake would be incalculable.

2007-03-08 13:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Don't really know the answer to that but the dem politicians focus on the IMMORAL and thats a fact.What % of these groups do you think are dems. Lawyers--gays--ACLU people--pro abortioners--greenies/ tree huggers--welfare recipients--teachers/union members--muslims.How many of these groups are without morals!!??

2007-03-08 11:28:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The same reason other people do not have morals. The heart of man is deceitfully wicked.

2007-03-08 11:20:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ludwig Wittgenstein 5 · 0 1

It all depends on what you consider morals.

2007-03-08 11:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by Rocka 3 · 0 0

Because they don't believe in God. God is the source of morality.

2007-03-08 12:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1 0

Your kidding right? With all the immoral activity going on in the republican party your argument doesn't have a leg to stand on.

2007-03-08 12:06:56 · answer #9 · answered by Third Uncle 5 · 1 1

Ask one.
They'll probably then change the subject.
Answer your question?

2007-03-08 11:20:59 · answer #10 · answered by TheMuffinMan 2 · 1 0

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