Army Demotes Halburton Critic

[MarkG]

Often she hand-wrote her concerns on the contract documents, a practice that corps leaders called unprofessional and confusing.

that's because corps leaders can only ready letters in courier or at best, arial

[Patroklos]

Now one can clearly see, you were talking about HER, because she's the one that was fired. You claimed that she took a position of the left AND she criticized the accountability and clarity of thebidding process.

Bull****. The left hates Halyburton, someone who similarly hates Halyburton gets fired, left comes to the rescue.

She took a position held as gospel by the left, where did I say she was even on the left.

I made an observation about YOU GUYS, that if someone in line with your thinking gets fired, it HAS to be because of it of that.

Reading comprehension

[Az]

Why would she hate halliburton?

In fact, why would the left hate halliburton more than any other corporation?

[Patroklos]

In fact, why would the left hate halliburton more than any other corporation?

Have you been here long?

Because the people that ***** slapped them into 8 years of irrelevance are connected to it.

[chequita guevara]

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Patroklos
Because the people that ***** slapped them into 8 years of irrelevance are connected to it.

Are you saying that the White House has connections with Haliburton? That same firm that has been getting humongus contracts from the US government without going through the proper bidding process?

Shocking.

[Patroklos]

I would consider Cheney a big connection.

Not an improper one, but that hardly matters for conspiracy theories.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Patroklos
I would consider Cheney a big connection.

Not an improper one...

Well, i agree with half of your statement.

[Theben]

You're right, Pat. The left generally defends army officers, which I guess is good since the right looks ready to dispose of anyone, military or no, if they go against the administration or its cronies.

I'll admit you're also right that the article doesn't mention what exactly she was fired for. It does mention her "stellar" performance ratings before the criticism, warnings from superiors not to testify to congress, and her writing on contract documents.
You also might note that she was demoted before the inquiry was completed, which had this not occurred the article would probably have never made the news.

But you just go on believing whatever you want to.

/me pats patroklos on head condescendingly

[Sava]

Originally posted by Patroklos

Automatic and unqualified hatred of the Halyburton corporation, Yes.

it's not automatic, and it is most certainly QUALIFIED... Halliburton RAPES TAXPAYERS, PROFITS FROM WAR, and contributes to the general destruction of the planet.

It's not as if people hate them for no reason.

I am talking about your automatic support for her, even though you don't know why she was fired.

I know exactly why she was fired.

She criticized Halliburton contracts.

Just like General Shinseki was fired because he said we needed more troops.

Just like former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman "resigned" because she dared to try and seek a middle ground between "save the environment" policies and Bush's "rape the Earth" policies.

Just like former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill was fired because he refused to lie about Iraq.

WAKE UP PAT.

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION FIRES PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL REASONS!

[Odin]

Jesus Christ, Patroklos, are you really that dense?

Sava:

[Patroklos]

I know exactly why she was fired.

She criticized Halliburton contracts.

No.

In October 2004, General Strock, citing two consecutive performance reviews that called Ms. Greenhouse an uncooperative manager, informed her that she would be demoted.

Reviews that for the most part no one here has any clue about as far as content.

Sorry, you are just spouting automatic replys, and defending her ONLY because her critisim is in line with your political views, even if her motives were not political in nature (which they almost definetly were not).

Just like former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman "resigned" because she dared to try and seek a middle ground between "save the environment" policies and Bush's "rape the Earth" policies.

Replies like this are exactly what proves my point.

You are are simply zealots.

[Theben]

And you're ignoring repetitive patterns of behavior on the part of the admin b/c it's in line with YOUR political beliefs.

[Kontiki]

Is there any indication that she hates, or has any feelings either way, about Haliburton? Seems to me she was upset about the process by which the contracts were granted.

[Patroklos]

Out of several million government employees, 5 who disagree with Bush (suposedly) get fired.

Hell of a pattern.

I guess I should go ahead a critisize something so all of you will run to my rescue if I ever get demoted or lose a promotion for piss poor performace

And of course, the administration didn't fire her, or are you positive that General is a republican, or even a conservative. Nah, we will just assume he is, much easier and politically expediant.