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    Hey, guess who was hired to cleanup New Orleans?

    That's right, our favorite company!

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    The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

    Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.

    KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.


    I wonder how they got the job .
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    Well obviously we saw what a spectacular job they've done in Iraq...
    meet the new boss, same as the old boss

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      I am sorry, but this isn't getting any reaction of dismay from me - I'm like "hahahaha I can't believe they are the strongest nation on earth lollololol"
      urgh.NSFW

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      • #4
        Yeah, sounds like the US are a real banana republic.

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        • #5
          KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process.


          Who were the competition?


          Not that I really am interested
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          • #6
            Haliburton are the go-to people when you talk about this stuff.
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            • #7
              Yeah, thats what Dick told Bush.
              One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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              • #8
                Re: Hey, guess who was hired to cleanup New Orleans?

                Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                I wonder how they got the job
                Perhaps by KBR being handful of USA constuction companies capable of handling huge jobs in areas of dubious or savage infrastructer, and being the one with bases nearby in Houston, Now that bechtel and another of the monster construction companies got contracts. Brwon and Root (KBR) is the world's leader in quicly projecting a hugh constructtion job in an area with limited local construction resources.
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                • #9
                  The odds on this must have been below 1
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                  • #10
                    How come they always make good business from others suffering, no matter where it happens or how?

                    And why do they win all the other contractors?



                    I mean come on! This sounds like a bad movie already ..

                    BUt.. priceless material for all conspiracy nuts I guess.
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                      Material for 3 Michael Moore books in just 2 weeks. He will get rich and fat, too.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
                        Material for 3 Michael Moore books in just 2 weeks. He will get rich and fat, too.

                        already fat , already rich
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by boann
                          already fat , already rich
                          That won't make him stop
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                            Re: Hey, guess who was hired to cleanup New Orleans?

                            Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                            That's right, our favorite company!

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                            The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

                            Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.

                            KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.


                            I wonder how they got the job .
                            What's even funnier is that all three of these facilities that they're going to repair are on the BRAC chopping block.
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                              Well, we now know why survivors are shooting at the rescuers. I mean, who wouldn't??

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