Senate conservatives OK contract corruption.
By on Jun 20th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
Senate conservatives OK contract corruption.
The Senate voted 44-52 today to kill legislation that would have created a special committee to “investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts” in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even conservative “straight shooters” like John McCain and Chuck Hagel voted against oversight. The Nation has details.
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Oversight is a dirty word that should never be uttered again, I am outraged.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:09 pmI am not surprised because the Senate is filled with idiots! Probably up to 80 of them are corrupt completely! Might be best to clean out that branch of the Congress!
June 20th, 2006 at 6:10 pmI wonder why they’d do that???
June 20th, 2006 at 6:10 pmBECAUSE THEY’RE ALL CORRUPT!
Remove them all from power.
I wonder how Sen. Hillary Clinton voted on this? She seems to back the Bush Regime more every day! Her husband Bill is completely in bed with the Bush family now!
June 20th, 2006 at 6:13 pmCan we officially call our nation rogue?
June 20th, 2006 at 6:18 pmJay,
Yeah my man Bill Clinton probably picked up on old Babs, or maybe the twins, or maybe Noell?
June 20th, 2006 at 6:19 pmPost 6 > Babs calls Bill one of her sons now > lol > whatever that means? I heard Bush Junior say to the press a few weeks ago that Hillary will be president in 2009, so I guess some kind of deal has been struck?! Hillary gets a term or two, then Jeb I suppose > lol.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:23 pmthis is quite literally the BLIND LEADING THE BLIND, how can there be oversight if everyone keeps their eyes closed?
June 20th, 2006 at 6:23 pmHow pathetic.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:24 pmThis point should get a lot of airtime in each and every election, complete with the nasty details of how and how much these companies have screwed the public.
This should be one of the Democrats Talking Points starting today.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:34 pmIs Hindrocket going to say, “For shame” about this?
June 20th, 2006 at 6:35 pmI didn’t think so.
#5 Lizzy
Rogue suggests an errant individual with possibly some romantic overtones. I would offer:
Rotten to the Rabid Reprehensible Republican Roots.
The 5 R’s; which we thinking citizens should counter with:
Recall, Repeal, Reproach, Rejection, and Rescission.
Click on Clyde to Bash on Bush.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:37 pmTh
Back in 1979 the Russian Army invaded Afghanistan. The Politburo probably found out after the fact. The Russian Army just went into Afghanistan without the knowledge of the Soviet Government.
Today, in murka, the US gov does anything it wants to do and asks nobody for permission.
They’re corrupt through and through. The war in Iraq is the newest form of the Colosseum with murkan gladiators doing the dirty work at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo.
When two American soldiers are tortured to death, it is karma. The Muslim gladiators won the round this time.
It was the Bush Cabal who decided to invade the country of Iraq. They have no one to blame but themselves. No bigger fools have ever walked the face of the earth.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:37 pmAmazing. And yet the Republican Party would have us all believe that when they vote on legislation, they are voting for what’s best for the people in their states and not what’s best for the corporations in their states. I would really like to hear them defend this vote. Out loud. On national television. With an unfriendly host (so, no Fox News Channel for these Republicans.) This vote by the Republicans was indefensible (except for you, Sen Chafee). Whose money do they think they’re playing with? It’s not the corporations’ money, because they aren’t paying taxes!
June 20th, 2006 at 6:39 pmyeah, these comments are looking like im cruising through red state, though the clintons aren’t the beacon of a progressive agenda, if you think they are the enemies, you have no scope of the fight
June 20th, 2006 at 6:40 pm…go up for air! call up a friend and go to their house and watch some TV news, the republicans will have us fighting amoung ourselves in no time, do you remember 2000 & nadar, do you want more of what america has faced…to believe liberman was gore’s running mate instead of nader, was ridiculous, they try to divide and conquer, we can pull everyone together, the country needs to head in the right direction before any of the changes TP discusses can even be considered, there is no way we’ll steer the country if everyone fights amoungst themselves
Post 15 that is always the GOP game plan and it works when they get someone like Hillary to sell out which divides the Democrats! Going to be the biggest fight in history in my Democrat party to prevent Hillary from being crowned fool in 2008 presidential election!
June 20th, 2006 at 6:47 pmyeah, Jay, I have read a bunch of your posts, I know its important to have convictions, but to think they will be represented in Washington down to the letter, good luck with that…all i know is im not voting republican, i hope the dems bring someone better to the table, but this country cannot survive another 4-8 years under the right while we try to prop up a third party, or the perfect flawless canidate…for this country to keep any sembalance of a democracy, we have to paint a picture with broad brush strokes
June 20th, 2006 at 6:57 pmWhat a country, what a big, wonderful country. I’m in favor of giving it back to the Indians, provided they don’t ask too much.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:59 pmPost 17 I hope there will be a real third party someday, because it would help clean out the corruption from the Dems and Repubs! If the election in 2008 was Hillary versus McCain, then I hope to God we have a viable third party candidate!
June 20th, 2006 at 7:03 pmHillary Vs. McCain would be awesome. It would send everyone right, left, and middle into a tail spin. We might actually get a third party person.
June 20th, 2006 at 7:07 pmJay,
As long as people continue to believe the myth that their only two choices are between the Republican and the Democratic candidate, we will never get the kind of government our Founding Fathers hoped to build. Instead of just two parties, we should have as many as possible. Diversity of opinion will help solve our nation’s problems, not just the same crap from both of the two major parties. They stopped caring about you and me a long time ago.
June 20th, 2006 at 7:08 pm#18 - well, let’s see, we bought the island of Manhattan on the cheap - accounting for inflation and all, I’m sure we could sell it back for a few hundred bucks…:) (oh, ok - the buldings would cost extra…)
June 20th, 2006 at 7:12 pmHey Guys, my picks for the daily double are Fiengold and Obama. They, by themselves, form a very decent third party. And wouldn’t it drive the Neocons(aka, rednecks, WASPs, mackerel snappers and bible thumpers) up the wall?
June 20th, 2006 at 7:17 pmHagel has made admirable statements about how botched the administration’s “plan” in Iraq has been, but doesn’t he co-own some voting macine company? Again, though McCain has some admirable qualities, he was involved in the S&L scandal, wasn’t he? In this context, their votes were not surprising, albeit disappointing.
June 20th, 2006 at 7:41 pmYes, but Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. So, therefore, it is imperative that the US gov award all sorts of contracts in every conceivable manner to stop the war on terror.
Whatever it costs, the US tax slave should be willing to pay and pay and pay.
It doesn’t matter if it is all fiction or all truth (there will never be any truth to it whatsoever), this war must be won.
June 20th, 2006 at 7:52 pmTrue Clyde, very true.
Is there a link to the vote? or a Bill number?
June 20th, 2006 at 7:54 pmHalliburton Inc.
– including human fecal matter –
This coffee smells like crap -Austin Powers
[cue; Muuuhahahaaaa! Muuuuhhaaaa! [Dr. Evil aka Dick]]
June 20th, 2006 at 8:04 pmIt is the Republican equivalent of ‘coming out of the closet’. Now there is no REAL way for Republican Senators to act like it is ‘the people’ they are representing, while they are really following the orders of their Corporate masters, who wave all of those ‘goodies’ in front of their faces, knowing their ‘pets’ so well, yanking it back, and saying, we need to talk, first. And at this point they will do ANYTHING to get that treat. To hell with those losers who come to them empty-handed. Get lost! But it was darn nice of them to get it on record.
June 20th, 2006 at 8:09 pm#26 Lizzy
All I can find at the moment is:
Nay 52 All republicans
Aye 44 All Democrats plus Chafee (R/RI)
I have no clue as to the missing 4.
June 20th, 2006 at 8:31 pmMcCain? Straight shooter? When is everybody going to wise up and realize this “maverick” war criminal is just your garden variety piece of human garbage?
June 20th, 2006 at 8:36 pmThe Senate has ceded so much of its authority that it is no longer just impotent, but an embarassment. At what point does the Senate’s refulsal to fulfill its duties violate members’ oaths of office? At what point do their efforts to castrate the legislative branch become a violation of the constitution?
June 20th, 2006 at 9:18 pmWayne, Jay and Clyde, all good posts. Let me add, since my old favorite pres and his woman Hillery crosed the line I would never vote for them on any issue…Absolute corruption in our government on all sides.. A third party would be great….McCane is a fool as are most of the Republicans, I would not vote for any one of them…Hillery has turned into a waramonger and I will fight to keep her out of the nomination..Lieberman is a Rep. lite and claiming to be a dem..Very few coming down the pike so far. This Nov. should be interesting. I keep wondering how many voters are still asleep…
June 20th, 2006 at 9:24 pmI hope everyone running against a Republican incumbent other than Lincoln Chafee in November uses this one in their campaign. It’s so indefensible that even our usual trolls aren’t posting on this one.
June 20th, 2006 at 11:45 pmYes post 33 > no Bush/GOP loving trolls came onto this thread! Post 29 found out that 43 of the 44 Dems voted AYE for oversight, which is amazing since they hardly ever vote as a group anymore! I wonder which Democrat decided NOT to vote period? My bet is on Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska > he is a complete phony, but also Sen. Joe Lieberman could be the guy too?!
June 21st, 2006 at 12:50 amMcCain and Hagel - “straightshooters” (??) That’s what they’d like you to think.
June 21st, 2006 at 12:51 amUh, uh — do not listen to what they say - watch what they do.
They have proven my theory again — in the end, they vote partisan, and screw the public.
Rockefeller has been out sick for months now — is he coming back?
June 21st, 2006 at 12:53 amPost 36 > Sen. Jay Rockefeller is sick, or does he want to fake an illness to justify not voting on Senate bills? I had no idea he has been gone for months?!
June 21st, 2006 at 1:11 amAnother case of One-Party Rule.
It’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Far worse.
June 21st, 2006 at 2:11 amI gather that Jim Jeffords, Independent who usually votes with the Democrats, was out like Rockefeller, too.
June 21st, 2006 at 3:20 amHold on I am here.
June 21st, 2006 at 7:58 amUh, Why do they need oversight. It is THERI money anyway, so why should you care how they spend it? Blah, blah, blah, I have no brain in my head, Karl please upload the latest talkingpoints patch. I am currently at ver 061806, and I need to counter this silly ‘citizen desiring oversight thing” that came out yesterday.
Karl, Karl, are you there? Hello anyone at WH central, come in….
When the last one finishes, tell them to turn the light off, from the “Shining City on the Hill.” The light is starting to bother all the citizens who are SLEEPING!
June 21st, 2006 at 8:00 amif they voted 44-52 to kill the legistlation, then wasn’t it not killed, because there was more in the don’t kill side then the kill side?
June 21st, 2006 at 8:51 amSpongebob you are kidding right?
Just in case you are not, the republicans voted to defeat a measure that would give congress oversight. They would rather see Halliburton continue to receive no bid contracts at inflated prices than assure our tax dollars are protected.
OK, kill 12.7 billion in student aid and give it right to Halliburton. Sounds like good republican policy to me!
June 21st, 2006 at 9:15 amThey don’t want accountability because they know already that the economical situation in Iraq is a blatant crime. And having the Mainstream America “discovering” it, without PR distortions, will be another hit against the already widely unpopular (at last) war in Iraq.
June 21st, 2006 at 9:38 amRepublican Culture of Corruption…
Gays Marrying: Bad
June 21st, 2006 at 9:46 amRepublican Corruption: Good…
I know the mother and father of one of the troops affected by the unhealthy water from the Euphrates River mentioned in the article — he was told that the water was treated and was safe to drink — and what their son has gone through.
S.O.B.’s - every last one of the 52 who voted against this.
June 21st, 2006 at 10:20 amFile this under: WTF Did You Expect?
June 21st, 2006 at 11:40 am