Comments on: KBR cited in probe of electrocutions in Iraq. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:16:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: youtube http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5570989 youtube Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:47:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-5570989 I would think that companies who are willing to form offshore subsidiaries in order to dodge<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">sohbet</a> <a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">Bedava mp3 indir</a> <a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">cet</a> taxes are going to do everything it takes to dodge regulations of all kinds. If a company is known to be so beholden to their bottom line that they are willing to violate the tax code then we should assume they will also violate OSHA I would think that companies who are willing to form offshore subsidiaries in order to dodgesohbet
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]]> By: Namtillaku http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366738 Namtillaku Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:27:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366738 <em>McWars Says: March 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am KBR, Halliburton and other low-quality over-billing whores of private companies are also licensed to do business. It’s a multi-corporate mafia. KBR isn’t alone.</em> Why do you think Cheney was in the Middle East over the last week. McWars Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am

KBR, Halliburton and other low-quality over-billing whores of private companies are also licensed to do business. It’s a multi-corporate mafia. KBR isn’t alone.

Why do you think Cheney was in the Middle East over the last week.

]]> By: hellinabucket http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366616 hellinabucket Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:11:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366616 KBR took over the maint. of this site. They conducted a survey. They found faulty wiring but did not correct it. They knowingly put our troops at risk. To defend them Good Golly is to turn your back on the soldiers that you say you support. You put a company over the lives of our soldiers. Your words on terrorism are hollow when you don't point out the disgrace that KBR has been. FYI KBR got out of military support for many years and didn't get back in until Cheney ran it. You are a fake patriot if you allow KBR to continue with shoddy performance when, at the same time, you scream for the support of the soldiers for this "War on Terror". A sad, hollow, transparent fake patriot. KBR took over the maint. of this site. They conducted a survey. They found faulty wiring but did not correct it. They knowingly put our troops at risk.

To defend them Good Golly is to turn your back on the soldiers that you say you support. You put a company over the lives of our soldiers.

Your words on terrorism are hollow when you don’t point out the disgrace that KBR has been.

FYI KBR got out of military support for many years and didn’t get back in until Cheney ran it.

You are a fake patriot if you allow KBR to continue with shoddy performance when, at the same time, you scream for the support of the soldiers for this “War on Terror”.

A sad, hollow, transparent fake patriot.

]]> By: hellinabucket http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366592 hellinabucket Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:06:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366592 Bad assumption? gg and other koolaid drinkers don't have solid ground to stand on. Bad assumption? "6 days, 6 weeks but I doubt 6 months". "60 billion will pay for this". "Iraq oil will pay for the war". Bad assumptions? gg, you are on the side of bad assumptions. Bad assumption? gg and other koolaid drinkers don’t have solid ground to stand on. Bad assumption? “6 days, 6 weeks but I doubt 6 months”. “60 billion will pay for this”. “Iraq oil will pay for the war”.

Bad assumptions? gg, you are on the side of bad assumptions.

]]> By: belac http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366546 belac Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:59:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366546 <em>good_golly Says: March 20th, 2008 at 11:40 am 20. Why do you assume that Al Qaeda’s Arab allies have no experience with oil production or sales? Sounds like a bad assumption to me.</em> If only someone had thought of this before we invaded, removed Saddam who was keeping al-Qaeda out of Iraq while at the same time refusing to plan adequately for his replacement... Oh wait, I thought of that... along with every other thoughtful human being on the planet. Why do you assume that the only way to remove Saddam was through an invasion? Sounds like a bad assumption to me. good_golly Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 11:40 am
20. Why do you assume that Al Qaeda’s Arab allies have no experience with oil production or sales? Sounds like a bad assumption to me.
If only someone had thought of this before we invaded, removed Saddam who was keeping al-Qaeda out of Iraq while at the same time refusing to plan adequately for his replacement…
Oh wait, I thought of that… along with every other thoughtful human being on the planet.
Why do you assume that the only way to remove Saddam was through an invasion? Sounds like a bad assumption to me.

]]> By: belac http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366506 belac Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:54:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366506 Can't the troops just use bottled electricity? Can’t the troops just use bottled electricity?

]]> By: sacxtra http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366492 sacxtra Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:50:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366492 This story doesn't surprise me, it just confirms that everything that this administration and it's affiliates do with electricity is an exploit against the human race. EM Weapons Database Breaches Vote Tabulation Devices Email Telco Snooping Video Surveillance The FCC Everything they touch This story doesn’t surprise me, it just confirms that everything that this administration and it’s affiliates do with electricity is an exploit against the human race.

EM Weapons
Database Breaches
Vote Tabulation Devices
Email
Telco Snooping
Video Surveillance
The FCC

Everything they touch

]]> By: L. Hussein Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366450 L. Hussein Annie Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:45:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366450 Huh. Guess it's not enough that they're poisoning our troops -- they have to electrocute them too. Huh. Guess it’s not enough that they’re poisoning our troops — they have to electrocute them too.

]]> By: gummitch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366284 gummitch Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:19:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366284 <em>goon_golly Says: March 20th, 2008 at 11:05 am 16. KBR and its predecessors have been doing contract work for the U.S. military since at least WWII. The KBR contract at issue (LOGCAP) is not a “no bid” contract. </em> Oh, well, that's different. Makes shoddy workmanship perfectly OK. Now about Al Qaeda and Iraqi oil . . . when will you be explaining that ability to gain enormous revenue without production or sales? goon_golly Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 11:05 am

16. KBR and its predecessors have been doing contract work for the U.S. military since at least WWII. The KBR contract at issue (LOGCAP) is not a “no bid” contract.

Oh, well, that’s different. Makes shoddy workmanship perfectly OK.

Now about Al Qaeda and Iraqi oil . . . when will you be explaining that ability to gain enormous revenue without production or sales?

]]> By: Mr. Evil http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366140 Mr. Evil Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:50:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366140 missmolly Says: March 20th, 2008 at 10:48 am There's lots of companies that do and can do what KBR does. They just lack one thing... a Dick Cheney. missmolly Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:48 am

There’s lots of companies that do and can do what KBR does. They just lack one thing… a Dick Cheney.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366134 Zooey Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:49:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366134 <em>good_golly Says: March 20th, 2008 at 10:43 am 12. Such non-hostile injuries/accidents are counted. http://icasualties.org/oif/BY_DOD.aspx. Keep your $1.</em> Hell, no! I'm sending you a check... Goofy Goon Under the Bridge, Wrong side of the tracks Dubyaville, USA What's your zip? good_golly Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:43 am

12. Such non-hostile injuries/accidents are counted. http://icasualties.org/oif/BY_DOD.aspx. Keep your $1.

Hell, no! I’m sending you a check…

Goofy Goon
Under the Bridge, Wrong side of the tracks
Dubyaville, USA

What’s your zip?

]]> By: missmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366130 missmolly Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:48:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366130 If KBR got their contract without bidding because they were the only vendor able to meet the requirements of the job, it sounds like there's a golden business opportunity here for other corporations looking for government business. Surely another conglomerate could retool their resources for this line of work and do a better job than KBR. If KBR got their contract without bidding because they were the only vendor able to meet the requirements of the job, it sounds like there’s a golden business opportunity here for other corporations looking for government business. Surely another conglomerate could retool their resources for this line of work and do a better job than KBR.

]]> By: zuch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366100 zuch Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:44:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366100 They mistakenly picked up the Abu Ghraib wiring plans. Innocent mistake.... Cheers, They mistakenly picked up the Abu Ghraib wiring plans. Innocent mistake….

Cheers,

]]> By: fletc3her http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366098 fletc3her Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:43:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366098 I don't know that there's a direct correlation, but I would think that companies who are willing to form offshore subsidiaries in order to dodge taxes are going to do everything it takes to dodge regulations of all kinds. If a company is known to be so beholden to their bottom line that they are willing to violate the tax code then we should assume they will also violate OSHA, electrical codes, building codes, plumbing codes, and, in the case of KBR, the basic tenets of human decency. All government contractors, especially military contractors, should abide by the tax code at a minimum. We should not do business with any US-based company that is incorporated overseas or employs shell corporations. To do otherwise is simply to pad the pockets of war profiteers. I don’t know that there’s a direct correlation, but I would think that companies who are willing to form offshore subsidiaries in order to dodge taxes are going to do everything it takes to dodge regulations of all kinds. If a company is known to be so beholden to their bottom line that they are willing to violate the tax code then we should assume they will also violate OSHA, electrical codes, building codes, plumbing codes, and, in the case of KBR, the basic tenets of human decency.

All government contractors, especially military contractors, should abide by the tax code at a minimum. We should not do business with any US-based company that is incorporated overseas or employs shell corporations. To do otherwise is simply to pad the pockets of war profiteers.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366070 Zooey Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:37:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366070 I'll bet anyone $1 that those electrocution deaths are not counted among the 3992. I’ll bet anyone $1 that those electrocution deaths are not counted among the 3992.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366048 Zooey Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:34:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366048 Five years, huh? Thanks for getting right on that. /sarc Five years, huh? Thanks for getting right on that.
/sarc

]]> By: Mr. Evil http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4366002 Mr. Evil Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:27:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4366002 Another view of things to come. A video by the group Ministry. Watch in total astonishment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhETKM5lTh4 Another view of things to come. A video by the group Ministry.
Watch in total astonishment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhETKM5lTh4

]]> By: hellinabucket http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4365988 hellinabucket Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4365988 Just read this over at Raw Story. KBR picked up the maint. contract and did an initial survey that found faulty grounding. Their argument is that they weren't contracted to repair anything until breaks. This is just one more ugly reality when we allow profit to be a factor in providing logistical support to our troops. Just read this over at Raw Story. KBR picked up the maint. contract and did an initial survey that found faulty grounding. Their argument is that they weren’t contracted to repair anything until breaks.

This is just one more ugly reality when we allow profit to be a factor in providing logistical support to our troops.

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4365982 Doc Rock Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4365982 Please read <em>Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War</em> by Dina Rasor, Robert Bauman, and Jonathan Alter to understand just what kinds of things these guys (and their ilk) did to our troops in Iraq! Please read Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War by Dina Rasor, Robert Bauman, and Jonathan Alter to understand just what kinds of things these guys (and their ilk) did to our troops in Iraq!

]]> By: McWars http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4365966 McWars Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:23:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/kbr-cited-in-probe-of-electrocutions-in-iraq/#comment-4365966 KRR, Halliburton and other low-quality over-billing whores of private companies are also licensed to do business. It's a multi-corporate mafia. KBR isn't alone. KRR, Halliburton and other low-quality over-billing whores of private companies are also licensed to do business. It’s a multi-corporate mafia. KBR isn’t alone.

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