“In 1998 Halliburton merged with Dresser Industries, which included Kellogg. Prescott Bush was a director of Dresser Industries, which is now part of Halliburton. Former United States president George H. W. Bush worked for Dresser Industries in several positions from 1948–1951…”

From a WIRED blogger: “Joseph Schmitz, COO & general counsel of the Prince Group, Blackwater’s parent company, is married to one Lucila Garnica Gallo, Colomba Bush’s sister (Jeb Bush’s wife).”

If a system were found that would release someone from all chances of being caught, would they do illegal and immoral things ?

The only system is that with their blanket immunity, it doesn’t matter if they get caught or not. Theft, ransacking the historical artifacts of a country, rape, …… Name a crime and they can do it.

And our country, too, if he doesn’t mind too much.

Isn’t it true that KBR is the descendent of Brown Brothers which had a Bush and a Walker (ancestors of our chimp)on their board? How come this is never said in the media? I think it is important.

Yes, the original Brown & Root, which was bought out by Haliburton. Haliburton also bought The M. W. Kellogg Company, another engineering firm and merged the two into Kellog, Brown & Root (KBR)

In the 60s, Brown & Root did army contracts in Nam and protesters nicknamed it Burn & Loot.

I must have missed that element of the liberation of Iraq program the Bush administration had established. So we liberate them, they throw flowers at our feet, then we steal them blind. Do I have game plan right?

However, it does indicate a 10 year contract commitment to KBR and the continued privatization of logistical services traditionally largely controlled and executed within the US military.

I wonder what the terms of the contract are—does it depend on a continued Iraq presence and/or the payment for services whether needed or not? Bunnatine found a 5-year contract unacceptable. This is a 10-year contract. What price oil over the next ten years, which will affect general operating costs, especially for the very oil dependent military and military logistics? If US needs change will they be obligated to pay for KBR services they no longer need, and if they refuse, can KBR sue for breach of contract?

This may be the biggest single corporate welfare handout in history.

Does anyone else feel that if they hired a contractor that performed at this level, they would not only be firing them but suing them as well? Even if I hired an outfit to just mow my lawn and keep it looking nice, if they didn’t do the job right, if they polluted my property, if they committed crimes that would land them in jail anywhere else, if they started padding their contract with a whole bunch of unnecessary “cost plus” crapola, and if they stole from me or my neighbors, they’d be gone. And reported to law enforcement authorities.

Oops! Getting busted only gets you to middle management. She hit that glass ceiling hard!