Holly crap I hit the post button, my browser got updated, and there is a bunch of posts and mine is at the bottom. I guess everyone in the world knew what you were referring to. J
freeman
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freeman
IMHO the answer is yes, and the cost is much more then just the money as you well know. But you better explain it to everyone else because they are scratching their heads wondering what the hell you are talking about.
Freeman
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Halliburton wins Iraq rebuilding contracts
by Trauma_Hound inlol, , i and many anti-bush people were right.
hate to say this, but told ya so!
http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/25/news/companies/war_contracts/index.htm.
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Rem,
It’s nice to see someone that understands the process. As I am sure Rem will attest, the process it very fair and it does not matter if you have friends in high places, that won’t help you.
Depending on how the RFP is written, there is a matrix of qualifying criteria that your company must pass, not the least of which is your capability of doing this type of job based on past performance. In the case of Halliburton, their ability to do the job on time and within budget makes them a front-runner based on past performance alone. And if they put in a realistic bid, as I’m sure they did, they could expect to have a very good chance of wining without even necessarily being the very lowest bidder in the bunch. It’s not necessarily the lowest bidder, but generally the best qualified that wins.
Want to talk about fair? It would not surprise me to learn that Halliburton subcontracts out some of the work to the loosing bidders. It happened to my company, we lost fair and square, but then the winner split the work with us.
Freeman
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Halliburton wins Iraq rebuilding contracts
by Trauma_Hound inlol, , i and many anti-bush people were right.
hate to say this, but told ya so!
http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/25/news/companies/war_contracts/index.htm.
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freeman
It never ceases to amaze me how some people let their emotions and extreme political prejudices override their intellect. I don’t know why this surprises me, but it still does. If you would seriously like to understand how the competitive process works with multimillion-dollar government contracts, just ask. I’ve been directly involved with several over the years.
Freeman
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Halliburton wins Iraq rebuilding contracts
by Trauma_Hound inlol, , i and many anti-bush people were right.
hate to say this, but told ya so!
http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/25/news/companies/war_contracts/index.htm.
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So what we are saying is that through the process of competitive bidding, one of the best oil services corporations in the world with an outstanding track record of success was selected to handle this gargantuan task. And then on top of that, this stellar performing company subcontracted the firefighting task to one of the best at what they do. This is absolutely scandalous!
Freeman
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What urged YOU to join the cult?
by gydja ini am just curious now...i was wondering, if you are not born into the jw organization, why did you join in?
what was it that interested you most?
why did you accept to study the bible?
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I just wanted to know what the Bible said. At the time I was young and foolish, and I accepted a “free” Bible study. It never occurred to me to thoroughly investigate the Witnesses and the Watchtower, after all they were such nice people an all. And that so-called free Bible study, well it has cost me more then I could ever have imagined.
Freeman
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Milton Henchel is dead
by beroea inthis morning they announce to the bethel family that brother milton
henschel passed away on
in the full time service for 69 years and was the 5th president.
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freeman
Last Saturday we had to put our 10-year-old Lab to sleep (she had cancer). It was just a dog but everyone in my family was very upset, myself included. However, the only sadness I can bring myself to feel about the passing of Milton Henschel is that he was a victim of a cult and wasted his life promoting it’s cause. And of course this is offset by some anger that he to victimized others through his actions.
I find it disheartening that I can mourn the family dog and can’t feel the same for a fellow human being. And folks that’s what this cult does, it changes the dynamic of normal natural human affection, and in it’s wake it destroys families, like mine. Milton, I only wish you could take the rest of the Unfaithful Slave with you.
Freeman
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Saddam only hours left to leave Iraq, were could he go?!
by qwerty injust chating with the wife she told me a funny but true scenario!.
where would saddam be better off heading for if he did leave iraq?.
he could come to britain!
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Well he can stay at my place for a little while until he can find a permanent place (like France). But like I tell my kids, he better keep his room clean;I don’t want a bunch of Weapons of Mass Destruction cluttering up the place.
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What bothers/worries you most about the war ?
by m0nk3y inthere seems to be quite a few concerned people out the regarding this war in iraq and for good reason.
so what exaclty is bothering you about it, does it involve the very real fact that alot of innocent blood could/will be shed ?
are you fearing this could all be a part of bible/wts prophecy ?
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The thing that upsets me the most is the behavior of some of the permanent members of the UN security counsel, in particular the French. IMHO the French wasted this last opportunity to show a united world commitment to disarming this despot.
Instead of taking the high road and doing the right thing, France saw the opportunity to take the US down a notch with a sucker punch. Yes, they torpedoed the efforts of the Bush administration in their efforts to build a large, visible, and united front with UN backing to pressure Iraq to disarm under the threat of overwhelming force. And at the risk of total inhalation of his regime and faced with overwhelming resolve and might, Saddam just may have capitulated. But now we will never know.
Oh yes France won a decisive victory alright, they managed to sting the US real good, much like a flea biting a large dog. Yes they managed to embarrass this administration, but that is the full extent of their victory.
But what has this French victory really cost? More then most realize I suspect. The French are just now realizing some of these costs to themselves and they are indeed worried, and with good reason. Now the French realizing what an enormous price they will likely pay are backpedaling rather quickly. The French have come to realize that without having fired a shot in this war they will loose billions when it is prosecuted.
France now hypocritically offers to let the US and its allies use French airspace in support of a war they said they were absolutely opposed to only hours before . How transparent their motives are, and how pathetic is their gesture.
In reality will the efforts of the French do anything to prevent war? Hardly. War is all but inevitable now, and the French have done nothing to prevent it, and as I have stated perhaps even made it more likely.
The US will now proceed with 30 + other nations to once and for all disarm and remove the butcher of Baghdad. That will happen, and the victory is a sure bet, but at what price. God I hate to even think about it.
Could we have done this through peaceful methods? Perhaps, but now thanks in part to the actions of France at the eleventh hour, we will never know will we?
Freeman
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How many victims of the blood issue do you know?
by refiners fire ini knew two personally, in my congo.
i suspect this is pretty rare.
not that man people die of refusing a blood transfussion i think.
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Once my wife’s PO told me that he personally did not know of anyone that ever died from refusing blood.
The strange thing is that he presided over a woman that stopped her cancer treatment because to continue with it would require replacement of red blood cells. She refused the blood and this elder applauded her courageous stand. She left behind her grieving husband and two teenage children, one of which was a classmate in my son’s school.
I guess he also forgot about another member in his congregation that died from blood loss after his motorcycle accident severed his leg. His wife insisted he not have a transfusion and unfortunately he lost enough blood already that this decision cost him his life. He left behind 3 small children and a widow.
I don’t believe my wife’s PO was lying when he said he did not know of anyone that died form the refusal of a blood transfusion, I just think he just never reasoned the cause and effect out, or more correctly he blotted it out. That is what this horrific death-dealing policy has done. It has produced a psychosis a fear of facing-up to just how death-dealing this blood policy is. Talk about cognitive dissonance!
Freeman