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- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -7/+56Billions stolen by right wingers and they're upset because MoveOn called Petreaus out on his ***** "testimony?"
The illegal invasion of Iraq is simply organized crime in Brooks Brothers suits. - mishabear, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16And who brings it to the forefront? Democrats again. Seems any crimes are hidden by right-wingers and found by "those damn Liberals". It makes you wonder why they hate Liberals so much, doesn't it?
But, as stated before, the real crime is the right-wingers selling our country to China. Who needs to invade when they can just BUY us? - pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16it's a good thing conservatives are so fiscally responsible. we wouldn't want this money being wasted on health care or anything.
- airwalkery2k, on 10/10/2007, -4/+15Hey guys, the war is costing $500 billion. So what's so bad about skimming a billion or two off the top? It's much like grabbing a nickel from the penny jar, only the penny jar is 1 trillion times to scale. Besides, what were you going to do with it? Fund a mission to the moon? Invest in the nation's education system? Hah, It's so much nicer in my offshore bank account.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+16Oh look, more corporate felonies and Republican scandals.. what a surprise. America knows who the real traitors in this country are, it's the ones making the most noise about their "support" for it. Maybe now that Democrats are going to take over the country they can all move out and ruin another country, like Canada...
- ButterBuddha, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12We fight amongst ourselves while the elite send us to dead for their profits...
- ejtttje, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9When criminals run the country, this is what you get. Surprise, surprise.
Read up on the fall of Rome people. :( - twinklyJesus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7This is a problem caused by the way Congress (regardless of party) does business with the Pentagon and the military service providers. Whether we are talking about aircraft, weapons, or food, it's been like this for more than 150 years. There were shady weapons contracts during the Civil War and in every major conflict since, regardless of which party was in control of the White House. This corruption is more between Congress/The Pentagon and Industry. It has little to do with the White House.
"Congress is just learning about..." Yeah, just like the little kid who got caught playing in the mud, just learned that he was all dirty. - Joe_rigby, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Remember the serious mismanagement that was done for an illegal war when you vote.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7***** bush and the companies that work with/tell him what to do
- BrapAllgood, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Gee...I wonder what could distract the authorities from a military investigation....
I better go buy some food. At least. - uptown, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Sure am glad I keep paying higher taxes......
- Eivo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5It is that mentality that keeps people from passing important and urgently needed bills, and that is keeping us from doing anything about this administration. Thank you party sheep for your ignorance.
- twinklyJesus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Yeah, because this never happened when Democrats were in charge, right? Stop already. This has gone on since the inception of our standing army. It occurred during the Civil War, WWI and WWII, Korea and Viet Nam. This is a flaw in the system that predates this administration.
I guess you are too young to remember when Howard Hughes was called before Congress for similar accusations from his and other government contractor's relationships with the US Military in WWII? This is not a problem with the administration, this is a problem with Congress and it's relationship with the Pentagon/DOD.
Come on, the website is aptly named "muck raker" and that's just what this is, a bunch of muck raking BS. - ren1999, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Well, we'll just have to say no to the 200 billion that Bush is asking for right now on two grounds. 1 He rejected giving money to American children 2 we have over 90 billion dollars unaccounted for and it looks like defense contractors are so out of control that not only are they stealing U.S. tax dollars in a free for all, but they seem to be indiscriminately killing people in Iraq. These neo-convicts are angry about software piracy when they steal our tax dollars and plunder like real pirates.
It is time to take them all to jail. - blackjack75, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Yes, they send you to death. But look at the positive side: they run ads to tell you you're the best just for accepting to go.
- Eivo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3If Bush is anything, he is a magnificent tactician. He has, so far, Divided and Conquered the United States. Party Zealots and "Don't Question" Patriotism has blinded or distracted us too easily.
- lalalalamppost, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Tip of the iceberg, I suspect.
- twinklyJesus, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5Wow, that was an interesting attempt at retard logic. Nice.
- fixedcoma, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I don't understand! We attack Iraq to get Saddam out of power for using chemical weapons on about two thousand kurds and for thinking he has weapons of mass destruction! So then we bomb the hell out of all the Iraqi's killing about 650,000 of their people while also finding out he had nothing! Plus all this was due to(supposedly Bin Laden) Al qeuda not Saddam, yet BinLaden is in Afghanistan or secluded in Pakistan, yet Bin Laden says he wasn't apart of 9/11! Yet again 15 of the 19 hijackers they say were Saudi Arabian! Why are we not going after the Saudi Arabians? Why did we let four planes fly of course for more than an hour while running war games which could have prevented the attacks? How much further do they want to put their heads up our asses ? Why are they Questioning the American people's Intelligence?
You know i'll bet if we had used that money to make the country 100 % nondependant of oil, by means of switching over to solar, wind and water generation then we would all be driving electrical cars by now and having the rest of the world looking up to us for doing so! Hmm ! i guess the Republicans would rather have enemies! Cause i sure know gos isn't on their side anymore! I'm positive about that!
I'm not suprised i wonder how much they are going to steal out of the next 200 billion? - kreneskyp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1First off, i'm just as outraged that the government can't account for that money either. 2 wrongs will never equal a right, EVER.
Second. 10 billion out of 2 trillion is a much smaller percentage than what is accounted for in iraq. The rate at which money is being "lost" and over charged is ridiculous. - JByrd, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Until people realize that the label Democrat & Republican mean little, things will not change. There are very few from either side doing anything significant. Wake up people: The two-party system is dead. They are merely opposite sides of the same coin. Vote for the person not the party. The Democratic congress is more guilty in my mind for not doing something when the PEOPLE voted them into office.
- BrapAllgood, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4More smoke and mirrors.
- calbff, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Or the fall of most other superpowers in history. It's eye-opening how similar the progressions are to the current situation in the US. It's happening right before their eyes, but Americans are too innocent, stubborn, or preoccupied with important things like Britney Spears to notice.
- stepnw1f, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Privatization is a scheme to take the oversight and authority away from the tax payers of this country, to WE THE PEOPLE. They wish to take WE THE PEOPLE out of all decisions in our government in our country. You cannot vote for board members in a private company just because you are an American citizen, so why give them your tax money especially when they prove to be so corrupt, due to deregulation. You give up your authority on important decisions when allowing your government to be privatized.
Our military should never be profit driven, because when it is, war becomes desirable in the eyes of greedy men and women. Life and death decisions should never be decided by $. Don't let the bastards take "WE THE PEOPLE" out of the equation: the American Experiment - Democracy! - zombies187, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You said a mouthful.
- g00dETH3R, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Where's the outrage?
- stepnw1f, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Privatization of our military and look what happens. Pure corruption and unanswerable to "WE" the tax payers. Funny how the right wing has a problem with tax going to our socialized system (WE THE PEOPLE/OUR GOVERNMENT/OUR MILITARY), yet have no problem giving their business buddies in the industry all that doe. Can we vote out bad CEO's and Presidents? Nope! They disgust me, and aren't worthy of being called Americans. They value $$$ over EVERYTHING and then have the nerve to claim they are patriotic. They are sick and idiotic if they think all of us believe the same ***** they feed themselves everyday by listening and reading right wing propaganda.
PS - another reason right wingers are pro-this-war? They are financially invested in it! They are also invested in OIL!!!!!!! It's their war and some democrats are sucking the same tit. They all need to go! Privatization is scheme to take WE THE PEOPLE out of the equation.
Dennis Kucinich or Mike Gravel are the only ones I trust. They have proven themselves in the past to do what most were too cowardly to do by standing up for real American principles and the people who pay for them everyday. - MarkOfTheDead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Then go to ***** bed, Ass.
- zombies187, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, the dems are bad because of all these unnecessary government regulations that allow them to track and prosecute war profiteering. /sarcasm
- mikezerobot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I doubt anyone here is old enough to "remember" Howard Hughes in front of Congress. Prove me wrong, septuagenarians!
- TaranWalker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1RTFA
...from the article...
Taken together, the figures, provided by the Pentagon in a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, represent the fullest public accounting of the magnitude of a widening government investigation into bid-rigging, bribery and kickbacks by members of the military and civilians linked to the Pentagon’s purchasing system.
...ya know what, though? I'm sure they think this is fun, and somebody was like, "hey, ya know what would be like totally a kick-ass time? Investigating contracts! Woohoo! I'm sure that right-wing America is totally clean and no way they could be guilty of making anything up, but let's just investigate them anyway! Yeah!"
or
...maybe someone has some evidence that these contracts, given to people in Bush/Cheney's ol' boy network, weren't put up for actual bidding, like they're supposed to, and were just handed out...you tell me which one makes more sense...
-Blaine - haggie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1simple solution: war profiteering is treason. treason is punishable with execution by firing squad. Execute a CEO from one of the fradualent companies. The other companies will be sending checks to the DOD to correct for "accounting errors" they "found" during a "routine audit".
- gab00n, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1"In addition, $88 billion in contracts and programs, including those for body armor for American soldiers and matériel for Iraqi and Afghan security forces, are being audited for financial irregularities, the officials said."
- CarbonAndroid, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2The country is being raided for the what I fear is the last time. I'm glad I'm 50 and not 20. You're lives will be much harder.
- synthpop, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1a criminal war hatched by criminal minds with criminal intentions. so this comes as no surprise
- facewarts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Dear dumb smucks. The US government spends more than 2 trillions dollars a year. And tens of billions of dollars can not be accounted for every year. But no outrage ? Keep drinking the kool aid !
- boflaade, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Usually an investigation starts when a crime is suspected NOT as a routine. The investigation is made public when the grounds for the investigation is prominent.
- Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Investigation and auditing. Seems standard to me. Did anyone see any evidence presented that says crimes were committed?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1What difference does it make if the election is rigged?
- etcimon, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2If you invade us, what's the nhl going to turn into? The ushl?
- fixedcoma, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1we must put our heads together to make a point!
http://home.earthlink.net/~liberationofamerica/ - keybeep, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0When multinational corporations supply our defense contracts, one must assume that the motive is not altruism but profit potential. Its terrible but in the grand scheme of a trillion dollar war, is 6 billion in mismanaged funds really that bad? if that is the only slack in the line then that is an incredible logistics feat. I doubt this is the case. Ultimately, it still beats a socialist economy .
- rhabd0mancer, on 10/10/2007, -10/+8No, the republicans are a lot worse. Only an idiot would say otherwise.
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