How Bush and his pals cash in on Iraq

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

http://biz.yahoo.com/law/050304/a9b875664d6d13df15d108085092e6f9_1.html

Excerpt:

A $33,000 food order in Mosul was billed at $432,000.

Electricity that cost $74,000 was invoiced at $400,000.

Even $10 kettles got a 400 percent markup.

Custer Battles billed the government nearly $10 million for items including food and vehicles. The total cost to Custer Battles, according to the spreadsheet, was less than $4 million -- a profit margin of 150 percent, far higher than the 25 percent margin allowed under its contract.

Custer Battles was able to secure tens of millions of dollars' worth of contracts from the CPA-- despite the fact that it didn't even exist
until just months before the invasion of Iraq.

In other words, knowing Bush was going to invade, they formed dummy corporations "owned" by friends and loyalists who get permission to gouge like crazy until they get caught.

Once caught, they blame battlefield bookkeeping errors because, after all, who among us can keep good books with bullets whizzing by every few seconds, right?

[azbronco]

LABF = The Ted "hic" Kennedy of the OM

Do you have a link to prove Bush's connection to these criminals? I didn't think so. In fact, seeing that the federal goveernment is busting these guys under Bush's watch, your title should be:

"Bush Cleans Up War Procurement Crimes"

But don't let me break up your post election pity party.

[Montaq]

Do you have a link to prove Bush's connection to these criminals?


Sometimes, actually reading the article before commenting is helpful. ugh!~

Battles ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a Republican in Rhode Island in 2002 and, according to the record of Custer's interview with the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, is a former Central Intelligence Agency case officer who was -- according to Custer -- "very active in the Republican Party and speaks to individuals he knows at the White House almost daily."

I didn't think so. In fact, seeing that the federal goveernment is busting these guys under Bush's watch, your title should be:

"Bush Cleans Up War Procurement Crimes"

Since they probably didn't report this on FOXNews - here's a helpful link.
Lawmakers Told About Contract Abuse in Iraq (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24468-2005Feb14.html)

A government contractor defrauded the Coalition Provisional Authority of tens of millions of dollars in Iraq reconstruction funds and the Bush administration has done little to try to recover the money, an attorney for two whistle-blowers told Democratic lawmakers yesterday.

"I wish I could tell you that the Bush administration has done everything it could to detect and punish fraud in Iraq," Grayson said. "If I said that to you, though, I would be lying."

Lawyers representing Custer Battles have denied the charges and have argued that the case should be dismissed because the money that was allegedly stolen belonged to Iraqis, not to Americans

And a second source of the above mentioned connection.

After an interview with Custer in January 2004, agents from the Pentagon inspector general's office wrote, "Battles is very active in the Republican Party and speaks to individuals he knows at the White House almost daily, according to Custer." A White House spokesman had no immediate comment.

[SoCalBronco]

LABF = The Ted "hic" Kennedy of the OM

Do you have a link to prove Bush's connection to these criminals? I didn't think so. In fact, seeing that the federal goveernment is busting these guys under Bush's watch, your title should be:

"Bush Cleans Up War Procurement Crimes"

But don't let me break up your post election pity party.

Even LABF doesnt deserve to be mentioned alongside Ted Kennedy. Thats too far. I hope jack kennedy is having fun burning in hell.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Sometimes, actually reading the article before commenting is helpful. ugh!~

True that is.

However, this would set the bar way too high for AZwipe, I'm afraid. :D

[azbronco]

[QUOTE=Montaq]Sometimes, actually reading the article before commenting is helpful. ugh!~

[QUOTE]

Actually comprehending what you read is a step that you missed, sidekick. ugh!!~~


Your training under the bartcop master appears to be going well. Heresey and innundo by the way, are not proof. Your left wing media circle jerk, although mildly amusing, is not proof. Your only basis is the actual defendants boasting "very active in the Republican Party and speaks to individuals he knows at the White House almost daily." and a left wing regurgitation. Please work on your critical thinking skills then come back.
P.S. LABF cannot help you with this.


"Bush Cleans Up War Procurement Crimes"

[Montaq]

Sometimes, actually reading the article before commenting is helpful. ugh!~



Actually comprehending what you read is a step that you missed, sidekick. ugh!!~~


Your training under the bartcop master appears to be going well. Heresey and innundo by the way, are not proof. Your left wing media circle jerk, although mildly amusing, is not proof. Your only basis is the actual defendants boasting "very active in the Republican Party and speaks to individuals he knows at the White House almost daily." and a left wing regurgitation. Please work on your critical thinking skills then come back.
P.S. LABF cannot help you with this.


"Bush Cleans Up War Procurement Crimes"

I guess we could go round and round all day as to what constitutes proof to you. Any evidence short of pictures of Bush and Battle or Custer in a loving embrace would be considered, by you, to be liberally biased. I haven't the time to argue with an apologist who can take every discussion and turn it into a bogus liberal media arguement.

[alkemical]

yes, the liberal media. while a network such as FOX - which carries some of the best liberal tripe tv shows, has the most 'moral' news shows....

sheesh - some of you need to read my news thread more :) j/k

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Any evidence short of pictures of Bush and Battle or Custer in a loving embrace would be considered, by you, to be liberally biased.

rofl

Pictures like these would only be greeted with further denial of reality by AZwipe and his fellow Bush Davidians/regressives.

GeeDubya could show up on a security camera robbing a bank and these hand jobs would still proclaim him the greatest thing since sliced bread.

BTW, the corollary to the original story of Bush's war profiteer cronies is the question "why hasn't Al Qaeda attacked us again?"

We already have proof that they can be bought off and stopped from attacking - look at the deal the rulers of Saudi Arabia made with Al Qaeda to stop most or all of the attacks inside Saudi Arabia.

And the Saudis are Bush's good friends, aren't they? Bush probably brokered this deal through Prince Bandar (or "Bandar Bush" as he is fondly known by the BFEE).

The bin Laden family is heavily invested in the same industries that stand to profit from the endless war scenario. Osama bin Laden is simply attending to the family business. He knows that if he attacks the US again, Bush would have to whack him to survive politically, and that it might upset their dandy profit center.

[azbronco]

I guess we could go round and round all day as to what constitutes proof to you. Any evidence short of pictures of Bush and Battle or Custer in a loving embrace would be considered, by you, to be liberally biased. I haven't the time to argue with an apologist who can take every discussion and turn it into a bogus liberal media arguement.

Damn it montaq! this is the place you are supposed to put up a bartcop picture that has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.

I understand why you have no time. You are wasting it with conspiricy theorys and things that you want to be true rather than facts an probable possibilities. It is obvious that you are beaten-quittting is probably the best choice.

[alkemical]

Ok, so lets go get this straight....

if the wife of a senator works for lobbyists, does that interfer or is that a conflict of interests?

If a vice president worked for a defense contractor, and they get in trouble for lots of violations - is that a conflict of interests?

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Damn it montaq! this is the place you are supposed to put up a bartcop picture...

http://www.bartcop.com/bart_ad6.gif

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

...If a vice president worked for a defense contractor, and they get in trouble for lots of violations - is that a conflict of interests?

It would be a conflict of interest anywhere other than BushWorld (where up is down, backward is forward, and wrong is right.)

http://www.evolvefish.com/fish/media/S-ThereAre2KindsOfBush.jpg