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Skriven 2009-03-14 17:26:00 av Bob Klahn (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av John Fitzgerald
Ärende: OBAMA ANOTHER OIL MAN?
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DD>>>  (15) and reaps billions for Cheney's Halliburton,
DD>>>  Rumsfeld's Bechtel, and his own family's Carlyle group."

JF>>   Don't forget Diane Feinstein's husband Richard Blum who
JF>>   held major shares in two big defense contractors in Iraq

BK>>  Yes, let's forget them, since they are a drop in Haliburton's
BK>>  bucket. And let's not let you get away with a distraction on
BK>>  this.

 JF>   Hardly a drop.  Perini earned 1.7 Billion in 2005 alone.

 Gross or net? And how does that compare to Haliburton?

 JF> URS Corp netted 792 million.  And as 'distractions' go, I'm
 JF> not the one  who brought up Haliburton in response to the
 JF> issue of hanging Obama with the same contrived rope.  Since

 Feinstein is not Obama. The main thing they have in common is
 Obama did not get us into a war, Feinstein did not get us into
 war. I do not know what Feinstein, or Blum no matter what you
 say about it.

 JF> Mr. Drum did so, I merely pointed out the other side of
 JF> that coin.

 Feinstein is not the other side of anything. Cheney was the VP,
 and was one of those who got us into war.

JF>>   and Afghanistan. Perini Corp and URS Corp.  She sat on
JF>>   the board (MILCON) that awarded them big contracts in
JF>>   those countries.

BK>>  She sat on a senate committee. Does the Military construction
BK>>  committee actuall award any contracts?

 JF>   She sat on the MILCON board from 2001 to 2005, the same
 JF>   board that awarded contracts to Perini Corp and URS Corp,
 JF>   defense contractors that her husband Richard Blum owned
 JF>   controlling shares of stocks in.

 Again, she sat on a senate committee. Does that committee
 actually award contracts?

 I do not know what Feinstein did, and I most certainly will not
 take the word of the right wing without real evidence. If she
 did act under a conflict of interest she should be put out of
 the Senate. OTOH, Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld and the rest
 should be shot, so what's the issue?

JF>>   And don't forget George Soros who
JF>>   bought up major shares of Haliburton in 2006.  Soros as I
JF>>   suspect you know is a big supporter of the DNC, a major
JF>>   contributor to Obama and is suspected of indirectly

 ...

BK>>   Or it would reveal a campaing of innuendo.
BK>>   That accuses Soros of criminal activity.
BK>>  If you can prove it send him to prison.

 JF>   Please try to keep your line straight.   The issue was
 JF>   one of DNC hypocrisy, not of criminal behavior.

 Unless Soros is a member of the DNC, or close to them, then
 there's nothing there at all.

 JF>   Btw...Now that  you  brought it up, if you can prove
 JF>   criminal activity with Cheney, send him to prison.

 Uh... not until the govt decides to start prosecuting former
 VPs. I would love to see Cheney in prison.

JF>>   Democrats have abandoned their platform to complain about
JF>>   Haliburton a long time ago, because they are no different.

BK>>   Who has abandoned what platform since when?

JF> Who?  Those who pointed a finger at Cheney over Haliburton.
JF> When? Since they looked the other way when Feinstein and co
JF> and Soros were 'guilty' of the same things they accused
JF> Cheney of.

 Soros is neither an elected official, nor a member of the
 DNC that I know of. As to what Feinstein is guilty of, that
 you have asserted, but not actually shown evidence.

 I do know neither of them were guilty of anywhere near the
 same thing Cheney was guilty of.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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