From: "Gary Britt" 

The sewage is in your post George.  The economy is booming and has been for
about 11 straight quarters.  Your facts are not facts.

Gary

"Geo"  wrote in message
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> You have completely missed the point. I'm not saying they gave a billion
> dollar contract out with no bid, I'm saying in a time when ever other
> industry in the country is having trouble matching sales from a few years
> ago these two industries are busting records over and over and over again.
>
> Wake up and smell the sewage..
>
> Geo.
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> > Halliburton is one of the few companies in the world that can handle
> certain
> > things.  That's why Bill Clinton gave them a $1 Billion NO BID contract
in
> > Kosovo.  Duh....
> >
> > Bush-Overbey Oil Development Co. is an insignificant (now defunct?) tiny
> > company when it comes to the oil business.
> >
> > If your criteria applied across the board the only people who could
become
> > president without being deemed automatically a crook if the economy does
> > better is somebody who either a) never worked in the private sector or
b)
> > was never successful at rising past the mail room in the private sector
or
> > c) a person whose only work experience is in working for government.
> >
> > Why is it that your formula doesn't strike me as leading to the best and
> the
> > brightest serving our country?  Could it be your formula is biased
against
> > smart successful people and in favor of bureaucratic, never had to meet
a
> > payroll with their own money, rose to the top through political
> gamesmanship
> > only kinda of guys.
> >
> > Not a good plan, George.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> > "Geo"  wrote in message
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> > > I'm not talking about just owning stock Mark. Cheney was CEO. Bush1
was
> > CEO
> > > of Bush-Overbey Oil Development Co.. You have those kind of
connections?
> > >
> > > This is sort of like if I were to become president and suddenly
Netlink
> > > Services got the US government contract to host the .gov domain. You
> > > wouldn't have a problem with that would you Mark?
> > >
> > > Geo.
> > >
> > > "Mark"  wrote in message
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> > > > Everyone is connected to the oil industry Geo (and their profit
> margins
> > > are
> > > > less than typical industries in the U.S.). We're all
also inexorably
> > > > connected to the defense industry (I'm not sure of
their profits at
> the
> > > > moment, but it ebbs and flows).
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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