Except for the fact that they already had ships and teams in the Gulf standing offshore ready to move. Before any contracts were RFPed let alone awarded. Before the fighting started. That's how I knew we were really going into war. The crows began gathering in strength in mid February. There were no bids. Straight awards from my understanding.
I also knew when the Gov started increasing the "strategic reserves" by buying processed crude, but the oil comanies weren't restocking themselves. It seems odd that they wouldn't stock up _before_ the war, when you would assume prices will go up, unless they _know_ the prices will be lower for them after the conflict. Do I think it disgusting that those closest to Bush are going to get richer off the war? Yes. Do I think the war was neccessary anyway. Yes. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/26/03 10:27AM >>> Well, do we know who all gave bids? You know it could be perfectly legitimate that these companies won the contracts. They may have delivered the best bid. > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Empire-Building > > Just a general comment about the whole thing. Has anyone noticed which > companies that have received contracts for rebuilding Iraq after the > conflict? All five have very close associations with the current > administration, not the least of which is Hamilton Oil. The oil company > that Dick Cheney used to run. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A665-2003Mar20.html > > again while not strictly illegal, it does resound of cronyism and corrupt > government practices. > > larry > > > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8420 Quarry Road > Manassas, Virginia 20110-5326 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
