Commuting scooter / motorcycle

muddycat wrote

You would rather the military foraged for their food? We used to do
that and it didn't work. Besides it pisses off the locals which even
the Romans knew was Not A Good Thing.

Good innit, you are slowly and painfully acquiring a history. Perhaps
one day you will learn from it

 

No tax.

 

No, I would not want them foraging. The men and women there deserve to
be fed well and have other comforts too. What pisses me off is
Haliburton charging a fucking fortune for providing it. They along with
bush/cheny are a bunch of cunts.

We didn't learn from Viet Nam and I doubt if Afghanistan and Iraq will
sink in either.
--
Mike

SV650
UKRMMA#22
Skype: muddycat

 

Because of what it does to Dick Cheney's stock portfolio, I imagine.

 

muddycat wrote

Who are Haliburton and where does 20usd become expensive when you are
providing a three meals a day 24/7 carry out service to a war zone?

Yes and?

 

They are a defense contractor, cheny was an officer of the company
before he became VP. I wouldn't have a problem with $20 a day, but it's
for one meal.

Just making my position clear.
--
Mike

SV650
UKRMMA#22
Skype: muddycat

 

Yes; it's quite clear that it costs EXACTLY the same to deliver a gallon of gas
in Iraq today as it does in Kuwait. Why, any fucking moron can see *that*!
Duh. Anyone who would dispute that is an idiot.

 

Easily addressed if it's raising your BP. Buy a share of Haliburton (it is a
publicly traded stock) and go to their next shareholder's meeting and let them
know how you feel.

Unless, it's just easier to piss and moan about it without doing anything about
it. I can certainly understand that!

 

That would be a waste of money.

It's easier to let the press investigate them and report on what they
find thus raising peoples awareness of the issue.
--
Mike

SV650
UKRMMA#22
Skype: muddycat

 

it's $0.45 down the street a ways (regular unleaded). Gas wars are great!

 

Okay.

They interviewed several Haliburton executives who did a fantastic
stonewall job about revealing how much stuff cost. The interviewed a
Major (I think) who ran one base's chow hall. He gave the $20 a plate
cost.

I CBA to dig anything else up.
--
Mike

SV650
UKRMMA#22
Skype: muddycat

 

Yeah, I understand.

 

At those prices, Halliburton should go into wedding catering.

 

Too bad those prices are merely a bad troll, then.

 

Tim Morrow may have written:

It was on PBS this past week on one of the documentary shows. The $20
per meal quote came straight out of the mouth of the base CO. I do not
recall which base/camp it was, but it was one of the larger ones. KBR
(a Haliburton company) did not try to deny the claims of $20 per meal.

 

You can't be serious. Last gas war I remember was about 1971; I
remember filling up at $0.35 a gallon.

 

The program was Frontline, so pretty solid from my POV.
--
Mike

SV650
UKRMMA#22
Skype: muddycat