Your slip is showing

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

One of the things he said I really liked was that George W. Bush lied us int the Iraq War and that he knew there were no weapons of mass destruction. Anyone who is running for President, especially as a Republican, that has the balls to come out and say that is a man after my own heart.

Yep, here are your weapons of mass destruction that led to our "nation building" over there.

Cheney is still paid by Pentagon contractor

Bush deputy gets up to $1m from firm with Iraq oil deal

Robert Bryce in Austin, Texas and Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday March 12, 2003
The Guardian

Halliburton, the Texas company which has been awarded the Pentagon's contract to put out potential oil-field fires in Iraq and which is bidding for postwar construction contracts, is still making annual payments to its former chief executive, the vice-president Dick Cheney.

The payments, which appear on Mr Cheney's 2001 financial disclosure statement, are in the form of "deferred compensation" of up to $1m (600,000) a year.

When he left Halliburton in 2000 to become George Bush's running mate, he opted not to receive his leaving payment in a lump sum but instead have it paid to him over five years, possibly for tax reasons.

An aide to the vice president said yesterday: "This is money that Mr Cheney was owed by the corporation as part of his salary for the time he was employed by Halliburton and which was a fixed amount paid to him over time."

The aide said the payment was even insured so that it would not be affected even if Halliburton went bankrupt, to ensure there was no conflict of interest.

"Also, the vice president has nothing whatsoever to do with the Pentagon bidding process," the aide added.

The company would not say how much the payments are. The obligatory disclosure statement filled by all top government officials says only that they are in the range of $100,000 and $1m. Nor is it clear how they are calculated.

Halliburton is one of five large US corporations - the others are the Bechtel Group, Fluor Corp, Parsons Corp, and the Louis Berger Group - invited to bid for contracts in what may turn out to be the biggest reconstruction project since the second world war.

It is estimated to be worth up to $900m for the preliminary work alone, such as rebuilding Iraq's hospitals, ports, airports and schools.

The contract winners will be able to establish a presence in post-Saddam Iraq that should give them an invaluable edge in winning future contracts.
http://www.lossless-audio.com/usa/in...1093661460.htm

Carl

[68custom]

what I want to know is what happens to Trump when/if he is elected and he cannot come through with all his crazy promises?
My friend told me he thinks Trump (Drumph) is the anti-Christ and got very mad at me when I started laughing at the irony of that. I told him I would be laughing all the way to hell!

[bobabode]

Trump = Amway

Anyone serious about voting for him over the worst Democrat has rocks in their head.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Up until this election I thought all we had to do was vote the Republicans out and things would right themselves. Not that the Democrats were perfect, but I thought they were still salvageable. But after seeing how they rejected Bernie, who really isn't proposing all that radical an agenda IMO, and the way that Clinton is being forced on us, I'm disgusted with both parties.

If St. Bernie had tried a little outreach to core Democratic voters, maybe he wouldn't be getting his ass kicked all over the map? People of color, LGBTs and their allies have soundly rejected Sanders in almost every contest.

I can't wait to vote for her in California because I know she's got my back and she's by far the most qualified candidate to be president. YMMV.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

If you are in charge of the Navy, and you have an XO that is a prospective CO of a submarine, you would not promote him if he has done all the shit Trump has said. Trump has not behaved like a reasoned adult - that is all there is to it.

That criteria will eliminate over 90% of all politicians.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by bobabode

I can't wait to vote for her in California because I know she's got my back and she's by far the most qualified candidate to be president. YMMV.

And I can't wait to see the look on your face when she loses to Trump in the general election.

When that moment comes, take a selfie and post it, willya puleeese?

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

And I can't wait to see the look on your face when she loses to Trump in the general election.

When that moment comes, take a selfie and post it, willya puleeese?

Why did you post that post?

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by MrPots

*sigh*

Thanks for reading anyway.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Why did you post that post?

Because I'm an asshole.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

If St. Bernie had tried a little outreach to core Democratic voters, maybe he wouldn't be getting his ass kicked all over the map? People of color, LGBTs and their allies have soundly rejected Sanders in almost every contest.

I can't wait to vote for her in California because I know she's got my back and she's by far the most qualified candidate to be president. YMMV.

When did you start disparaging Bernie? Was it after Hillary lied about his support for the Auto Bailout?