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Originally Posted by docbungle
Well ,you've changed your tone a bit from your opening statement. So keep in mind, the opening staement is what I'm replying to here.
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The tone changed because I was hot at first about the charges and while I said that Halliburton should be investigated, I was too passionate and emotional (go figure, me emotional and hot tempered
). Later the tone went down because I did not want to be as confrontational, and make the point better by being more calm and cool.
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You're blaming Haliburton for being accused of something. Being accused of something doesn't mean anything other than that. You seem to make quite a leap by stating that Haliburton is killing our own men for us. And that we are paying them to do it. I definitely do not see the connections you make in these statements.
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Not killing our men but making them sick. And yes, if they have been paid for services and goods one would expect them to maintain those services and goods within the standards they were hired to do.
Somehow, I don't believe we (as we are a government by the people for the people), are paying Halliburton to pump in tainted water that doesn't meet standards.
Nor are we supposed to have to pay them for overcharging on gas or for taking money and not supplying the troops with the goods.
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Also, you jump from that to blaming Bush. What are you blaming him for? For Haliburton being accused? Or for not dropping everything to check on a small water supply that may or may not have been contaminated?
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Because ultimately as commander-in-chief he is responsible.
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I agree the article is somewhat interesting, but I do not find it worthy of this type of anger.
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We disagree here because I have been called all kinds of names and told I cannot support our men if I do not support the war (which is bullshit).
Yet, those who support Bush and the war turn blind eyes, allow this bullshit to go on with Halliburton and refuse to investigate, refuse to take any of it seriously.
Now I ask you, how can you say you support the troops when the company we have hired to supply them and to deliver the goods, hasn't, and you make excuses and turn the blind eye to it all?
Overcharging the military for gas, and yet, everyone from the President down did nothing until the public demanded something be done...... is that not worse than protesting a war?
Being paid for goods to help our soldiers and yet never delivering them, yet the government and Bushies never say a word, don't investigate, don't even take the reports seriously until they had to because of pressure from the people....... is that not worse than protesting the war?
Now having these accusations and people laughing it off, saying it's a political attack and then turning blind eyes maybe allowing it to continue..... is that not worse than protesting the war?
People sit and accuse me for using MY RIGHT to protest and speak out...... they say I am hurting morale........ when all these things that Halliburton has been doing is going unpunished and the GOP simply do not seem to care.
I ask which is worse?