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Where and to Whom the Government's money is going ...it's not the war in Iraq(well, it is going there. That's just not what this post is about) The federal government yesterday picked 5 companies to whom it will award a 5 year,15 billion in counter "narcoterrorism funds" The companies will supply "equipment,material and resources" to the dept of defense's Counter-NarcoTerrorism Technology ProgramOffice and thewinners are (drumroll please) Northrop Grumann,Lockheed Martin,BlackwaterUSA, Arinc, and a subsidiary of Raytheon. because killing people in Iraq and using confidential information in the bidding process just makes the federal govrnment love you more. posted wed oct 10 in lawyers guns and money

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Wow. That is scary!
Before this administration took office via the "Supreme Court," I never had a worry about the US Government..I have seen Cheney running this country for the past 7 years, awarding Haliburton huge contracts time and time again. (Cheney has very big vested interests in Haliburton, but they are being held in a "Blind Trust"! (Yea, and I'm blind too). You have to stop and think...who stands to benefit by this administration's power? Shell, Exxon/Mobile, Haliburton, Blackwater, and the many other private military orgs, as well as many huge corporations that deal with energy (you DO remember Enron, don't you?). Now, if you were sitting on the board of any of these corporations, what would you do, as a greedy corporate lizzard were the idea that Clinton or Richardson might win and election and cut into their profits greatly? Would you, a God fearing greedy corporate person even consider collective pooling of huge amounts of money to hire the mercenaries to keep the rule in place? This is the stuff that thrillers are made of....certainly not very different than movies we have all seen. Unfortunately, the administration has been remarkably quiet lately...do they know something we do not know? Hmmmmmmmm Now, if you do not hear from me for periods longer than a few days, think to yourself, where is Goldwing? What I have written here is enough to get me hauled from my house in the night, drug off to an unknown prison and held indefinently! Thanks to the Homeland Security Act, any of us are in that danger! AND, I can well be tortured to get any kind of confession they want from me, from you....from your children! Think very carefully in the next few days..if you are not writing your congressmen by now, there is something very wrong in the land of the "once was free." The FISA is before congress now...if this passes, trust me, you might as well throw the constitution out the window. IT strips us of our rights as individuals in the name of "security." Again, I am going to say this until you all have it memorized....IF you are willing to sacrifice your rights for security, it will not be long before you have neither!. If I sound scared, trust me, the tone is correct! IF you think I am nuts, trust me, you have not been reading farther than "do you remember this song." Everyone is standing around doing nothing but hiding their heads in the sand. I have written all my congressmen. But I am one voice in the mob...a mob that is NOT materializing! Where is the outrage we had over Viet Nam? Where have all the idealists gone...have we just worn out? I hope not...I certainly hope not. Phil Brandt (I write my full name so Homeland will not have to look that hard for me! )
Our former President Dwight David Eisenhower warned us about the growth and power of the Industrial Military Complex, shortly before he left office. This WWII General knew what he was talking about, and yet we did not heed his words! Eisenhower's Speech; http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html
After checking Jersey girls reference -- wow, and then some. Really a heavy posting to ponder.
Here's a third-hand story for you. A friend of mine struck up a conversation with a guy who'd served in Iraq. They got to talking about the Blackwater incident. The vet told my friend that when his outfit first began patrolling the Iraqi neighborhood they were assigned to, they were warmly welcomed and had good cooperation and information from the Iraqis. They did a lot of social work in the neighborhood which cemented the relationship. Over time, they began to notice a cooling off, then an outright avoidance. Conversations were never initiated by the Iraqis, and information dried up. They began refusing any help with any of their problems. The vet says they suspected Al Qaeda or Sunni insurgents of coming in at night and terrorizing them for cooperating with the Americans, so they began night patrols. Nothing. Finally, an Iraqi he'd been able to establish a good relationship with confided in him because he was a "good" American. Turns out contracted-out American security personnel had made some loans in the neighborhood with some outrageous interest rates. When their customers missed a load payment, they were subjected to a Mafia-like discipline which included killings of family members, including children. My friend reports this vet was truly, deeply angry about what he saw. His reports disappeared into some black hole. His conclusion was we are our own worst enemy in Iraq.
goldwing, whoever you are, you have it right. i cannot add any more to it.