Okay, Bush apologists, I can't wait to hear you spin this one

[docwebster]

I quote the wise and holy Orcinus: "I guess it only makes sense, in that Bushworld kinda way, that when the government starts building mass detention centers that Halliburton would get the contract: A Houston-based construction firm with ties to the White House has been awarded an open-ended contract to build immigration detention centers that could total $385 million, a move some critics called questionable.

The contract calls for KBR, a subsidiary of oil engineering and construction giant Halliburton, to build temporary detention facilities in the event of an "immigration emergency," according to U.S. officials."

I mean, can we stop bullshitting and just call this for the rank cronyism and outright corruption it is? Even if you can't manage, look me square in the eye and justify building mass detention centers.

(Snagged from sinboy)

Comments

Just to stir the pot a little...

[trochai.livejournal.com]

I'm no Bush apologist. But I do believe in equal time for pointing out others who've done similar things. Cronyism is not something Bush created. It's not something new. I would suspect that, if one took the time, one could find a plethora of facts that back up the phrase "All Presidents have engaged in this type of behavior." I am not saying that excuses anything, but if you're willing to complain about Bush doing it, you need to be willing to complain when someone YOU want elected does it. Possibly with even more fervor than with the person you voted against.

I don't like the Privacy related garbage that this Administration has done, and I get vocal about it. However, I also don't agree with ANY candidates on a lot of issues, so I tend to pick the least offensive one for me, and when they do something I dislike, I am extremely vocal, because I am then not effectively being represented.

Re: Just to stir the pot a little...

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

Bush and company are the ones in power, they're the ones crying "Holy holy are we", they're the ones who staged an unjustified war, they're the ones who are illegally wiretapping, they're the ones taking cronyism and corruption to new depths and they're the ones who need to be frogmarched out of the capitol in handcuffs. I didn't vote for the bastard.

Re: Just to stir the pot a little...

[trochai.livejournal.com]

Trust me, I understand your point of view. I may not agree with all points of it, but I do understand. The problem with politics these days are people are always willing to savagely attack those on the other side of any debate. In fact, it's not debate anymore. It's become a grade school argument on both sides of the issue:

"You're 'evil'!"
"am not!"
"are too!"
"am not!"
"are too!"
etc.

Only once both*** sides are willing to respectfully look at the others point of view can we progress on to being the proper government that can manage to "Get Stuff Done."