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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Michael Johnson, PE wrote:
> Hank wrote: >> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>> Also, go back about a million posts in this thread and you'll find >>> I already refuted something from that idiotic web site >> What web site, and what did you refute? Can you >> quote something? Or not... >> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm > When Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> I take you agree with everything in the article below since you didn't refute anything in it. Do let us know if you ever figure out what it is you've been whining and crying about for the past few weeks.... <chuckle> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm All in the (Profiteering, First) Family by Margie Burns Close relatives of President George W. Bush continue to benefit financially from the Iraq invasion, as revealed by sources including regulatory filings. St. Louis, Mo.-based Engineered Support Systems (EASI), where William H. T. Bush, an uncle of George W. Bush, joined the board of directors in 2000, is a major military contractor. William H. T. Bush is a Bush ``Pioneer," a contributor raising more than $100,000, in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Following the 2000 election and Sept. 11, 2001, the company's federal contracts, revenues and stock price have increased. The company declined to comment for this article. EASI received contracts from all branches of the armed forces in 2003. The Defense Department listed EASI in its top 100 contractors in 2001, with $330 million in contracts; and in 2002, with $380 million in contracts Estimates for 2003 are over $380 million. As luck would have it, company products include ``Field Deployable Environmental Control Units" to deal with weapons of mass destruction. On Jan. 17, 2003, the company announced orders from the Air Force and the Marines for these units, complete with Nuclear Biological Chemical Kits, in preparation for secret arsenals of WMDs hidden, the White House insisted, by Saddam Hussein. On Jan. 22, 2003, President Bush delivered one of several speeches in St. Louis. On Jan. 28, 2003, he delivered his State of the Union address, including the famous accusations linking Saddam's Iraq to WMDs and illicit nuclear material. On March 26 the company announced an Army order for its ``Chemical Biological Protected Shelter" systems, bringing Army orders for this product to a total of 204 units. On March 25, the Bush administration requested supplemental funding from Congress ``to cover military operations, relief and reconstruction activities in Iraq, and ongoing operations in the global war on terrorism." On May 1, EASI announced the acquisition of its Maryland subsidiary, TAMSCO, coincidentally the day President Bush made his televised flight-suit appearance to announce ``mission accomplished" in Iraq. The following week, TAMSCO announced that it had begun technology support for U.S. Army logistics operations in the Middle East, stating that this tech support began linking the United States, Kuwait and Germany in February, 2003. The White House has not responded to repeated telephoned and e-mailed requests for comment. The stock advisor service VectorVest, which puts out a daily list of 7,500 American stocks ranked by value, safety and timing, has more than once listed EASI stock in first place. Directors of the company including William Bush, who is on the audit committee, received monthly consulting fees and options to buy stock at $28.42 per share. Company stock, which tripled in two weeks after 9/11, now trades at $49. In January 2003, William Bush owned 33,750 shares. In January 2004, he owned 56, 251 shares. Directors also own blocks of stock as a group. This company track record is only part of a larger pattern, in which close associates of the sitting president share in financial benefits generated by the foreign policy of our highest office. Former president George H. W. Bush resigned in fall 2003 from the finance giant Carlyle Group, heavily associated with military and security contracts, which received $677 million in contracts in 2002 and $2.1 billion in contracts in 2003. Carlyle recently sold $335 million in stock from its chief military subsidiary. Neil M. Bush, a younger brother of George W. Bush, has a $60,000-per-year contract with a principal in Washington-based New Bridge Strategies, a private firm set up to generate contracts in Iraq. A controversial $327 million contract, awarded in January by the U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, benefits Winston Partners, the private investment firm of Marvin P. Bush, another brother. The contract, to equip the Iraqi armed forces and Civil Defense Corps, went to Nour USA, a Virginia company formed last May, which also benefited from an $80 million CPA contract awarded in July. Nour USA has come under scrutiny through its ties to Ahmed Chalabi, a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. It also has ties to Bush family interests. Nour USA is invested or affiliated with several companies in Winston Partners' portfolio, including Hobart West, an employment agency; LogoTel, a clothing company; and Axolotl, a computer-services company. Controversy may obscure President Bush's reasons for embarking on the war in Iraq, but the record is clear that it profits his family. - - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search "You're doin' a heckuva job, Brownie!" - bu$h, a few days before his FEMA chief, Micheal Brown was forced to resign because of his gross incomptence. "The tools that enable Cuba save lives and preserve human dignity during hurricanes are socialist values and organization." - Dr. W.T. Whitney Jr Ever wonder who benefits from the 150 MILLION U.S. taxpayer dollars spent each DAY in Iraq? http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=21 http://www.commondreams.org/ http://www.truthout.org/ http://www.prohibitioncosts.org/ http://thirdworldtraveler.com/ http://counterpunch.org/ http://responsiblewealth.org/ "They are waging a campaign of murder and destruction. And there is no limit to the innocent lives they are willing to take... men with blind hatred and armed with lethal weapons who are capable of any atrocity... they respect no laws of warfare or morality." -bu$h describing his own illegal invasion of Iraq. http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -- Martin Luther King Jr. "God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them. And then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did." -- George W. Bush "Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord." -- Adolf Hitler "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918) Don't let bu$h do to the United States what his very close friend and top campaign contributor, Ken Lay, did to Enron... |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Hank wrote:
> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >> Hank wrote: >>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: > >>>> Also, go back about a million posts in this thread and you'll find >>>> I already refuted something from that idiotic web site > >>> What web site, and what did you refute? Can you >>> quote something? Or not... > >>> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm > >> When > > Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> > I take you agree with everything in the article below > since you didn't refute anything in it. > Do let us know if you ever figure out what it is you've > been whining and crying about for the past few weeks.... <chuckle> Why don't you surprise me and have an original thought. |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Michael Johnson, PE wrote:
> Hank wrote: > >> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >> >>> Hank wrote: >>> >>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>> >> >>>>> Also, go back about a million posts in this thread and you'll >>>>> find I already refuted something from that idiotic web site >>>> >> >>>> What web site, and what did you refute? Can you >>>> quote something? Or not... >>> >> >>>> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm >>> >> >>> When >> >> >> Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> >> I take you agree with everything in the article below >> since you didn't refute anything in it. Do let us know if you ever >> figure out what it is you've been whining and crying about for the >> past few weeks.... <chuckle> > > > Why don't you surprise me and have an original thought. For everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) You guys are still at it, huh? I am still checking in and am still amazed. It must be fun, because I know BOTH of you aren't that sick. Maybe I should have joined in! =) -- Wound Up ThunderSnake #65 AHPBBFM posting rules: http://tinyurl.com/ak694 AHPBBFM links page: http://tinyurl.com/a9qsx Big Block is an Attitude |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Wound Up wrote:
> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >> Hank wrote: >> >>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>> >>>> Hank wrote: >>>> >>>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>>> >>> >>>>>> Also, go back about a million posts in this thread and you'll >>>>>> find I already refuted something from that idiotic web site >>>>> >>> >>>>> What web site, and what did you refute? Can you >>>>> quote something? Or not... >>>> >>> >>>>> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm >>>> >>> >>>> When >>> >>> >>> Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> >>> I take you agree with everything in the article below >>> since you didn't refute anything in it. Do let us know if you ever >>> figure out what it is you've been whining and crying about for the >>> past few weeks.... <chuckle> >> >> >> Why don't you surprise me and have an original thought. > > For everything (turn, turn, turn) > There is a season (turn, turn, turn) > > You guys are still at it, huh? I am still checking in and am still > amazed. It must be fun, because I know BOTH of you aren't that sick. > Maybe I should have joined in! It's never too late. |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Michael Johnson, PE wrote:
> Wound Up wrote: > >> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >> >>> Hank wrote: >>> >>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hank wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>>>> Also, go back about a million posts in this thread and you'll >>>>>>> find I already refuted something from that idiotic web site >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> What web site, and what did you refute? Can you >>>>>> quote something? Or not... >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>>> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> When >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> >>>> I take you agree with everything in the article below >>>> since you didn't refute anything in it. Do let us know if you ever >>>> figure out what it is you've been whining and crying about for the >>>> past few weeks.... <chuckle> >>> >>> >>> >>> Why don't you surprise me and have an original thought. >> >> >> For everything (turn, turn, turn) >> There is a season (turn, turn, turn) >> >> You guys are still at it, huh? I am still checking in and am still >> amazed. It must be fun, because I know BOTH of you aren't that sick. >> Maybe I should have joined in! > > > It's never too late. Something to think about! I might just chip in to the cause at some point. =) The other thing that's funny to me about this thread is the repetition of "scathing case of herpes" hundreds of times now. -- Wound Up ThunderSnake #65 AHPBBFM posting rules: http://tinyurl.com/ak694 AHPBBFM links page: http://tinyurl.com/a9qsx Big Block is an Attitude |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Wound Up wrote:
> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >> Wound Up wrote: >> >>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>> >>>> Hank wrote: >>>> >>>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hank wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>> Also, go back about a million posts in this thread and you'll >>>>>>>> find I already refuted something from that idiotic web site >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> What web site, and what did you refute? Can you >>>>>>> quote something? Or not... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> When >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> >>>>> I take you agree with everything in the article below >>>>> since you didn't refute anything in it. Do let us know if you ever >>>>> figure out what it is you've been whining and crying about for the >>>>> past few weeks.... <chuckle> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Why don't you surprise me and have an original thought. >>> >>> >>> For everything (turn, turn, turn) >>> There is a season (turn, turn, turn) >>> >>> You guys are still at it, huh? I am still checking in and am still >>> amazed. It must be fun, because I know BOTH of you aren't that sick. >>> Maybe I should have joined in! >> >> >> It's never too late. > > Something to think about! I might just chip in to the cause at some > point. =) > > The other thing that's funny to me about this thread is the repetition > of "scathing case of herpes" hundreds of times now. That might just be my greatest contribution to Usenet. |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Michael Johnson, PE wrote:
> Wound Up wrote: > >> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >> >>> Wound Up wrote: >>> >>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hank wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hank wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Also, go back about a million posts in this thread and you'll >>>>>>>>> find I already refuted something from that idiotic web site >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> What web site, and what did you refute? Can you >>>>>>>> quote something? Or not... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> When >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> >>>>>> I take you agree with everything in the article below >>>>>> since you didn't refute anything in it. Do let us know if you >>>>>> ever figure out what it is you've been whining and crying about >>>>>> for the past few weeks.... <chuckle> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Why don't you surprise me and have an original thought. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> For everything (turn, turn, turn) >>>> There is a season (turn, turn, turn) >>>> >>>> You guys are still at it, huh? I am still checking in and am still >>>> amazed. It must be fun, because I know BOTH of you aren't that >>>> sick. Maybe I should have joined in! >>> >>> >>> >>> It's never too late. >> >> >> Something to think about! I might just chip in to the cause at some >> point. =) >> >> The other thing that's funny to me about this thread is the repetition >> of "scathing case of herpes" hundreds of times now. > > > That might just be my greatest contribution to Usenet. LOL maybe! And you certainly are spreading it around a lot (nyuk nyuk) -- Wound Up ThunderSnake #65 AHPBBFM posting rules: http://tinyurl.com/ak694 AHPBBFM links page: http://tinyurl.com/a9qsx Big Block is an Attitude |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Michael Johnson, PE wrote:
> Hank wrote: >> Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> >> I take you agree with everything in the article below >> since you didn't refute anything in it. Do let us know if you ever >> figure out what it is you've been whining and crying about for the >> past few weeks.... <chuckle> >> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm > Why don't you surprise me and have an original thought. Since you now agree that everything I've posted is accurate and factual, it seems my work here is done. You were a little slow, but in the end, my persistence paid off and you accepted the facts and truth. I'm so very proud of you, Mikey! - Ever wonder who benefits from the 150 MILLION U.S. taxpayer dollars spent each DAY in Iraq? http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=21 http://www.commondreams.org/ http://www.truthout.org/ "They are waging a campaign of murder and destruction. And there is no limit to the innocent lives they are willing to take... men with blind hatred and armed with lethal weapons who are capable of any atrocity... they respect no laws of warfare or morality." -bu$h describing his own illegal invasion of Iraq. http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm Don't let bu$h do to the United States what his very close friend and top campaign contributor, Ken Lay, did to Enron... |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Hank wrote:
> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >> Hank wrote: > >>> Whenever you think you're up to it, Mikey! <chuckle> >>> I take you agree with everything in the article below >>> since you didn't refute anything in it. Do let us know if you ever >>> figure out what it is you've been whining and crying about for the >>> past few weeks.... <chuckle> > >>> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm > >> Why don't you surprise me and have an original thought. > > Since you now agree that everything I've posted is > accurate and factual, it seems my work here is done. > You were a little slow, but in the end, my persistence > paid off and you accepted the facts and truth. > I'm so very proud of you, Mikey! I see that original thought is still eluding you. Like a typical socialist, hate America liberal you have once again twisted reality in a vain attempt to validate your lame, unpopular ideas. The true reality is that you and your ilk are a very small minority of the voting population. |
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We Needed A Big Gas Tax Like We Need a Scathing Case of Herpes
Hank wrote:
> Michael Johnson, PE wrote: >> Hank wrote: > >>> Since you now agree that everything I've posted is >>> accurate and factual, it seems my work here is done. >>> You were a little slow, but in the end, my persistence >>> paid off and you accepted the facts and truth. >>> I'm so very proud of you, Mikey! > >> I see that original thought is still eluding you. > > Hardly. It required much original thought on my behalf > to free you from your extreme ignorance and brainwashing. > But I am proud of you, Mikey! > Of course, I'm also quite proud of myself for converting > a clueless, bu$h worshiping, America hating extremist into > an informed and Enlightened Progressive! You have quite an ability to twist reality to your liking. |
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