Big Ol' Smitty

That's why I didn't respond.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...1-2005Mar7.html

That's what I've traditionally heard, too, but figures can change -- look at the original predicted costs of Medicare for 1990+ and look at how much it costs now (and don't get me started on W's added programs for this program)... Are a bunch of elderly Mexicans crossing the border?

Jesus cares.

Oh ya got me. on abortion http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139841,00.html http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNew...poll030122.html

I'm not necessarily against GMOs--just wanted to point out that world hunger doesn't exist because there isn't *enough* food, so producing greater yields won't necessarily solve the problem.

AHHHH!!! Over half of our country is in favor of a holocaust!

Shipping was extra — a lot extra KBR spent millions getting $82,100 worth of LPG into Iraq By DAVID IVANOVICH Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Iraq needed fuel. Halliburton Co. was ordered to get it there — quick. So the Houston-based contractor charged the Pentagon $27.5 million to ship $82,100 worth of cooking and heating fuel. In the latest revelation about the company's oft-criticized performance in Iraq, a Pentagon audit report disclosed Monday showed Halliburton subsidiary KBR spent $82,100 to buy liquefied petroleum gas, better-known as LPG, in Kuwait and then 335 times that number to transport the fuel into violence-ridden Iraq. Pentagon auditors combing through the company's books were mystified by this charge. "It is illogical that it would cost $27,514,833 to deliver $82,100 in LPG fuel," officials from the Defense Contract Audit Agency noted in the report. The portions of the audit report released Monday did not specify exactly how much fuel was involved in this billing. The portions of audit report were released by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., both dogged critics of Halliburton and its wartime contracts. Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall said the figures were taken out of context. "The implication is definitely misleading," Hall said. "Transporting fuel into Iraq was a mission fraught with danger, which increased the prices that firms were willing to offer for transportation." Halliburton has seen 61 of its workers and subcontractors die in Iraq and Kuwait, many while delivering fuel. Army officials were desperate to get fuel into Iraq, fearing the lack of such basic necessities as cooking and heating fuel would lead to greater unrest and support for the insurgency. But efforts to truck in fuel were hampered by repeated attacks on fuel convoys, delays organizing military escorts, supply route closures and changing delivery points, company officials said. Security was so dicey, in fact, that tanker trucks were lucky to make two round trips per month. And because neighboring Kuwait had few trucks available to transport fuel, Halliburton had to bring in trucks from neighboring countries and contract for a barge, Hall said. No comment from corps Company officials say they transported about 3.5 million barrels of LPG from Kuwait to Iraq via truck and barge. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which had assigned Halliburton the job of getting fuel into Iraq, declined to comment on the substance of the audit report, noting that it contained confidential commercial information that had not been authorized for release outside government channels. Corps officials said a subsequent audit report was completed in February, which they are now studying. "The major issues in this audit report have not been resolved," a Pentagon spokesperson said. The corps "is currently working to finalize negotiations for a price on this and all outstanding task orders." The lawmakers would not say how they had obtained the audit report for the fuel transportation. Support from agency Company officials point out the firm's estimating and purchasing systems have recently received a nod of approval from the Pentagon's Defense Contract Management Agency. In all, Halliburton submitted bills to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers totaling $875 million for supplying Iraq with fuel from May 2003 through March 2004. Pentagon auditors questioned $108 million or about 12 percent of those costs. That's substantially higher than the $61 million in possible fuel overcharges Pentagon auditors had previously identified. But that figure only covered the first five months of Halliburton's fuel supply assignment. In March 2004, the Defense Energy Support Center, the military's own fuel supply arm, took over the job. In a letter to President Bush Monday, Waxman and Dingell complained that Pentagon officials had repeatedly ignored their requests to see copies of the Pentagon audits. "Indeed, when Government Reform Committee staff indicated that they were considering issuing a subpoena for the audit reports, a Defense Department official replied that issuing a subpoena will not get the material released any faster," the lawmakers wrote.

2 people complained...and neither called for bannings.

Oh KKK, you so crazy.

"The Plague" by Albert Camus & "Drawing for Dummies" Just finished Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" not too long ago. Could anybody recommend some other good sci-fi/fantasy series in this vein? I like LOTR and the Dark Tower but I haven't read anything else in this genre.

*Pictures Will, Uncle Phil, & Carlton rolling out in a low-rider Chevy with bandanas covering their faces--armed with Tek-9s*

I am predicting a 50/Em "made for MTV epic" feud sometime down the road.

Eh, the album's okay. Piggybank, Get In My Car, & Gattman are my favorite tracks.

Sadly, I think it's for real... Will Smith, known for shirking rhymes about bling and violence for more upbeat messages, is using his new album to prove he's got a tough side, too. The rapper/actor is releasing his fourth solo album, Lost and Found, on March 29, featuring the track "Mr. Nice Guy," about how people mistake him for being soft. And according to a statement by his spokesperson, Smith has "sumthin' for Eminem" in the song. The album, which Smith calls a "departure" from his previous albums, which include Born to Reign (2002), Willenium (1999) and Big Willie Style (1997), will be led by the single "Switch." The track is "a snapshot of my life," Smith said in a statement. "It's the most in-depth, revealing writing that I've done in my career. Also included on the LP are collaborations with longtime partner Jazzy Jeff (with whom Smith recorded five albums as DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince), Mary J. Blige, Robin Thicke, Timbaland and Snoop Dogg, who worked with Smith on the track "Pump Ya Brakes." Smith, who started laying down tracks for the album in 2003 and ultimately recorded more than 50 songs, said that the new album is best described as old-school retro hip-hop, and that the music is more serious than in the past, but is still just as fun. With his latest feature film, "Hitch," having just debuted in theaters at #1 (see "Love Beats Hate As 'Hitch' KO's 'Boogeyman' "), Smith will take a break from acting for the next six to eight months to focus on his music. from MTV.com

costanza master shake homer mr. burns bender job from arrested development

Agree on LSU. Their big men are beasts! I kinda hope Bass goes pro or they could easily take my UK Wildcats place atop the SEC in the next couple of years.

Americans are a race. Duh.

Nope, nothing to see here. And my point is made. Thanks. -=Mike You're clueless That is copious logic. Life ain't fair. Deal with it and move on. You've botched this post so thoroughly that we can't save you now. Is this hard to fathom? What part is losing you? Don't be afraid --- words won't hurt you. It's time you realize how idiotic your incessant carping sounds. "economic bondoogles" Democracy is a process, not an event. -=Smitty (source:poatm)

...because they're giving it to the American taxpayer both hard & up the BUTT?

Nope, nothing to see here.