Hypocrites: Liberals Hated Halliburton, But What About Obama’s Cozy Relationship With The UAW?

• May 5, 2009

I see that the never-ending controversy over Halliburton and the fictional “no-bid contracts” is heating up again. I’m not very interested in re-hashing that controversy again, but I will ask the liberals who have endlessly pursued that “scandal” this: If you’re incensed at the idea of the Bush administration giving Halliburton no-bid contracts, what about Obama carving up General Motors and Chrysler and giving over ownership of those companies to the United Auto Workers labor union?
What if George Bush had used the power of his office to take over some struggling defense contractor and then turned over a majority stock share to Halliburton? I think the left and the media would be apoplectic about it.
But Obama handing over two of the nation’s largest car companies to his political supporters at the United Auto Workers? That’s accepted without batting an eye.
Strange times we live in, no?

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

http://Array Mark

When we see billions being shoveled into UAW pockets we’ll criticized them too.

Well, Dino, you better start criticizing now, because you are way too late already
Arsenal

Care to show the rest of the article.

Improperly installed or maintained electrical devices have been blamed in some of the deaths, while accidental contact with power lines has also been a cause in the electrocution deaths.

Accidents happen….do we need to show how many death happen in U.S becasue of accidents
Hannitized

In Chapter 11 the judge determines who is paid debt. They need to get in line and get an attorney and make a plea. I am owed 200,000.00 from a local Telco who filed chapter 11 in December.

So playing dumb, will not get you anywhere Rob.
Zakk

Here’s what I love, most of the people who ‘Hate’ Halliburton, they have no idea why they hate it. They just know that they heard KO or some other nut job out there screaming that it was bad. All most libs hear is Cheney/Halliburton/Bad – so then they repeat it. Parrots!

Someone hit it on the head, no one…NO ONE has the capacity to do what Halliburton does. It’s hard to get a competing bid when there isn’t anyone else who can do the job. Maybe they could ask JoeSchmo Oil riggers to put in a bic, but they would not be able to do the job, especially for the cost. It’s really that simple.

As far as

The work of Halliburton should be done by GOVERNMENT that doesn’t have a profit motive to charge $400 an hour for their services.

, well – nothing would ever get done and tons of money would be wasted in the process. Hell, at least Halliburton has something to show for all the money spent. The government would just spend, spend, spend.

As for the story about the shower, are you serious? Talk about reaching.

Accidents or Unintentional Injuries
Number of deaths: 117, 809
(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/FASTATS/acc-inj.htm)
That’s gonna be a lot of paper work for someone to fill out now that we are going after all accidental deaths.

And, yes it was the Darling of the Democrats, Bill Clinton who set up the Halliburton deals. Suck on that you nancies~
Arsenal

I never understood the liberal’s fasination w/ Halliburton and the imaginary “no-bid” contracts. If I stand corected, wasn’t it Clinton that made a deal w/ Halliburton and their services in the Middle East? Also, I can’t find another company in the United States that could handle the woork load that Halliburton puts out.
Bodhi

That’s the problem. The work of Halliburton should be done by GOVERNMENT that doesn’t have a profit motive to charge $400 an hour for their services.

Again you show your ignorance.

The government was not capable of handling the level of reconstruction, security, nor supply that was required. That is why Halliburton was awarded the contract.

No other company bid applied for it.
robert108

It’s already happening, ignorant little dino. You lie, as usual.

Dems have always been friendly to the big abortion provider corporations, which have been on the govt dole since Roe v Wade. In all the leftie squealing about “corporate welfare”, they ignored the only instance of it, which was the subsidization of the abortion provider corps, which would not exist without taxpayer money.
Now that Obama has actually created widespread corporate welfare, the lefties are strangely silent on that issue.
robert108

…UAW borders on socialism…

Actually, they’re totalitarian fascists. They want to control every part of the economic system. They seek to control price, product, profit margin and pay, which are the four requirements for economic fascism. No wonder Obama is their buddy, and has handed Chrysler over to them.
Mickey

Haliburton employs tens of thousands of good Americans. Smart, honest people who don’t require a union thug to protect them.
Mickey

Don’t forget the nations biggest union, the public school teachers.

Graft is graft.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

When we see billions being shoveled into UAW pockets we’ll criticized them too.
robert108

Obama gave billions of our money to GM and Chrysler, then gave GM and Chrysler to the UAW.

The real problem the lefties have with Halliburton is that it’s a very successful business, and it’s successful for giving its customers what they want, like any successful business in the private sector. Furthermore, Halliburton helped us win in Iraq, while the Dems were trying to engineer defeat there.
Bodhi

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The UAW received ownership in lieu of what they’re OWED by the bankrupt car companies. Obama didn’t give that to anyone.

You are obviously ignorant.

The stakes given in Chrysler and GM to the UAW by the Obama administration amount to a clear violation of the 5th Amendment. In the real world, when a company goes bankrupt, they do not give equity to the employees, the courts first pay back the investors and work there way down the tree.

All that is happening is Obama is showing his disdain and lack of understanding of the Constitution, and liberal asshats like you are lapping it up.
robert108

It hires others to do work.

Thus creating jobs; we could sure use some of that to counter Obama’s job destroying economic policies.
Dino2

Halliburton doesn’t need a union. They have direct access to the Treasury thanks to the bush administration.

Not anymore. “Angry black man Obama” is going to tear them to pieces after demonizing them.

I wouldn’t be wearing my Halliburton golf shirt in public if I were you.

My how things have changed in just three months! Imagine how much damage we’ll have done to the republican “pets” after 8 years!
Dino2

That’s the problem. The work of Halliburton should be done by GOVERNMENT that doesn’t have a profit motive to charge $400 an hour for their services.

That’s one of the ways republicans created so much debt over the
last 30 years. They outsourced government functions to parasitic “consultants”.
robert108

The work of Halliburton should be done by GOVERNMENT…

The govt is way too wasteful and inefficient to get anything done without fleecing the taxpayers.
sayanything-5371

Halliburton doesn’t need a union. They have direct access to the Treasury thanks to the bush administration.

Like the Auto Industry, Banks and Wall Street don’t, thanks to the Obama administration?
Hannitized

When we see billions being shoveled into UAW pockets we’ll criticized them too.

Exactly.

Halliburton had been ripping people off, and were involved in fraudulent schemes. This is why they are being prosecuted.

This is comparing apples to oranges.
Mark

That’s the problem. The work of Halliburton should be done by GOVERNMENT that doesn’t have a profit motive to charge $400 an hour for their services.

We’d be in one hell of a mess if that happened.
Arsenal

Electrocuting showers
Poison water and food

Halliburton makes dill parts for oilrigs and screws for pipeline.

How do they gey involved in showers and poisonous food?
Arsenal

Just Republicans?
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

When we see billions being shoveled into UAW pockets we’ll criticized (sic) them too.

When???He’s giving them financial control of the companies now! Where’s your criticism? Oh, I forgot! Democrat partisan hackery has no shmae!
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

….has no shmae (SIC) !

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The UAW received ownership in lieu of what they’re OWED by the bankrupt car companies. Obama didn’t give that to anyone.
brain trust

The explanation is elementary. Halliburton exhibits capitalism whereas UAW borders on socialism, that makes it natural for a liberal to favor UAW while demonizing Halliburton
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

So the creditors obama stiffed weren’t owed anything?
http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

Note that Dino advocates everyone being forced against their will into socialism, but for us logical clear thinkers, read conservative, that would imply to us a reason and the most likely one is that Dino would believe the people running that system are wiser than he and us.

Dino has to my knowledge never stated such a thing. He only says that to get a rise out of people, because he hates people, not because he has an intellectual position and point to make.

We could go one deconstructing him all day but unlike Hannah, Sparkie, and a number of other liberals here, he has absolutely ZERO conscience which means anything we do is for our benefit alone.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

In Chapter 11 the judge determines who is paid debt. They need to get in line and get an attorney and make a plea. I am owed 200,000.00 from a local Telco who filed chapter 11 in December.

So playing dumb, will not get you anywhere Rob.

Chrysler’s creditors had a claim to some of the company’s assets. This isn’t determining who will get paid. This is Obama saying “I’m taking your share away and giving it to my political friends.”

Maybe try knowing what you’re talking about.
http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

Halliburton is a successful infrastructure logistics and engineering company among many other things with a wide range of subsidiaries and areas of endeavor. They have many thousands of employees and they are fairly good at what they do. They run with a number of other similar multinationals from western Europe and Asia who do like things. They make money. They build and repair and change things for various companies and governments.

Oh, that’s right. They’re privately held companies and not government entities. Hence, to be hated by the left.

The UAW on the other hand produces nothing, brings in no profits to themselves or anyone, their leadership lives very high on the hog having meetings in jet setter locations and surroundings at the expense of the rank and file who have no choice but to pony up the money… does that sound like congress?

You can see the differences real easy. One achieves and is hated for that achievement and the other destroys achievement and is celebrated for that destruction.

Lord Obama should be careful. Eventually those kind of fattened interests have a way of colliding with the king and need to be eliminated. If he builds them up too much, he’ll have problems taking them down. On the other hand since their utter failure at running the car companies is virtually assured unless they miraculously mature and learn, handing the car companies might be what Emperor Shaddam IV had in mind when he sent House Atreides to Arrakis.
WOOFX

Easy money

How do they gey involved in showers and poisonous food?

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David Cedergren, 25, of South St. Paul, Minn., died Sept. 11, 2004, while showering. His family was told he died of natural causes.
Cedergren’s death is among 18 electrocution deaths under review as part of a Department of Defense Inspector General inquiry. The inquiry primarily involves electrical work done at a facility where a Green Beret, Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh, was electrocuted while showering in January 2008.
Sixteen of those who died were U.S. service members.

KBR/Haliburton work on the no-bid war contracts
WOOFX

Halliburton is connected. It hires others to do work.
The megacost non-rebuilding of the infrastructure of Iraq is testimony to Halliburton’s crony status.
WOOFX

Electrocuting showers
Poison water and food

Halliburton …is that it’s a very successful business, and it’s successful for giving its customers what they want,

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