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Kickbacks with the Bush Administration on duty? No way

halliburton03 Kickbacks with the Bush Administration on duty?  No waySomeone hit my sneaky cartoon laugh. Bush administration found some minor criminals to take the fall. When they indict Halliburton or one of the other biggies then I’ll take notice.

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From CNN.com:

A grand jury indicted three Army Reserve officers and two civilians Wednesday on charges they steered more than $8.6 million in Iraqi reconstruction funds to a contractor in exchange for kickbacks that included vehicles, jewelry and real estate.

The 25-count indictment, which includes conspiracy, bribery and money-laundering charges, is the latest development in a wave of criminal charges stemming from the alleged fraudulent use of U.S. funds in Iraq.

“This indictment alleges that the defendants flagrantly enriched themselves at the expense of the Iraqi people — the very people they were there to help,” U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty said in a news release. (more…)

Dell, what happened?

dell-dude Dell, what happened?Many years ago, I switched from Gateway to Dell computers. I had a problem and I couldn’t get anyone on the phone from Gateway. Remember Windows 3.11? Nothing was easy back then. Technical support plus self help books were essential. I remember calling throughout the day started at 6 am and finally getting someone on the line at 1 am. Since then I have bought 15 or so computers. All of them Dells. I even bought Dell stock (years too late but …) So, recently I had to sell my Dell stock because it was sitting there like a lump of coal.

Yesterday, I tried to buy a computer for my mother. Mom pays on the internet and e-mails. Not rocket science but her old computer just ain’t crunching the numbers like it use to. (This is a game that Bill Gates and other computers dudes play with us. For years we had to upgrade computers because there was some game [Quake or Doom] that required a new graphics card. Now, it is Microsoft itself that requires more and more RAM. More and more hard drive space. So upgrade or your computer will grind to a halt. Those automatic updates are part of the problem. Symantec killed my mom’s old computer. The old computer couldn’t handle SystemWorks 2006.)

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Hardball - Libby trial continues

The big news today is the change in Vice President Cheney’s status.  He was definitely testifying before today.  Now, he is a maybe.  When you think about it, either he will bury his friend or lie in front of the jury. 

 
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