This from the highly recommended
Halliburton Watch website:
Halliburton gets Katrina contract, hires former FEMA director
1 Sept. 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The US Navy asked Halliburton to repair naval facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Houston Chronicle reported today. The work was assigned to Halliburton's KBR subsidiary under the Navy's $500 million CONCAP contract awarded to KBR in 2001 and renewed in 2004. The repairs will take place in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Now, they haven't been asked to rebuild the levees - YET. I have no doubt that they will be in the near future.
Even more disgusting, however, is their hiring of Joe Allbaugh to pimp for them.
More ranting below.
In March, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is tasked with responding to hurricane disasters, became a lobbyist for KBR.
Joe Allbaugh, for those of you who may not know, was the shill appointed to FEMA by Bush after his first election.
From the FEMA website:
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Allbaugh served as Chief of Staff to then-Governor George W. Bush. In addition to his operational duties in the Governor's office, Allbaugh served as the governor's point person for nine presidential disaster declarations and more than 20 state-level emergencies. Earlier in his career, he served as Oklahoma Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
Mr. Allbaugh served as the National Campaign Manager for Bush-Cheney 2000 with responsibility and oversight for all activities related to the Bush election campaign. He had previously served as Campaign Manager for President Bush's first run for Texas governor.
I have had just about enough of cronyism for abject failures. Time to recall this government.