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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:01 AM Original message |
Why is Blackwater still getting contracts? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. because "change" was an advertising slogan, |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, the US has killed plenty of innocent civilians, and people still do business with us... |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I agree, they are criminal...and should be dissolved..but |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. As to that, I have no idea. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. A good question |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Am I right in thinking that the "professional military" - hired thugs - aren't counted? |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I am almost sure that you are correct..I read that Blackwater types..add |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Why don't we draft them? |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. They're not. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. I asked the same question the other day and didnt get any good |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I thought that this would change immediately. After all, they can be |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. This link is now up at Raw Story..about Blackwater using child prostitutes. |
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Indydem (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. Change you can believe in. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. There is a specific set of steps that have to be taken before a company can be barred from Federal |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Does anyone know if the government is trying to delist these crooks? Have any |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No way to tell from the outside |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is America man, the rich get richer and they never go to jail. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Isn't it the same old problem? If not Xe nee Blackwater, who? |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wasn't there a 'morals' clause in their contracts with the previous administration? |
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