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BUSH ADMINISTRATION DEMOTES WHISTLEBLOWER

Washington, DC - In the Bush Administration's latest efforts to silence
truth-tellers, the Army's top procurement official was demoted from her
government job over the weekend, after she criticized the Bush
Administration's decision to award Halliburton, the company formerly
run by Vice President Cheney, a huge no-bid multibillion-dollar
contract.

Bunnatine H. Greenhouse, a high-ranking Army Corps of Engineers
official, was told that she was removed from her position in the senior
executive service because of poor performance reviews.

Greenhouse's demotion came after she began to publicly question the
awarding of a no-bid contract in 2003 to Halliburton to repair the
Iraqi oil fields.

Greenhouse later said that, "I can unequivocally state that the abuse
related to contracts awarded to KBR [a subsidiary of Halliburton]
represents the most blatant and improper abuse I have witnessed," in
her time as a government employee.
[Washington Post, 8/29/05]


"Today's news regarding Bunnatine Greenhouse is another disturbing
example of the Bush Administration's determination to abuse their power
to hide the truth and silence, smear or demote their critics," said
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.

"This culture of corruption has got to end. Democrats know we can do
better; the American people deserve a government that works for them.

"Americans want a Government they can trust to tell them the truth, not
a Government that hides the facts to suit their own agenda."

On 29 Aug 2005 14:11:38 -0700, "Learning Richard"
<learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
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>said
>Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.[/color]

ROFLMAO

--

Scott in Florida

"A Democratic shift to the right risks inflaming the party's Angry
Left base, while a shift to the left would surely cost the party
whatever support it has left from normal people."

James Taranto - Wall Street Journal

this story broke several years ago Richard. I don't know if she was
competent or not in her job.

I do know that probably KBR is the best suited American company to do
emergency oil field repairs. Possibly the French or Germans have
someone suitable. Spend our money with them?

KBR has been doing no-bid and emergency contracting with the
Government since the 60's in Vietnam (LBJ) and in 90's they got no-bid
to do work in Kosovo (Clinton) and are still doing it as far as I
know.

ron

ron wrote:[color=blue]
> this story broke several years ago Richard. I don't know if she was
> competent or not in her job.[/color]

what are you talking about? She was demoted over the weekend.

The August 29, 2005 New York Times reports: "A top Army contracting
official who criticized a large, noncompetitive contract with the
Halliburton Company for work in Iraq was demoted Saturday for what the
Army called poor job performance.

"The official, Bunnatine H. Greenhouse," the Times wrote, "has worked
in military procurement for 20 years and for the past several years had
been the chief overseer of contracts at the Army Corps of Engineers,
the agency that has managed much of the reconstruction work in Iraq."

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>
> I do know that probably KBR is the best suited American company to do
> emergency oil field repairs.[/color]

And George W. Bush is the best suited American President to invade a
sovereign nation, overthrow its leader, and occupy the nation.

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> Possibly the French or Germans have someone suitable. Spend our money
> with them?[/color]

No, then we might be in danger of having a real coalition in Iraq.
Which would mean less money for Cheney *ahem* Halliburtion/KBR.
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>
> KBR has been doing no-bid and emergency contracting with the
> Government since the 60's in Vietnam (LBJ) and in 90's they got no-bid[/color]

so
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> to do work in Kosovo (Clinton) and are still doing it as far as I
> know.[/color]

point?

Point? Your head is too far up your posterior to know she started
griping in 2003 after 40 years of no bid contracts to the same
company. That she was fired for incompetence took so long is normal.
Impossible to fire someone for incompetence unless they are.

ron wrote:[color=blue]
> Point? Your head is too far up your posterior[/color]

no.
[color=blue]
> to know she started
> griping in 2003 after 40 years of no bid contracts to the same
> company.[/color]

No shit, sherlock. That's in both of the articles I cited.
[color=blue]
> That she was fired for incompetence took so long is normal.[/color]

It was getting too close to Cheney.
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> Impossible to fire someone for incompetence unless they are.[/color]

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! Hey bud. Wanna buy a pen? Its solid gold. I'll
sell it to you for a mere $10,000.00 (I'll require a cashier's check).


haha hehehe guffaw chortle -- what a piece of work. Scottie this guy
is on your side... may wanna consider your strategy again

well, I am one of the few Feds, while I was working, that went thru
the hoops to fire someone, in fact in my 20 some years I think I fired
4 or 5. A few were seasonals, no problem, one was a Filipino civil
engineer (a nice guy) but unable to do the job, an other was a civil
engineer that I got to termination stage who quit and guess where he
went to work? Army Corps of Engineers!!

If he was so incompetent that I got rid of him, what does that say
about the Corps of Engineers?

I don't need a gold pen Richard, but the cost is about what I got in
awards for performance while I was working.

Scott, glad he lumped us together. At least that part of his logic is
on track.

Ron

ron wrote:[color=blue]
> well, I am one of the few Feds, while I was working, that went thru
> the hoops to fire someone, in fact in my 20 some years I think I fired
> 4 or 5. A few were seasonals, no problem, one was a Filipino civil
> engineer (a nice guy) but unable to do the job, an other was a civil
> engineer that I got to termination stage who quit and guess where he
> went to work? Army Corps of Engineers!!
>
> If he was so incompetent that I got rid of him, what does that say
> about the Corps of Engineers?
>
> I don't need a gold pen Richard, but the cost is about what I got in
> awards for performance while I was working.[/color]

only 20k in performance awards for 20 years??? Sheesh, I banged down
10k just last year.
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>
> Scott, glad he lumped us together. At least that part of his logic is
> on track.
>
> Ron[/color]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:44:21 GMT, "ron" <randus3remove@pacbell.net>
wrote:
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>well, I am one of the few Feds, while I was working, that went thru
>the hoops to fire someone, in fact in my 20 some years I think I fired
>4 or 5. A few were seasonals, no problem, one was a Filipino civil
>engineer (a nice guy) but unable to do the job, an other was a civil
>engineer that I got to termination stage who quit and guess where he
>went to work? Army Corps of Engineers!!
>
>If he was so incompetent that I got rid of him, what does that say
>about the Corps of Engineers?
>
>I don't need a gold pen Richard, but the cost is about what I got in
>awards for performance while I was working.
>
>Scott, glad he lumped us together. At least that part of his logic is
>on track.
>
>Ron[/color]

LOL....

Ron are you SURE you don't mind?

From what I've seen, you are more than welcome to be lumped with
me....especially since you have raised 'Learning's ire...LOL

--

Scott in Florida

"A Democratic shift to the right risks inflaming the party's Angry
Left base, while a shift to the left would surely cost the party
whatever support it has left from normal people."

James Taranto - Wall Street Journal

Well Richard, I worked for the Forest service. They (as well as me)
are ultra conservative. A BIG award was a few thousand dollars.

The Forest Service was fun but I made much more money working on Dams
& Freeways. Contractors are much more liberal with bonuses and
company cars but you're never home.

I always had the motto "if you do a good job, you get to keep it".

One of my nightmares is that the one guy I got rid of went to the
Corps working on the Mississippi projects. I have cousins west of NO
and I cringe everytime the water goes up and gates down on the bypass,
wondering who made the decision.

ron wrote:[color=blue]
> Well Richard, I worked for the Forest service. They (as well as me)
> are ultra conservative. A BIG award was a few thousand dollars.
>
> The Forest Service was fun but I made much more money working on Dams
> & Freeways. Contractors are much more liberal with bonuses and
> company cars but you're never home.
>
> I always had the motto "if you do a good job, you get to keep it".
>
> One of my nightmares is that the one guy I got rid of went to the
> Corps working on the Mississippi projects. I have cousins west of NO
> and I cringe everytime the water goes up and gates down on the bypass,
> wondering who made the decision.[/color]

well -- I was just messin with you about the bonus BS... money is just
a tool, who cares?

What kind of job did you have where you had to go around firing people?
That must've sucked.

Richard, I was a project engineer/resident engineer and team leader.
I did fire several but I had probably 100+ employees over 20+ years
that were just fine. It was typical of many managers to promote their
problems out instead of dealing with it. One of the ones was
probationary and only one was civil service - two or 3 were seasonals
that just couldn't cut it.

I did not enjoy it. Just a nasty couple of percent of the job.

Scott, your part of Florida okay this round? What a mess in NO.
I've a cousin that has several KFC's and Colonel Sanders stores
in/around New Orleans got to be a big mess.
Ron

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:48:46 GMT, "ron" <randus3remove@pacbell.net>
wrote:
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>Richard, I was a project engineer/resident engineer and team leader.
>I did fire several but I had probably 100+ employees over 20+ years
>that were just fine. It was typical of many managers to promote their
>problems out instead of dealing with it. One of the ones was
>probationary and only one was civil service - two or 3 were seasonals
>that just couldn't cut it.
>
>I did not enjoy it. Just a nasty couple of percent of the job.
>
>Scott, your part of Florida okay this round? What a mess in NO.
>I've a cousin that has several KFC's and Colonel Sanders stores
>in/around New Orleans got to be a big mess.
>Ron[/color]

Yes...I live in South West Florida. We dodged this one.

--

Scott in Florida

"A Democratic shift to the right risks inflaming the party's Angry
Left base, while a shift to the left would surely cost the party
whatever support it has left from normal people."

James Taranto - Wall Street Journal

Good. Tough mess.

I loved the typical Kennedy response to it. And the German media.
Where are all the offers of help?

Ron