[Rhodes22-list] Politics

[Brad Haslett]

Herb,

 Before it was Kellogg, Brown & Root, it was just Brown & Root.  You may
remember, B & R was accused of getting sweetheart deals in Vietnam from the
Johnson administration.  Ah, some things never change.

Here's my story with Brown & Root.  My first flying job (1975) was for a
company in Waco, TX that sold distribution transformers.  We did a lot of
military contracts because of our size (small) on set-aside contracts, and
also because we could make small production runs of odd voltage units.  I
was sent to Houston to the B & R hangar to pickup two engineers.  My
airplane (a Cessna 310L) would fit under the wing of the smallest thing B &
R had on the ramp. I walked into their lobby, introduced myself, and
inquired about Mr.SoandSos.  The one engineer looked at me and said, "you're
the co-pilot, right?"

"No, sir, I'm the pilot."

"How old is the co-pilot?" (I was 18 at the time)

"There isn't one, I'm it."

"Where's the airplane?"  I pointed to the 310, which I was quite proud of,
parked next to one of their G2's.

"Bullshit, I'm not going!".  My boss got on the phone and finally convinced
them I wouldn't kill them and off we went.

You are correct about KBR.  The division has been a drag on Haliburton's
core business.

Brad






On 11/11/06, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>
> Not only that, that division of the company is one of the poorest
> performing division, and Haliburton has attempted to sell it off.
>
> But, it gives the empty talking heads something to talk about. I REALLY
> get a kick out of the nonsense that Cheney sent us to Iraq to make money.
> Doesn't exactly explain why he pulled us in the early 90's.
>
>
> Herb Parsons
>
> S/V O'Jure
> 1976 O'Day 25
> Lake Grapevine, N TX
>
> S/V Reve de Papa
> 1971 Coronado 35
> Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
>
> >>> 3drecon at comcast.net 11/10/2006 7:15:23 pm >>>
> With a 4.4% unemployment rate, I would say the economy isn't doing bad.
> Revenues to the Federal Government are up (in spite of the tax cuts) and
> people are working.  Under Clinton the ephemeral Dot.coms made money
> without
> hiring anyone and the unemployment rate stayed around 5.6%.  That is not a
> bad unemployment rate either, but it isn't 4.4%.  The whole Haliburton
> controversy is a shibboleth, a talking point.  At the time Haliburton was
> selected for the contracts in Iraq they were the only ones capable of the
> job.  That may have changed but I can't say.
>
>
> Philip
>
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> Philip,
> Economically he failed by increasing the national debt to record levels.
> Normally a war time economy is considered good, but there were so that
> profited
> (Haliburton comes to mind) that it didn't create jobs or fuel the economy.
>
> Rummy
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