Daily Dumbest Things Said on DU- May 3, 2004- 183 days to complete breakdown

1 posted on 05/02/2004 9:21:20 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper

To: CSM; redlipstick; starboardlist; 11th Earl of Mar; smadurski

Ping! Welcome to Monday's thread.

2 posted on 05/02/2004 9:24:09 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (Whoopi, God gave us free will, but he spent much of the Old Testament smiting those who chose wrong.)

To: WinOne4TheGipper

Good morning, WO4TG!
(Note to displacedtexan: Yes, you're overreacting. Now sit down and shut up.)

displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Mon May-03-04 08:38 AM
Original message
My email to Ramstein Air base re Hamill (civilian) transport/ treatment

Is anyone else confused (or angry) about this civilian truck driver being transported, billeted, and cared for by our military?

He works for a private civilian company.

If you think I'm overreacting, please let me know.

To: 435abw.pa@ramstein.af.mil

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am profoundly confused as to why Thomas Hamill, a civilian Halliburton truck driver, has been airlifted to the base at Ramstein.

Did the military pay for this transport (and any subsequent medical treatment)?

Is this SOP?

Who approved this use of American taxpayer dollars?

Will you bill Halliburton for the full cost of this civilian's transport, lodging, and treatment?

Halliburton's benefits program is well known to those of us from Texas:

The Halliburton Benefits Program
The Halliburton Benefits Program provides you with the benefit plans and tools you need to manage your and your family’s health care expenses, financial security, and other personal needs and goals. The program offers:
Value - Halliburton shares in the cost of your benefits so that you have access to quality benefits at a price you can afford.
Choice - Halliburton believes that no one knows what you need better than you do. The benefits program is designed so that you may choose the benefits that are right for you and your family — benefits that provide the level of security you need.
Convenience - Halliburton knows your time is valuable. The Halliburton Benefits Center and its automated systems allow you to request and receive personalized information about your benefits online or by phone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Your Benefit Options
Halliburton benefits fall into three categories:

* Health and Group Benefits
* Retirement and Savings
* Other programs including the Educational Assistance Program and Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Thank you for your time.

3 posted on 05/03/2004 5:47:41 AM PDT by EllaMinnow (I absolutely hate despise abominate John Kerry's lies.)

Perhaps you should remind them of the 'toon letting Teddy toss John-John's watersoaked ashes off the back of a Navy ship.

4 posted on 05/03/2004 5:55:14 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (From each according to his inability, to each according to his misdeeds - DNC Motto)

To: Tijeras_Slim

Hammill's escape is bad news to DU.

5 posted on 05/03/2004 6:42:38 AM PDT by EllaMinnow (I absolutely hate despise abominate John Kerry's lies.)

Wow, what an unbelievable load of misplaced anger. I guess they were hoping Hamill would have been killed in captivity and hung out in public display so they could yet again blame it all on Bush.

Pity when you're so ensconced in irrational anger that you consider it bad news when an American in rescued from captivity.

6 posted on 05/03/2004 6:55:26 AM PDT by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)

Any bad news they can pin on President Bush makes them happy.
Any death they can pin on Halliburton makes them ecstatic.

7 posted on 05/03/2004 7:08:13 AM PDT by EllaMinnow (I absolutely hate despise abominate John Kerry's lies.)

To: WinOne4TheGipper

"rationality" can still flip the switch on his 8088?
Amazing, it was theorized that he'd have forgotten how to do even that by now without government nannyism telling him on a consistent basis how to live his life.

8 posted on 05/03/2004 8:09:09 AM PDT by Darksheare (Fortune for the day: I call upon the gods of STERNO and MATCHLIGHT to take care of the evil DUers!)

Good grief, the US is debriefing Hamill and getting him medical care. The way they talk you would think that Hamil and Halliburton were the enemies. AHA, I think we are on to something.....

9 posted on 05/03/2004 9:42:41 AM PDT by tioga (5 days till the beach!)

and we all know if the millitary didnt help this guy then the DUmmies would be screaming that Bush didnt help that poor man.

10 posted on 05/03/2004 11:08:37 AM PDT by smadurski (I voted for kerry before I voted against him.)

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