[Chi-townChief]

I think Jan is just a little pissed off that her husband will be behind bars so this is one pie he won't be able to get his fingers in.

[Chi-townChief]

CHICAGOLAND PING

[dts32041]

Does she support JJ JR. for Mayor of Chicago?

[Izzy Dunne]

Or we can demand government that promotes a shared community in which we care for each other and are stronger for doing so.

All together now:

Kum ba ya, my Lord.......Kum ba ya...

[goldstategop]

The government has to keep us afloat? Let's all quit our jobs and get on the dole. We'll find out then how long it stays afloat if no one pays taxes anymore.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[TonyXL]

Jan, why don't we make the minimum wage $50/hour? That would cure poverty!

[TaxRelief]

Shaw Group,
whose CEO is Jim Bernhard,
chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party,
has won more Katrina contracts than the other three combined.

This article is disingenuous at best.

[ravingnutter]

Instead, it will go to the cronies of the Bush administration who have already received no-bid contracts in the aftermath of the hurricane.

This was debunked days ago, at least on Halliburton...

The U.S. Navy uses the CONCAP contract to support immediate needs associated with regional emergencies caused by natural disasters, military-led or military-supported humanitarian assistance or military conflicts. For more information on this contract, which was awarded in July 2004 following a competitive bidding process, please see the company’s press release here.[See below]

Under CONCAP and other contracts, KBR has provided extensive relief services for major disasters in the U.S. and abroad for more than 15 years. Following Hurricane Andrew in Florida in 1992, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tasked KBR with providing planning assistance, damage surveys, expedient debris removal, engineering assessments, repairs to public and private buildings and utilities, and the construction, operation and maintenance of temporary trailer camps for displaced residents. KBR also performed emergency repairs to schools in the region and installed temporary, modular school buildings where necessary. The company began providing disaster relief services to the Navy two days after Hurricane Ivan struck Florida in 1994, and assisted after Hurricane Marilyn in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1995 and Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina in 1990. In addition, under the previous CONCAP contract KBR provided emergency repairs in Guam following Super Typhoon Ponsonga from 2002-2004.

Halliburton News

KBR CHOSEN TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING U.S. NAVY UNDER CONCAP CONTRACT

July 2004 - HOUSTON, Texas - KBR has been selected to continue providing private sector construction and related services to the U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense agencies and missions worldwide under the competitively-awarded CONCAP (construction capabilities) contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division.

Halliburton News

But, hey...why let a fact like that get in the way of a good conspiracy theory? ; )

Don't know anything about the other two, will see what I can find.

[Condor51]

Dear "Comrade" Jan,

I don't want to be arrested so I'm going to basically STFU.

However, IMHO you're a low life scum sucking commie bitch slut whore skank -- and those are your good points! Have a rotten life and eat shiite and (xxx).

regards..

[ravingnutter]

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 13, 2004 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Transatlantic Programs Center awarded 10 contracts in anticipation of potential contract requirements in the U.S. Central Command area of operations. The contracts were awarded on January 12.

Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts for design/build and/or construction-related services were awarded to the following firms:

AICI (American International Contractors, Inc.)/Syska

Hennessy/Archirodon LLC - Arlington, Virginia

CH2M Hill/Dragados/Soluziona (joint venture) - Englewood, Colorado

Contrack International, Inc. - Arlington, Virginia

Fluor Intercontinental, Inc. - Charlotte, North Carolina

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. - Arlington, Virginia

Odebrect-Austin (joint venture) - Coral Gables, Florida

Parsons Delaware Inc. - Pasadena, California

Perini Corporation - Framingham, Massachusetts

Shaw Centcom Services LLD - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Washington International/Black & Veatch Joint Venture - Boise, Idaho

The solicitation synopsis was published on October 17, 2003, on the Federal Business Opportunities website. The companies were competitively selected based on their response to the Request for Proposal documents.

The contracts have a monetary ceiling set at $500 million for the first year for each of the contracts. Each contract will have four one-year options, and the option years will have a yearly ceiling of $250 million on each contract.

Source

For those not familiar with Govt. contracting, ID/IQ means they operate on task orders as required by the Govt. This is just a task order under an existing contract. Even Shaw is listed.

[ravingnutter]

According to some websites, Richard Blum sits on the Board of Directors for Bechtel...that is Dianne Feinstein's husband. Don't have any more time today, will follow up tomorrow.

[spintreebob]

Davis-Bacon ensures workers ...are paid the local prevailing wage.
In New Orleans, where a quarter of the residents lived in poverty

Gee, I wonder if there could be connection?