Ken,
Since my bachelor's degree was in political science, it's bothered me
that Cheney used a "paper" residence to skirt the Constitutional
requirement that the president and vice president be from different
states. It was, however, a brilliant piece of political gamesmanship.
Dick Cheney came into the 2000 campaign with little verifiable political
baggage from the Republican viewpoint, and a truckload of experience in
Washington that George W. didn't have. Also, if something of import was
found, he could have been dumped with little political consequence.
That being said, if the vice presidential candidate had come from a
state with more electoral clout than Wyoming (and a different state than
the standard bearer), the whole "contested election" mess might have
been avoided.
The no-bid contract issue seemed to be an ill-advised political move,
which surprised me coming out of Cheney's office. I've always viewed
him as the consummate political professional. If the Republican ticket
had been reversed in 2000, I would have had no problems voting for it.
I have more in common with Dick Cheney than the liberals on the list
(myself included)
;-{)} would be comfortable with. I graduated from the same high school
he did 14 years after his graduation. We were both student body
presidents of that school, too.
Kendall
An unreasonable man. (But my wife says all men are)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
-----Original Message-----
From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Politics
Kendall, i was unaware of the american company. thanks
for bringing them to my attention.
i helped administer a big contract for the government
for the 1981-1991 part of my career. no bid contracts
are not unusual, but, i never liked them becouse of
the appearance of the whole thing. usually the
justifcation is that one company is out and out better
qualified to do the job. i would think that the bush
admin would have at least let the other company bid if
for no other reason than appearances. it would have
been the politically smart thing to do.
i care not where bush or chany wants to call home.
just as i mined not that the clintons moved to new
york so she could run for the senate. if it does not
bother the new yorkers it certainly don't bother me
and if the people of wyoming have no problem with
chany, then i do not either. it is a non-issue to me.
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bobby, et al,
>
> I'm somewhat surprised to see you so clearly stating
> the true reason for
> our presence in Iraq, since Bush and Cheney are both
> from Texas. ;-{)}
> Cheney has maintained an "official" residence in
> Wyoming, but I don't
> think he's lived here full-time since he was in
> college in the '60's. =20
>
> I haven't seen Moore's movie, and I probably won't,
> but from what I've
> read about it, he raises some interesting points.
> The thing that I've
> heard from several sources that concerns me most is
> the awarding of a $4
> billion NO-BID contract to Halliburton, when another
> US company
> (Schlumberger) is one of the leading competitors in
> the market. Here's
> a link to Schlumberger's web site.
>
> http://www.slb.com
>
> Another competitor to Halliburton is BJ Services,
> out of Canada, but
> founded in the US, and with US subsidiaries.
>
> http://www.bjservices.com/
>
>
> Kendall Corbett
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:02 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Politics
>
> Kat,
>
>
> I wonder why we went to Iraq, which in my
> opinion diverted resources
> from
> them hunt for bin Laden. The reason we went there is
> spelled O I L!
> Haliburton is getting the lion's share of contracts.
> Now it is a
> guerrilla war and is
> very ugly. I despise Michael Moore and wouldn't pay
> to see that movie.
>
> Bobby
> As much as I loathe Michael Moore, I do plan
> > to go to Greensboro to see his film, Farhenheit
> > 9/11. Anyone else going to see that film?
> >
>
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