Comments on: Close enough for government work http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:58:27 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: TwoMildreds http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5750 TwoMildreds Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:44:18 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5750 <p>I understand that the water used for waterboarding was thoroughly tested.</p> I understand that the water used for waterboarding was thoroughly tested.

]]> By: Hatmandu http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5748 Hatmandu Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:37:57 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5748 <p>I agree with Michelle. Everyone knows water has a liberal bias.</p> I agree with Michelle. Everyone knows water has a liberal bias.

]]> By: fauxmaxbaer http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5747 fauxmaxbaer Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:40:26 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5747 <p>If this is how we are treating our troops, imagine the conditions Iraqis are living in.</p> If this is how we are treating our troops, imagine the conditions Iraqis are living in.

]]> By: dsidhe http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5738 dsidhe Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:47:55 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5738 <p>Okay, granted water can be potable and still be discolored and smelly. But that’s generally a hint that it ought to be tested to make sure it is, in fact, potable. Out of curiosity, did the government get a discount for water that was (theoretically) potable but not palatable? Or did KBR charge them the same as they did for potable and palatable water elsewhere? Rhetorical question, actually, as I’m pretty sure KBR charged them for all water (potable, palatable, and otherwise) the same price an honest (or closely watched, in any event) company would charge them for single malt whiskey. </p> <p>Only the best for the troops!</p> Okay, granted water can be potable and still be discolored and smelly. But that’s generally a hint that it ought to be tested to make sure it is, in fact, potable. Out of curiosity, did the government get a discount for water that was (theoretically) potable but not palatable? Or did KBR charge them the same as they did for potable and palatable water elsewhere? Rhetorical question, actually, as I’m pretty sure KBR charged them for all water (potable, palatable, and otherwise) the same price an honest (or closely watched, in any event) company would charge them for single malt whiskey.

Only the best for the troops!

]]> By: Cliff105 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5734 Cliff105 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:53:29 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5734 <p>Support Our (54 Out of Every 59) Troops!</p> Support Our (54 Out of Every 59) Troops!

]]> By: misty3k http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5733 misty3k Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:45:26 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5733 <p>Again, if it happened with a Dem in office, it would be screams of: “IMPEACH!” from the GOPs from sea to shining sea, but since this happened during a GOP administration….well. We know the drill:</p> <p>IOIYAR: It’s Okay If You Are Republican.</p> <p>Its that kind of hipocracy that caused me to switch from Republican to Democrat.</p> Again, if it happened with a Dem in office, it would be screams of: “IMPEACH!” from the GOPs from sea to shining sea, but since this happened during a GOP administration….well. We know the drill:

IOIYAR: It’s Okay If You Are Republican.

Its that kind of hipocracy that caused me to switch from Republican to Democrat.

]]> By: makeitstop http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5732 makeitstop Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:27:44 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5732 <p>Ah, point of order Mistress MalKKKin: water isn’t <strong>“potable”</strong> if it gives you <strong>diseases</strong> like hepatitis, giardiasis, or typhoid fever. According to my water quality textbook from gradual school, not being made sick by it is a very core requirement for the designation of water as “<strong>potable</strong>“. </p> <p>Fucking corporate apologist idiot.</p> Ah, point of order Mistress MalKKKin: water isn’t “potable” if it gives you diseases like hepatitis, giardiasis, or typhoid fever. According to my water quality textbook from gradual school, not being made sick by it is a very core requirement for the designation of water as “potable“.

Fucking corporate apologist idiot.

]]> By: JoFish http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5731 JoFish Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:59:20 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5731 <p>Ah, well if someone at KBR were to ship that water to MM’s house as a “presento” for her and La Famiglia Malkin you <i>know</i> she’d see the plotting of <strong>DFH</strong> written all over it.</p> Ah, well if someone at KBR were to ship that water to MM’s house as a “presento” for her and La Famiglia Malkin you know she’d see the plotting of DFH written all over it.

]]> By: captphealy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5729 captphealy Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:49:48 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5729 <p>What the troops deserve the best of are targets, and you can’t say that they haven’t been provided a whole mess o’ brown people to shoot at.</p> What the troops deserve the best of are targets, and you can’t say that they haven’t been provided a whole mess o’ brown people to shoot at.

]]> By: Tehanu http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5726 Tehanu Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:39:57 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/10/close-enough-for-government-work/#comment-5726 <p>Uh, that’s 5 out of 22, not 5 out of 59. Apparently Michelle bought the “Math is Hard!” Barbie.</p> <p>And KBR’s “quality control” department must focus on controlling quality, in the sense of keeping it under control in case it interferes with profits.</p> Uh, that’s 5 out of 22, not 5 out of 59. Apparently Michelle bought the “Math is Hard!” Barbie.

And KBR’s “quality control” department must focus on controlling quality, in the sense of keeping it under control in case it interferes with profits.

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