Senate Passes Amendment To Prevent KBR/Halliburton From Covering Up Raping Employees (Literally)
-
-
- WakeUpPeople
- added this
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howie-klein/senate-passes-amendment-t_b...
Today the Senate "debated" the Department of Defense appropriations bill passed by the House (H.R. 3326) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Republicans added frivolous amendments all day, that were defeated one after the other. The amendment du jour, however, came from Al Franken D-MN.And what a doozy it is! S. Amend. 2566 simply prohibits "the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims." The "certain claims" have to do with sexual assault.
........
Franken offered the amendment because a KBR employee, Jamie Leigh Jones, age 19, was raped by a bunch of KBR workers in Iraq and then locked up in a crate when she tried reporting them. After she was rescued and returned to America she was informed that she couldn't take KBR to court because there was some fine print in her -- and everyone else's -- contracts that don't permit any such thing. [See the video below.]
Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, an especially corrupt member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was the key spokesperson for the GOP against the legislation which he called unfair to Halliburton, one of the biggest Republican Party contributors in history.
-
- groups:
- News, Current Tonight, News and Politics, Politics, 9 more
-
- tags:
- News and Politics, US News, Rape, KBR, 2 more
-
- recommended by:
- Vierotchka
-
-
FoosMaster
-
KBR/Halliburton just uses some of the tax dollars that they get from the government to pay the politicians to make laws in their favor to protect them from prosecution for a host of crimes. A giant circle of money funneled from Republicans back to Republicans!
- 4 months ago
-
FoosMaster
-
-
carmalite
-
If you care about this call 202-225-3015 and ask for the office of one of the Senators who voted to support rape or several of them and express you outrage at the injustice.
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
carmalite
-
These are the woman haters who want to deny a woman's right to choose to have her day in court.
These are pigs. If it was their daughter, they would be screaming bloody murder. Note, the prostitute visiting diaper wearing Vitter from La. is on the list.Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)Republicans
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/meet-the-senators-who-vot_n_312976.html
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
bombastinator
-
carmalite:
This list is particularly amusing when contrasted to the sin map posted a while back
http://current.com/items/91047425_american-vice-mapping-the-7-deadly-sins.htm - 4 months ago
-
bombastinator
-
-
carmalite
-
carmalite:
OMG, the sin map. I almost forgot. It is funny. The religious area is the most sinful.
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
mcjk
-
Holy s**t. Way to go contracting people, Bush Administration. And I thought BlackWater was bad.
Will FOX News please play this clip?
- 4 months ago
-
mcjk
-
-
LadybugLady [removed]
-
She is very brave and I commend her. Halliburton are a corupted and to think our X vice president Cheney, is just mystifing to me I always wondered how much money he got for the companies Oil inrichment in Iraq. They should be prosecuted to the fullist.
- 4 months ago
-
LadybugLady [removed]
-
-
bombastinator
-
A thought occurs to me;
If the other employees are protected from retribution by her then the reverse is true as well. What is to stop her from buying some GHB and a set of pig castration shears and doing a bit of hunting?
- 4 months ago
-
bombastinator
-
-
carmalite
-
bombastinator:
She had to have plastic surgery because of what they did to her breasts.
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
bombastinator
-
bombastinator:
so additional incentive then. Perhaps substitute a taser for the GHB
- 4 months ago
-
bombastinator
-
-
bombastinator
-
Franken is Da' MAN!
- 4 months ago
-
bombastinator
-
-
funnicus [removed]
-
Haliburton employees? Are you talking about the US Military?
- 4 months ago
-
funnicus [removed]
-
-
Reaper26
-
funnicus:
military isnt part of haliburton smart one.
- 4 months ago
-
Reaper26
-
-
carmalite
-
funnicus:
The US Military has a chain of command and people are court marshalled for doing the things that private contractors have done. Accountability is the problem, besides the outlandish pay, for these corporate pigs.
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
WhiteNoise
-
Indeed, a new generation has got to take over them crony repugs & blue dogs...the sooner the better for this system is totally broken so we need intelligence deyond compare to Jujutsu* the shit out of it ;)
* Techniques developed around the principle of using an attacker's energy against him, rather than directly opposing it.
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein
- 4 months ago
-
WhiteNoise
-
-
sergantonio
-
This is why Al Franken won the election and why he has more credibility as a comedian then most of these republicans have as life long lawmakers in doing things for the good of the American people
- 4 months ago
-
sergantonio
-
-
WhiteNoise
-
-
PICK IT UP DICK !
- 4 months ago
-
WhiteNoise
-
-
WhiteNoise
-
DOES RAPING UNCLE SAM COUNT ;)
HALLIBURTON / KBR STEALING US BLIND !
http://current.com/items/89801957_halliburton-kbr-stealing-us-blind.htm"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.": Aesop - (c. 550 B.C.) legendary Greek fabulist
- 4 months ago
-
WhiteNoise
-
-
carmalite
-
WhiteNoise:
They rape everyone. We the taxpayers are making them so rich.
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
Future_America
-
Halliburton and KBR are worse than ACORN.
- 4 months ago
-
Future_America
-
-
clownpuncher
-
Future_America:
lmao, this coming from a .....
- 4 months ago
-
clownpuncher
-
-
carmalite
-
Future_America:
And this is the tip of what they have done...........Murder, unnecessary murder...........stealing billions from the taxpayers............
Acorn had a few poor stupid bad nuts. Halliburton is a giant trillion dollar sucking war machine willing to kill unnecessarily and have unnecessary wars to get richer and richer.While getting billions from the USA taxpayers, they quietly went to Dubai to avoid USA taxes. They are the filth of the earth.
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
HowdyDo
-
Typically, you can't contract around federal or state criminal laws - it makes no sense. Anyone have any idea how Halliburton was able to do this?? There are two types of suits that could have resulted - criminal and civil. The criminal charges should have been brought by the state or federal government. Does this legislation just pertain to the civil suit?
- 4 months ago
-
HowdyDo
-
-
WakeUpPeople
-
HowdyDo: This comment has been removed.
-
WakeUpPeople
-
-
carmalite
-
HowdyDo:
Wasn't there immunity because it happened in Iraq? Something Bush and Cheney did. I seem to recall something about this.
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
FoosMaster
-
HowdyDo:
GWB and Chenney! Need I say more?
- 4 months ago
-
FoosMaster
-
-
DreSandoval
-
what do you expect from Halliburton? Im sure if Chenny was over there he would've had his shriveled nuts in it too...
- 4 months ago
-
DreSandoval
-
-
Reaper26
-
so acorn and haliburton / KBR are now not getting fund from the govt. nice well thats what happens when you have ppl out to either try and make a flasehood in reality or you try and cover up the truth. its funny see the repub start crying about kbr not getting money from the govt. even though they were trying to cover up rape with in their company. i guess they have more twisted view of morals and beliefs.
- 4 months ago
-
Reaper26
-
-
achromatic
-
people are only influenced by the limits of systems and laws instead of the principles behind them FUCK the system, where are the personal codes of ethics of these men?
- 4 months ago
-
achromatic
-
-
tommic
-
There is inherent danger in the United States Government endorsing and hiring a company that is a mercenary organization. They are a danger to the security of our country all the while claiming to be in the security business. If our military needs more people for combat, support or any other positions we must recruit more people into the military or if we must, reinstate the draft. But for us a country to hire mercenaries and other people to support our military is a dangerous avenue to start down. Who is to stop these thugs if they someday decide they don't like the policies being passed as legislation, are they going to start a domestic insurrection. We as a people must call, e mail or write letters to our congressmen and senators to demand an end to this type of action, we must let them know that we will not tolerate any excuses in the dismantling of the Haliburton type companies that undermine the very essence of what the Unites States is all about. This is the kind of dangerous organization who can and will start a domestic revolution or initiate their own domestic terror attacks to further their own ambitions.
thomas mcmahon
millis matommic
- 4 months ago
-
tommic
-
-
MARSHALOTIS
-
tommic:
HALLIBURTON WAS PUT IN PLACE WHEN CHENEY WAS "PRESIDENT". THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF THEIR LESS THAN LEAGLE WAY OF DOING BUSINESS FOR YEARS. CHENEY NEVER FELT HE HAD TO LISTEN TO, OR ANSWER FOR, THEIR ACTIONS, TO ANY OF US! SIMILAR TO HIS DELUSIONAL POSTURING SINCE OBAMA BECAME PRESIDENT.
HE IS A MASSIVE EGO ON LEGS! IF HALIBURTON DENIES WRONGDOING, THEY LEARNED THAT LESSON FROM CHENEY, WHO THOUGHT ANYTHING HE DID WAS LEGAL BECAUSE HE SAID SO! - 4 months ago
-
MARSHALOTIS
-
-
masterzip
-
tommic:
real question is,...what if our enemies can pay halliburton more than the U.S. can,..will halliburton become for sale to the highest bidder or just foe sale to the U.S. as long as it is a no bid contract.
- 4 months ago
-
masterzip
-
-
MoonLoon
-
tommic:
Remember Rome.
- 4 months ago
-
MoonLoon
-
-
MARSHALOTIS
-
ONCE YOU GET USED TO IMMORAL BEHAVIOR WITHOUT ANY LIMITATIONS OR CONSEQUENCES, IT APPARENTLY BECOMES EASIER TO ACT LIKE THE TERRORISTS YOU ARE SENT TO GUARD AGAINST! FIRE THE LOT OF THEM, THEN PROSECUTE AND SENTENCE THEM FOR THEIR CRIMES! IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHERE IN THE WORLD YOU ARE WHEN YOU BREAK AMERICAN LAW, AND THEY SHOULD FINALLY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR CRIMES WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME!
- 4 months ago
-
MARSHALOTIS
-
-
neocongo
-
And some think Franken is just a comedian... I think he will prove to be a fearsome Democrat on the order of a Kennedy.
- 4 months ago
-
neocongo
-
-
clownpuncher
-
neocongo:
lmao...
- 4 months ago
-
clownpuncher
-
-
eldamon
-
neocongo:
keep laughin' clown
- 4 months ago
-
eldamon
-
-
carmalite
-
neocongo:
He is going to be great!
- 4 months ago
-
carmalite
-
-
Progresshiv
-
KBR- Kill, Bribe, Rape
- 4 months ago
-
Progresshiv
-
-
NeutronActivation
-
Progresshiv:
HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA!!!!!!
- 4 months ago
-
NeutronActivation
-
-
clownpuncher
-
Progresshiv:
how far along are you?
- 4 months ago
-
clownpuncher
-
-
Progresshiv
-
Progresshiv:
Is it farther to Chicago or by bus?
- 4 months ago
-
Progresshiv
-
-
franksalot
-
SO man y cover ups
who can keep track
How do these politicians sleep at night
- 4 months ago
-
franksalot
-
-
bombastinator
-
franksalot:
in very expensive neighborhoods. It's quieter there.
- 4 months ago
-
bombastinator