conflict of interest breaking the law or a hobby

[teagee]

Companies with ties to the Bush White House and the former head of FEMA are clinching some of the administration's first disaster relief and reconstruction contracts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

At least two major corporate clients of lobbyist Joe Allbaugh, President George W. Bush's former campaign manager and a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, have already been tapped to start recovery work along the battered Gulf Coast.

One is Shaw Group Inc. and the other is Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root. Vice President Dick Cheney is a former head of Halliburton.

[Kimberanne]

As they always say... its all in who you know!

[troutfarm]

Whatever happened to the laws about placing bids ~ oh whoops I forgot it's a military state or soon to be.

These companies and people need to make more money I guess because they are not rich enough so throw fairness and bidding right out the window.

trout

[justcajun]

Yep keeping the big bucks in the family!

[troutfarm]

Or at least in the 7 richest familes that control the world bank because they need more money.