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Missing, Lost, Embezzled.
Author: Raine
Date: 06/13/2011 12:51:50
From this morning's LA Times: Isn't this something we have all at the very least suspected for years?
I'm going to leave this out there today, and hopefully it will get a bit of a news lead. How, after over a half a decade, the Pentagon can't find such a large amount of money is beyond me. Stolen or not, someone should be held responsible for losing such a large sum of money -- Didn't Bernard Madoff go to jail for something just like this? Sadly, it looks like the taxpayer is once again footing the bill. After more than 7 years, no one has been held accountable for anything regarding this illegal action in Irag. Now we have what appears to be bona fide embezzlement.
In the meantime, watch the GOP try to protect the likes of KBR, Halliburton and the company formerly known as Blackwater (Now known as Xe.). They are, after all, businesses who need MORE taxcuts to get the free market back on it's feet.
War really IS a racket.
and 
Raine
This month, the Pentagon and the Iraqi government are finally closing the books on the program that handled all those Benjamins. But despite years of audits and investigations, U.S. Defense officials still cannot say what happened to $6.6 billion in cash — enough to run the Los Angeles Unified School District or the Chicago Public Schools for a year, among many other things.
For the first time, federal auditors are suggesting that some or all of the cash may have been stolen, not just mislaid in an accounting error. Stuart Bowen, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, an office created by Congress, said the missing $6.6 billion may be "the largest theft of funds in national history."
I'm going to leave this out there today, and hopefully it will get a bit of a news lead. How, after over a half a decade, the Pentagon can't find such a large amount of money is beyond me. Stolen or not, someone should be held responsible for losing such a large sum of money -- Didn't Bernard Madoff go to jail for something just like this? Sadly, it looks like the taxpayer is once again footing the bill. After more than 7 years, no one has been held accountable for anything regarding this illegal action in Irag. Now we have what appears to be bona fide embezzlement.
In the meantime, watch the GOP try to protect the likes of KBR, Halliburton and the company formerly known as Blackwater (Now known as Xe.). They are, after all, businesses who need MORE taxcuts to get the free market back on it's feet.
War really IS a racket.
and Raine
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 06/13/2011 13:05:52
wickedpam on 06/13/2011 13:05:52
Morning 
Yes, someone needs to be held accountable for all that money. Cashiers are made to pay up when their drawers are short in everyday life, someone needs to pay up for what we've been shorted
Yes, someone needs to be held accountable for all that money. Cashiers are made to pay up when their drawers are short in everyday life, someone needs to pay up for what we've been shorted
Comment by 
Raine on 06/13/2011 13:32:55
Raine on 06/13/2011 13:32:55
Comment by 
velveeta jones on 06/13/2011 14:06:56
velveeta jones on 06/13/2011 14:06:56
Morning!!
Comment by 
BobR on 06/13/2011 14:11:26
BobR on 06/13/2011 14:11:26
Sorry Momma - I'm listening to Raine on the Nicole Sandler show (with Shane-O as the guest host)
Comment by 
Scoopster on 06/13/2011 14:15:01
Scoopster on 06/13/2011 14:15:01
Mornin' all. 
someone drank all the coffee already.....
someone drank all the coffee already.....
Comment by 
TriSec on 06/13/2011 14:18:35
TriSec on 06/13/2011 14:18:35
Morning, comrades!
Blogging from home today...it's the annual Fitzgerald Elementary School Cacaphonic Orchestra spring concert....will be out all afternoon.
Blogging from home today...it's the annual Fitzgerald Elementary School Cacaphonic Orchestra spring concert....will be out all afternoon.
Comment by 
clintster on 06/13/2011 14:26:10
clintster on 06/13/2011 14:26:10
Didn't know about Raine-o and Shane-o. Dang! I'll have to catch the podcast later.
Mornin' everybody! THe fam and I are in the City of Brotherly Love, and it is pretty awesome. I'm taking plenty of pics and I will be posting some as we go through the week.
In the meantime, here's a video that you might have missed if you weren't listening to Momma this AM:
Mornin' everybody! THe fam and I are in the City of Brotherly Love, and it is pretty awesome. I'm taking plenty of pics and I will be posting some as we go through the week.
In the meantime, here's a video that you might have missed if you weren't listening to Momma this AM:
Comment by Raine on 06/13/2011 15:04:56
Thanks baby!
Raine on 06/13/2011 15:04:56
Quote by BobR:
Sorry Momma - I'm listening to Raine on the Nicole Sandler show (with Shane-O as the guest host)
Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 06/13/2011 15:50:37
trojanrabbit on 06/13/2011 15:50:37
I thought Randi was on this embezzlement thing a few years ago. And things were set in such a way that no one could be held responsible because we had no jurisdiction over Iraquis.
If the Pentagon doesn't seem to mind if 6.6bn goes missing, that means there'd be no problem if we cut 6.6bn off their budget, right? Or maybe 13.2bn, or maybe 19.8bn. I'm sure they could make do with 66bn less....
I'm actually building a little circuit thingy today to help me with my programming. I'm gonna need much stronger glasses :(
Anyway, since I posted it late yesterday, here's a little play session with Cleo.
If the Pentagon doesn't seem to mind if 6.6bn goes missing, that means there'd be no problem if we cut 6.6bn off their budget, right? Or maybe 13.2bn, or maybe 19.8bn. I'm sure they could make do with 66bn less....
I'm actually building a little circuit thingy today to help me with my programming. I'm gonna need much stronger glasses :(
Anyway, since I posted it late yesterday, here's a little play session with Cleo.
Comment by 
livingonli on 06/13/2011 16:48:08
livingonli on 06/13/2011 16:48:08
A belated good day to everyone!
It's quiet here today and I didn't sleep very well this morning. A lot of off and on.
It's quiet here today and I didn't sleep very well this morning. A lot of off and on.
Comment by wickedpam on 06/13/2011 17:55:42
wickedpam on 06/13/2011 17:55:42
jeez louise! 2 managers fighting over who's job it is to fix our ability to access the internet!
Way to be helpful to everyone in the company!
Way to be helpful to everyone in the company!
Comment by wickedpam on 06/13/2011 18:14:33
wickedpam on 06/13/2011 18:14:33
jeez, does Dan Gainer ever shut up long enough to actually hear what's beening said?
Comment by wickedpam on 06/13/2011 18:15:58
wickedpam on 06/13/2011 18:15:58
No Thom STOP letting them have the last word -its YOUR show. 
Comment by livingonli on 06/13/2011 19:13:41
livingonli on 06/13/2011 19:13:41
I really wish that Thom would just bitchslap these right-wingers.
Comment by Raine on 06/13/2011 19:21:47
Thom never will.
As much as it makes me angry, he's looking for a bipartisan audience.
Raine on 06/13/2011 19:21:47
Quote by livingonli:
I really wish that Thom would just bitchslap these right-wingers.
As much as it makes me angry, he's looking for a bipartisan audience.
Comment by TriSec on 06/13/2011 20:45:54
TriSec on 06/13/2011 20:45:54
Just hearing that we lost a veteran....airplane.
Liberty Belle crashed and burned today, but all aboard survived. Now there are only 11 flying B-17s left.
Liberty Belle crashed and burned today, but all aboard survived. Now there are only 11 flying B-17s left.
Comment by Raine on 06/14/2011 00:08:09
Raine on 06/14/2011 00:08:09
GO Bruins!
Comment by Raine on 06/14/2011 00:08:36
Raine on 06/14/2011 00:08:36
Quote by Raine:
GO Bruins!
Comment by trojanrabbit on 06/14/2011 00:37:26
Looks like Luongo the Sieve has shown up....again. 2-0
trojanrabbit on 06/14/2011 00:37:26
Quote by Raine:Quote by Raine:
GO Bruins!
Looks like Luongo the Sieve has shown up....again. 2-0
Comment by trojanrabbit on 06/14/2011 00:48:36
trojanrabbit on 06/14/2011 00:48:36
4-0
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Too bad the Bruins can't score in Vancouver to save their lives.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Too bad the Bruins can't score in Vancouver to save their lives.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 06/14/2011 00:54:34
trojanrabbit on 06/14/2011 00:54:34
I'm waiting for Tim Thomas to say that he could have made the saves that Luongo missed. Should have kept your mouth shut Roberto.
Classless Bruins fans when the Vancouver player was injured though.
Classless Bruins fans when the Vancouver player was injured though.
Comment by Raine on 06/14/2011 01:17:57
Raine on 06/14/2011 01:17:57
and.... I went over to watchthe Debate. 
are they trying to out fascist each other? Between Cain and Newt, I dunno.
are they trying to out fascist each other? Between Cain and Newt, I dunno.
Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2011 01:41:42
livingonli on 06/14/2011 01:41:42
You're brave Raine, but I think watching that would make me sick. I've loved the "cleaning Santorum" comment on twitter.
Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2011 02:10:45
livingonli on 06/14/2011 02:10:45
I really think the men in white coats could come and put all the GOP candidates in rubber rooms.