NationStates Jolt Archive


Halliburton loses a Porta-Potty!

Lutton
11-11-2004, 17:22
U.S. military officials in Iraq are trying to work out how Halliburton misplaced millions of dollars in government trucks, generators, computers and, strangely, a port-a-potty.
The inspector general for the now-defunct Coalition Provisional Authority estimated that at least $1.1 million in government property entrusted to Halliburton was lost or unaccounted for in the staging area of Kuwait. About 43 percent of the inventory items that auditors looked for didn't seem to be there.

The findings come after a July report concluded that the contractor couldn't account for $18.6 million in U.S. property it was responsible for in Baghdad.

"You've got to try really hard" to lose some of the items, said Keith Ashdown, vice president of the fiscal watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. "It gives new meaning to government waste or new meaning to flushing taxpayers' money down a toilet."
Stannia
11-11-2004, 17:27
ROFL. How on earth could you lose a porta potty? Wonder if someone stole it....
Kryozerkia
11-11-2004, 18:28
If your counrty had been bombed, you might just need one - it's easier than taking a crap on the side of the road.
Mdn
12-11-2004, 17:45
willing to bet it was never even in kuwait.....ahh lets see i am going out on a limb here 1.1 million? bet it's in the vp's bank account......not the porta potty, the cash hahahahaha...........
Gnostikos
12-11-2004, 18:18
The only solution is to give Halliburotn more money! More money to the corporations, especially the vice president's former one!

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/fuzzymath.php
Andaluciae
12-11-2004, 18:19
Halliburton lost a John.
Seosavists
12-11-2004, 18:23
Was somebody in the port-a-(loo)potty??
Maybe Saddam tried to steal it for his hole?