On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:52:04 -0700, Jim wrote:

Lu Powell wrote:
From the website of Free Library, at
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Some+e...e.-a0192591436



"Some employees are simply irreplaceable. Take Michelle Obama, for
example. The University of Chicago Medical Center hired her in 2002 to
run "programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, volunteer
recruitment, staff diversity, and minority contracting." In 2005 the
hospital raised her salary from $120,000 to $317,000--nearly twice what
her husband made as a U.S. senator. Oh, did we mention that he had just
become a U.S. senator? He sure had. Requested a $1 million earmark for
the UC Medical Center, in fact. Way to network, Michelle! But now that
Mrs. Obama has resigned, the hospital says her position will remain
unfilled. How can that be, if the work she did was vital enough to be
worth $317,000? We can think of only one explanation: Roland Burris's
wife wasn't interested."



Dick Cheney was CEO of Halliberton, quit to become Vice President, but
still gets "deferred compensation," bonuses and held stock until 2006.

Halliburton received no bid contracts and cost plus contracts for their
work in the Iraq war.

Profiting from a war, especially one you were instrumental in starting,
should **** you off.

But it doesn't. Everything is Obama.

War profiteering used to be a bad thing, but it's ok now. As long as
you are a Republican, that is.

Whatever Obama does is OK, if you can respond with something Bush or
Cheney did.

What a mindset!
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John H