Bravo Tweety - he just called Blackwater mercenaries

[malaise]

PHEW - about time this concept reached MSM.

[tsuki]

1. They are building a small mercenary army. They are opening

camps in Southern California and Subic Bay.

http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=104492&ran=12576

[Wiregrass Willie]

13. What is going on ?

Blackwater ? How did these war profiteering thugs slip by our supposedly alert Congressional oversight committees ?

This outfit is not only scary, it's downright unAmerican.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-greenwald/erik-prince-blackwater-w_b_30235.html

"....Erik Prince (born June 6, 1969 in Holland, Michigan) is the founder and owner of the military support contractor Blackwater USA...."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince

Since when do our diplomats need protecting by a bunch of right wing manure-kicking cowboys ? The Marines use to protect them without having to murder any local civilians. What happened ?

[babylonsister]

2. Now talking about 'Iraq for Sale'! nt

[LSK]

3. that was a great movie

Really demonstrates how sickening this all is.

[babylonsister]

8. It's on my X-mas list! nt

[LSK]

9. it shows how Halliburtan is providing horrible service to the troops

and doing jobs that the troops used to do themselves (and very very badly).

It illustrates very well all the outrages of thes contractors and its a good thing that this is starting to come up on the MSM. This stuff used to be buried in obscure documentaries and thanks to hearings by the Dems this stuff actually gets some media play now.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Randi Rhodes was sued for calling them mercenaries.

[Canuckistanian]

5. *gasp* The "M" Word??

What sanity is the world coming to?

[partylessinOhio]

6. Unfortunately, Tweety will flip back by tomorrow. He thinks he is a

superstar even appearing on Martha Stewart today.

[LSK]

10. Tweety has been more consistantly outraged over the GOP and the war lately

He knows the winds have changed is knows in 2009 the Dems will control a lot more and he wants his access.

[Auggie]

7. "About time this concept reached MSM" -- you said it!

[Disturbed]

11. To be fair Mathews was against the Illegal Invasion of Iraq

before it started. He has been consistent with that.

[leftofthedial]

12. and he called the bush cabal's reliance on them "outsourcing" the Iraq "war"

Tweetie's still a tool though

[Wiregrass Willie]

14. Erik Prince (Blackwater) is related to Amway. Figures.

Prince is the brother of Betsy DeVos, a former chairman of the Republican Party of Michigan and wife of former Alticor (Amway) president and Gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos. (DeVos is son of Amway founder).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince

It looks like "Scams "R" Us" to the Prince family.