Obama Has His Halliburton, It Is Named Siga
Halliburton. That single word has been used by Democrats as a weapon against Republicans for the last decade. Combine Halliburton, with a major stock holder (Vice President Cheney) add no-bid contracts, and regardless of the circumstances you have CORRUPTION. Do a google search and you will find nearly every major Democrat shouting CORRUPTION from the roof tops whenever Halliburton is named.
Thank God we elected Barack Obama as President. His election signaled the end of Crony Capitalism and insider dealings. Under Obama there would be no contracts awarded without a stringent bidding process. But reality has set in, and needing to raise a billion dollars for a re-election campaign, good old Barry has found his Halliburton.
Enter Siga Technologies, and a major Democrat donor and Siga shareholder Ronald O. Perelman. Since last year the Obama administration has sought to purchase $433 million worth of an experimental smallpox drug that has a short self life and has not been tested in humans. Most Americans have been inoculated against smallpox, no know threat exists, and it is uncertain that the drug will work. Obama’s own Department of Health and Human Services was against the purchase or awarding a contract.
When Barack Obama heard about this resistance from his own HHS he intervened and replaced the government lead negotiator and blocked other firms from competing for the contract. Ethical and legal behavior be damned as nothing can stand in the way of this President and CASH. Despite the fact that the United States has enough smallpox vaccine on hand, Obama awarded Siga a no-bid contract for an unproven drug, for no apparent need at a bargain price of $255 per dose.
So the next time one of your progressive friends says Halliburton simply reply Siga.
