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107. I watched a lot of videos with horror stories about their shoddy construction, bad food,

Fri Mar 9, 2018, 01:02 AM

Mar 2018

bad water, bad laundry washed in contaminated water, you name it. Add the problems they have had with their guys going out of control and killing civilians.

They were probably right in the middle of the disappearing billions in cash too. Missing money? I think not. Someone knows it all got to right where it was supposed to go, in the right peoples off shore accounts. Pallets of cash probably loaded on an unmarked plane and out of Iraq or Afghanistan as soon as it landed.

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Erik Prince - While his wife lay dying of cancer, thought it would be a good idea to impregnate [View all] HipChick Mar 2018 OP

wow, that's a step lower than even Newt Gingrich NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #1

I didn't even know there was a lower step. Iggo Mar 2018 #5

McCain.....n/t dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #74

That puts us in John Edwards territory. Grammy23 Mar 2018 #7

That who came to my mind too as I read it. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #13

John Edwards is one rung higher than Prince is. BadgerMom Mar 2018 #47

Nanny & Prince married & divorced a year later. OhNo-Really Mar 2018 #68

That link is wrong JustAnotherGen Mar 2018 #73

It doesn't matter to his base of supporters. Caliman73 Mar 2018 #20

Is that John McCain? I don't remember him being involved Upthevibe Mar 2018 #51

McCains wife True Blue American Mar 2018 #57

This being the wife that waited for him the whole time he was a prisoner or war. dflprincess Mar 2018 #91

Husband of the Year, not. John knew he had to land an heiress, family tradition appalachiablue Mar 2018 #94

Giuliani, announced in 2000 he was separating from wife no. 2, before she knew it. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #92

There are too many of them to remember them all. Caliman73 Mar 2018 #101

It would take some effort to compile an All time A-hole Husband/Father list, but possible! appalachiablue Mar 2018 #105

I felt the exact same way! FM123 Mar 2018 #35

I'm right with you about Edwards... Upthevibe Mar 2018 #50

Bigtime. Selfish little creep, and enabled by many... appalachiablue Mar 2018 #93

I think you're right. He needs to rethink that as that's not too smart. brush Mar 2018 #66

Academi, owned by a group of investors now. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #75

Those contractors have been one of the biggest scams of all time. Isn't that part of the brewens Mar 2018 #103

Total crooks supplying paid-for soldiers (mercenaries) and logistic services formerly done... brush Mar 2018 #104

I watched a lot of videos with horror stories about their shoddy construction, bad food, brewens Mar 2018 #107

That's right. They never did find out what happened to that cash. Even diplomatic pouches... brush Mar 2018 #108

This asshole has had it coming to him montanacowboy Mar 2018 #2

Ahhhhh....more Republican "family values" they LOVE to preach about..... Bengus81 Mar 2018 #3

What an asshole! madaboutharry Mar 2018 #4

Another conservative, devout super-Christian - Erik Prince keithbvadu2 Mar 2018 #85

Yep, the careful wording of Prince's excuses- I mean justification is so obvious, lame.. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #95

And that POS is Betsy DeVos's Brother. MineralMan Mar 2018 #6

As I've Said In Other Threads, MM... ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #9

They are both assholes! PunksMom Mar 2018 #25

DeVos's husband 2002: strategy for destroying public ed sharedvalues Mar 2018 #76

Awful. *Great as an OP, in GD & the ED Group for those not supportive appalachiablue Mar 2018 #97

Sounds great sharedvalues Mar 2018 #99

Tx, will try to post for many with interest. Hard privatization fans, meh. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #102

They drained it just enough to get to the really... 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #79

I knew he was a worthless POS but Phoenix61 Mar 2018 #8

He was fucking the nanny as he wife was dying? Botany Mar 2018 #10

"She became pregnant" ? What was it, an immaculate conception? SunSeeker Mar 2018 #15

You Know How Penises Are erpowers Mar 2018 #22

LOL SunSeeker Mar 2018 #27

You forgot to mention sarge43 Mar 2018 #62

BUT...IOKIYAR! maddiemom Mar 2018 #64

Bwahaha slip it in! steve2470 Mar 2018 #70

I caught the the passive voice- lazy, slime trying to evade his involvement.. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #98

Okay, a little room to go even lower gratuitous Mar 2018 #19

The ick factor is off the charts for these people Botany Mar 2018 #21

WHAT IS IT WITH THE URINE erpowers Mar 2018 #24

That's what I would like to know. I really don't get the fascination. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #31

It gives them a warm feeling Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #67

Holy Matrimony... Between one man and one woman... magicarpet Mar 2018 #11

Holy matrimony for conservatives - Kim Davis keithbvadu2 Mar 2018 #86

That's a record! Esp. for a nasty, bigot crud looking person! Jeeze appalachiablue Mar 2018 #100

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Mar 2018 #12

Notice how he fails to note his part in her pregnancy Sanity Claws Mar 2018 #14

Fail Erik, people know how IT happens. Horndog, who you trying to fool/blame? appalachiablue Mar 2018 #106

Shocked But Should Not Have Been erpowers Mar 2018 #16

no wonder trump likes him spanone Mar 2018 #17

Let me edit: phylny Mar 2018 #18

Excellent Job. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #33

Well done. Chiyo-chichi Mar 2018 #72

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2018 #78

Good job, the reality. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #109

"She became pregnant..." Ilsa Mar 2018 #23

This really pisses me of. You suffered, prick?? Frustratedlady Mar 2018 #26

Eric said HE needed 'comfort', don't you see. At any cost apparently. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #110

ITs not like I was in the Erik Prince fan club to begin with... Moostache Mar 2018 #28

Not to defend this prick but it sounds like she was the nanny previously ... mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #29

Moyock is in extreme rural eastern NC unc70 Mar 2018 #34

What the hell difference does it make what age the nanny he was fucking is? MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #63

So he gives her a bullshit job at Blackwater so he can keep her as a sides piece.... bettyellen Mar 2018 #111

Read between the lines. Maven Mar 2018 #113

then ditched his nanny wife for another woman after a few years lunasun Mar 2018 #30

Newt: WTG Erik! workinclasszero Mar 2018 #32

Hold my beer.. HipChick Mar 2018 #38

Erik just following along in the footsteps of past GOP heroes amirite? workinclasszero Mar 2018 #44

Yep.. HipChick Mar 2018 #46

..... trusty elf Mar 2018 #61

This asshole is somewhat of a hero gibraltar72 Mar 2018 #36

This reaches astounding depths of self-serving rationalization. NT enough Mar 2018 #37

TL:DR version: When in crisis, I wasn't getting laid, that gave me a sad. apnu Mar 2018 #39

Republican family values workinclasszero Mar 2018 #41

He voluntarily put that in a book? shanny Mar 2018 #40

And he said at the alter "till death do us part".............with his finger crossed behind his back turbinetree Mar 2018 #42

That's the perverted form of Christianity Betsy DeVos wants to push across America. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #43

Sarah Failin would call that putting lipstick on a pig. lpbk2713 Mar 2018 #45

What a fine Republican family values brother and sister... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2018 #48

Christian tooooooo.. czarjak Mar 2018 #59

Eriks an asshole... czarjak Mar 2018 #49

As always, Republican Family Values... Upthevibe Mar 2018 #53

The nanny? How convenient -- He didn't whathehell Mar 2018 #52

No wonder he and Trump are close . . . Sam McGee Mar 2018 #54

He didn't say he impregnated her DavidDvorkin Mar 2018 #55

Yeah, but Jesus . . . . Vinca Mar 2018 #56

Wow! What a xxqqqzme Mar 2018 #58

Maybe he figured that, once he made a fortune off of hiring out... LudwigPastorius Mar 2018 #60

That is some excerpt. He almost blames it on his wife's illness JDC Mar 2018 #65

Scumbags! The whole damn lot of them! Initech Mar 2018 #69

Those good old christian values hard arthritisR_US Mar 2018 #71

Lots of background from this 2009 Politico piece: Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #77

the soldier penis of gawd needs to fill many a holy vessel whilst it still is capable of rigidity Exotica Mar 2018 #80

The first thing that popped into my mind as I was reading this... 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #81

I thought of Newt also. riversedge Mar 2018 #83

Didn't Schwartzenegger have a child with the nanny? n/t malaise Mar 2018 #82

Yes he did. That was the last straw for his wife, I think. Except I thought she was a maid. Hekate Mar 2018 #96

"she was hired to perform administrative functions" UTUSN Mar 2018 #84

She worked on the staff. keithbvadu2 Mar 2018 #87

I am amazed and sickened by how casually AmandaRuth Mar 2018 #88

Sadly...have to agree with you... HipChick Mar 2018 #89

Mr. Fuckwater Blue Owl Mar 2018 #90

Wow. "Found comfort in the arms of" sounds a lot better than "cheated on my dying wife with" Maven Mar 2018 #112