Schadenfreude Alert: Blackwater CEO Resigns

Filed in National by on March 2, 2009

Some job losses sting a little less than others. Seeing a company that exported hired mercenaries and assassins flounder does not make ‘Bulo sympathize with either the employers or employees.

And, of course, the CEO earned his access the old-fashioned way, he paid for it:

Prince’s political credentials also appeared to help the company win large contracts; An intern under former President George H.W. Bush, Prince has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians, including Pat BuchananOliver North, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), among others.

And an ironic footnote. The company president’s name is Prince. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable  symbol. This Prince changed Blackwater’s name to the unpronounceable Xe.

‘Bulo considers this to be definitive proof that the Kennedy assassination was a sinister conspiracy.

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  1. Suzanne says:

    “I will be taking on new challenges that I have not yet had the chance to tackle.”

    oh boy – whatever that means…maybe he’ll turn assassin-for-hire in the US versus killing overseas?

  2. xstryker says:

    I won’t be happy until Bill Utt and Dave Lesar are taken into custody, tried, and sentenced. And the sentence must be stiff.

  3. Unstable Isotope says:

    Prince made a lot of money ripping off the American taxpayer. I hope he invested it with Allen Stanford or Bernie Madoff.

  4. anon not atrios says:

    He got the aXe

  5. Miscreant says:

    “He got the aXe”

    Nope, he’s still Chairman of the Board. Enterprises like this will thrive regardless of the administration in charge. Like it or not, there will always be a need for those who clean up the little messes, and operate outside the confines of law. I rest easier because of it, and don’t give a flying fuck if anyone disagrees.

  6. xstryker says:

    Wow. Micreant condones the wholesale massacre of civilians. I guess that’s the difference between you and me, Miscreant. I actually have a conscience.

  7. Miscreant says:

    “Wow. Micreant condones the wholesale massacre of civilians.”

    There you go, jumping to conclusions. I strongly object to the word “wholesale”.

    “I guess that’s the difference between you and me, Miscreant.”

    Let’s celebrate those differences.

    ” I actually have a conscience.”

    So do I. Albeit, mine is considerably less pussified than yours.

  8. xstryker says:

    Yeah, Misc, pussies like me don’t think believe in the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent people. I guess you think all the rapes perpetrated by KBR on their American employees are just “collateral damage”, huh?