Companies/company
Blackwater
Tim’s take
He treats Blackwater as the standing example of a privatized war economy, the company that profited most visibly from the war on terror alongside Halliburton and DynCorp 32:27 52:18 45:45 47:47 1:31:11. The recurring detail he keeps coming back to is that Betsy DeVos was Erik Prince's sister, which he uses as proof the whole arrangement is a family business dressed up as government 17:55 52:18.
Outside that argument, the name is mostly a punchline for generic menace — mercenaries rich people would hire if police vanished, guys you'd have a beer with and not ask questions, an imagined gig performing comedy for contractors 1:01:51 18:40 34:19. He also drops it into an unrelated torture bit purely for the joke of "we're Blackwater, we're America" 27:14.
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"private? He's the PMC these private military companies black water. Yeah black. There's like hundreds of them now Yeah, it's like and it's"
"overhaul that'll probably never happen. I, the fact is she's the Blackwater sister is, is, you know, to me is troublesome. But if I were"
Comedians as Activists and the Richard Spencer Punch — Torching Bridges (with David Angelo)+128s into the segment"think a lot of that is because we have large companies, DynCorp, Blackwater, whatever military contractors, where there needs to be, we"
Hollywood, Brennan, and the CIA's PR Machine — Inside the Cia (with John Kiriakou)+680s into the segment"him in a fish tank with cockroaches. Oh Say can you see we're blackwater. We're America. I think so you've been those is busy a roof"
"secretary, I mean, was the sister of Eric Prince, who started Blackwater. And now it's called Academy. It's a mercenary company. Yeah,"
Saudi Arabia, Halliburton, and the War Economy — Live From The NY Comedy Festival (with Russ Baker)+157s into the segment"of dollars? How many of these other companies? How many did Blackwater make? This is all fucking there, the oil coming, the fucking"
Bin Laden's Porn Stash and Why Terrorists Don't Martyr Themselves — Not A Fancy Man+112s into the segment"or what do they call it? XI, XE, XE. I think it was Black and Blackwater didn't they? I want to perform for mercenaries. Right. I want"
Performing for the Troops, Mercenaries, and Kill Rates — America's Election Headquarters+265s into the segment"think a lot of that is because we have large companies, DynCorp, Blackwater, I mean, whatever military contractors where there there there"
Hollywood, Brennan, and Obama's CIA Capture — Our Best Episode (Inside the CIA with John Kiriakou)+617s into the segment"they think that somehow if there are no police that rich people won't just go hire Blackwater military types to patrol wealthy areas"
Oscar the Cat Joins the National Guard — #203 - Long Island Strong | The Tim Dillon Show+25s into the segment"throwing a couple of beers with the down with the guys from blackwater maybe you're going to the town you raise a little hell maybe"
Sheath Underwear and the Founder's Mysterious Military Past — #237 - Buy The Dip | The Tim Dillon Show+105s into the segment