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The biggest windfall in the invasion of Iraq has most certainly gone to the oil services and logistics company Halliburton .Vice President Cheney manages to be doing quite well from the deal. He owns $433,000 unexercised Halliburton stock options worth more than $10 million dollars.

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  • Avg rating: (+5/-3 2)Radiofreeeuropa
    Radiofreeeuropa
    Oct. 28, 2006, 3:11 p.m.

    On numerous posts the hard line republicans on this site have maintained the complete innocence of Dick Cheney and claimed he has nothing to do with Haliburton. I posted this article in response. When you hear that diatribe now you can refer them to this article.

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)bubba2
      bubba2
      Oct. 28, 2006, 8:54 p.m.

      Hey ... you are on a roll tonight ... good posts, including this one.

      Here is another link for LOTS of documentation on the BILLIONS of our tax dollars being handed out to Halliburton on a silver platter by the Republicans --

      http://www.halliburtonwatch.org

      • Avg rating: (+1/-0 1)mamasan
        mamasan
        Oct. 29, 2006, 12:58 a.m.

        I think the amount of money these swidlers are making is beyond our grasp to comprehend.

        They live a lifestyle far beyond most Americans.

        Halliburton GOD is watching you and she is not happy...

        • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Radiofreeeuropa
          Radiofreeeuropa
          Oct. 29, 2006, 3 a.m.

          Assuming Dems take control of congress I'd sure like to see an investigation into war profiteering.

          • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Flashygrrl
            Flashygrrl
            Oct. 29, 2006, 9:21 a.m.

            Isn't Halliburton the one who's been contracted to build detention camps in our US right under our noses for everyone arrested under Dubaya's martial law that he can now impose? Oh, sorry, you didn't know about that? yep...anyone that disagrees with him and probably marches against him can now be arrested. Heil Bush!

            • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)HektorofTroy
              HektorofTroy
              Oct. 29, 2006, 10:09 a.m.

              This is just disgusting. Halliburton should reimburse the American people for every penny they stole. Which apparently amounts to billions of dollars. This cannot be condoned or forgotten......

              • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)ADAGUY
                ADAGUY
                Oct. 29, 2006, 10:29 a.m.

                Anyone care for a gop bumper sticker? I'll bet hiliburton would print them for you at NO CHARGE!

                ADAGUY

                • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)contrast
                  contrast
                  Oct. 29, 2006, 10:42 a.m.

                  first let me be clear and say that I do not condone this company. I am not defending it either.

                  This is nothing new. In WWII companies made huge profits...enough to stem a second depression. Companies had to come up with all kinds of stuff just like we see in Iraq. Reconstruction of Europe...american concrete and steel companies made a mint. Same thing here. How did haliburton get the conract simple. They KNEW someone. These companies in WWII? yeah they might of or might not of known someone. Sometimes high ranking officals went to school with some of these CEOs and stuff like that. the first name that would come to mind would be their friend. But if you had to choose someone for the job wouldnt you choose your friend? Like I said I think the thing is wrong (and I would love to see some of those profits go into OTHER american interests) but it's the nature of doing business. America deserves that money since shes giving up her loved ones for it.

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                • Avg rating: (+3/-4 -1)Radiofreeeuropa
                  Radiofreeeuropa
                  Oct. 29, 2006, 4:02 p.m.

                  War is good for the stock market.

                  Billions to made blowing sh** up!

                  Billions to be made puting sh** back together.

                  This administration's advisors and in fact many of it's personel are "New American Centuryists". Their basic philosophy is perpetual war against all countries who don't submit to the american corpoate will. And the expansion of the military. Cheney & Rummy are card

                  carrying members.

                  They are indeed "MEMBERS" allright! Ha Ha

                  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)rlgnmksustpd
                    rlgnmksustpd
                    Oct. 29, 2006, 11:53 a.m.

                    If you check your own congressmans background, you'll find the same abuse. Congress exempted itself from insider trading regulations, so when they vote on a bill, for example, that will benefit a company, they can run out and buy stock in that company. If we had foreknowledge that a company was going to get a lucrative government contract and bought stock, we'd be charged with insider trading.We only hear a fraction of the dealings that go on in Congress. No wonder a third of Congress are millionaires

                    Rumsfelds old company made millions from the "bird-flu" scare when the government bought up a stockpile of Tamiflu-which has not been proven against bird flu and in fact killed 12 Japanese children. Considering we never had a case here, the stockpile is probably outdated, and will have to be replenished "when the inevitable pandemic hits".

                    Government integrity, like government intelligence, is an oxymoron.

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                  • Avg rating: (+4/-0 4)FrankieT
                    FrankieT
                    Oct. 29, 2006, 12:03 p.m.

                    This is just more of the same old, same old. why do we put up with it?????

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                  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)FrankieT
                    FrankieT
                    Oct. 29, 2006, 1:45 p.m.

                    Off topic, perhaps, but if yu scratch the surface of every problem the U.S. has, you will find the word GREED.

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                  • Avg rating: (+4/-0 4)rlgnmksustpd
                    rlgnmksustpd
                    Oct. 29, 2006, 1:46 p.m.

                    Ever notice when theres proof of corruption, the neocons are conspicuously absent from the posts. Any other time they'd be ranting and raving and name-calling, or taking up threads with their personal chitchat. Maybe they think Halliburton and Cheney deserve all that taxpayer money for the "wonderful" job they're doing in Iraq.

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                  • Avg rating: (+4/-2 2)Radiofreeeuropa
                    Radiofreeeuropa
                    Oct. 29, 2006, 4:45 p.m.

                    I do believe the U.S. is the greatest country to live in except for the last 6 years. I believe this because of Jefferson & Franklin particularly but the founders in general and their remarkable constitution and bill of rights. Their insights were amazing to me. The Bushites have said the constitution is just a piece of paper and have generally acted in a way that has embarassed this country. They have messed with the founders balance of powers, which is critical to safegaurd this country from tyranny.

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                  • Avg rating: (+5/-0 5)saneman
                    saneman
                    Oct. 29, 2006, 10:06 p.m.

                    Not to beat a dead horse, but experts in the U.S. have used the following criteria where the U.S. is ranked 13th:

                    We use life-satisfaction surveys (assembling the average scores for 74 countries) as a starting point for weighting the various factors that determine quality of life. A regression analysis suggests that as many as nine indicators have a significant influence, and can be turned into an equation explaining more than 80% of the variation in countries' life-satisfaction scores. The main factor is income, but other things are also important: health, freedom, unemployment, family life, climate, political stability and security, gender equality, and family and community life. We feed the factors into the equation, measuring them using forecasts for 2005 where possible (in four cases) and latest data for slower-changing indicators, such as family life and political freedom. The resulting score, on a scale of one to ten, gives the quality-of-life index.

                    • Avg rating: (+5/-3 2)FrankieT
                      FrankieT
                      Oct. 30, 2006, 7:45 a.m.

                      radioFree - what once made our country great was the people who felt it is not 'my country right or wrong'. Today it seems popular to think, 'my country no matter wht they do', and this means considering the constitution not quite so important as our founding fathers made it. Criticism is unacceptable to those in power. Just listen up.

                      Contrast - Being the greatest power doesn't necessarily equate with being the greatest country unless that is your only criteria. Why do we have so many people without basic health insurance? why do we allow a sitting vice president to continue to have tie, and don't give me the blind trust bull, with a company, when his decisions profit that company egregiously? We have some fixing to do before we will ever be considered great again. And , yes, I want the best for America. I never voted for Bush because he is close to being the worst. Opinion! Ciao.

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