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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 08/06/2004 : 03:55:47
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Perhaps a better title for this thread would be: Portrat of a Scumbag.
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Dick Cheney is too modest to list his past accomplishments as CEO of Halliburton on the White House Website, so I decided to give him a few pointers on writing a resume to submit to future employers when he leaves the White House in January 2005.
I would definitely keep the focus on three areas of expertise: (1) Setting up fraudulent tax havens to avoid paying US taxes; (2) Doing business with terrorist countries; and (3) Stonewalling criminal investigations without going to prison.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/04/08/06_resume.html
Da filth has no further comment. His blood pressure has rendered him all but incoherent.
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
 Posted - 08/06/2004 : 05:52:13 [Permalink]
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| Want more signs of just how evil this guy is?!? Check your blood pressure and then read this piece from the New Yorker. |
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Renae
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Posted - 08/06/2004 : 05:53:06 [Permalink]
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This galls me.
Cheney voted AGAINST Head Start. He's an opponent of "government hand-outs" and "socialism" and all the other bullshit phrases conservatives use to denigrate government programs--yet he has no problem ripping off the government when it suits him.
Let me get this straight: we're not supposed to begrude Halibuton making billions ripping off the American taxpayers, but we're supposed to be outraged at the single mom taking $236 in food stamps every month? What. The. Fuck? |
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Wulfstan
New Member
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2004 : 00:21:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Cuneiformist
Want more signs of just how evil this guy is?!? Check your blood pressure and then read this piece from the New Yorker.
Why am I not surprised to read this;
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From the The New Yorker article:
As Defense Secretary, Cheney developed a contempt for Congress, which, a friend said, he came to regard as “a bunch of annoying gnats.” Meanwhile, his affinity for business deepened. “The meetings with businessmen were the ones that really got him pumped,” a former aide said.
...when he says things like, "Go f**k yourself!" to a Congressman.
Yep, those Republicans are consistent, alright.
Seriously though, that New Yorker article was worth the read. And, corporate welfare is OK, when you're a member of the "haves & have mores."
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2004 : 06:01:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Wulfstan
Seriously though, that New Yorker article was worth the read. And, corporate welfare is OK, when you're a member of the "haves & have mores."
Right. Was gets me is the discussion of how Halliburton got to be positioned where it is today:
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Toward the end of Cheney's tenure [as Secretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush], the Pentagon decided to turn over to a single company the bulk of the business of planning and providing support for military operations abroad—tasks such as preparing food, doing the laundry, and cleaning the latrines. As Singer writes in “Corporate Warriors,” the Pentagon commissioned Halliburton to do a classified study of how this might work. In effect, the company was being asked to create its own market.
Halliburton was paid $3.9 million to write its initial report, which offered a strategy for providing support to twenty thousand troops. The Pentagon then paid Halliburton five million dollars more to do a follow-up study . . . Although the profit margins for this omnibus government contract were narrower than they were for private-sector jobs, there was a guaranteed profit of one per cent, with the possibility of as much as nine per cent—making it a rare bit of business with no risk. (emphasis mine)
But at least the irony of Cheney's remarks in the Vice-Presidential debate with Lieberman weren't ignored by the author, as the piece later notes:
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During the 2000 Vice-Presidential debate, Senator Joseph Lieberman teased Cheney about the fortune he had amassed at Halliburton. “I'm pleased to see, Dick, that you're better off than you were eight years ago,” he said.
“I can tell you that the government had absolutely nothing to do with it,” Cheney shot back. In fact, despite having spent years championing the private sector and disparaging big government, Cheney devoted himself at Halliburton to securing government funds. In the five years before Cheney joined Halliburton, the company received a hundred million dollars in government credit guarantees. During Cheney's tenure, this amount jumped to $1.5 billion.
I really, really, do hate that man. Moreover, I-- oh wait, I hear someone knocking on my door. Sounds like they're saying "secret circus" or something. Let me check on that... 
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2004 : 13:31:05 [Permalink]
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| Does it surprise anyone that all these guys are from the Nixon administration? I was surprised that young GW was active with the Nixon group. I thought he was into drugs and booze during that time, but I guess that didn't stop him. Avoid the draft and support Nixon, yes sir, that's the ticket. |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 05:36:21 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by beskeptigal
Does it surprise anyone that all these guys are from the Nixon administration? I was surprised that young GW was active with the Nixon group. I thought he was into drugs and booze during that time, but I guess that didn't stop him. Avoid the draft and support Nixon, yes sir, that's the ticket.
Hi beskeptigal. Welcome (back?) to the site.
Anyhow, the situation is actually worse than what you note. Yes, several members of Bush's administration are political cronies that have served in Republican administrations stretching back decades.
In addition, many of them belong or belonged to a think-tank called Project for the New American Century. The orginization is "a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle; and that too few political leaders today are making the case for global leadership." Its membership, past and present, includes: Cheney, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Richard Perle-- all of whom have or have had positions in the present administration. Jeb Bush is another member. But-- not surprisingly-- George never has been.
This group has long hated Iraq. In a letter from 1998 (1998!), they urged members of Congress to invade the country to remove the threat of Saddam and his WMD's.
These guys were talking about an invasion years before September, 2001! This lends support to the notion that Cheney, Rumsfeld, Perle, etc. were just looking for an excuse to invade. Any wonder where Bush got the idea to look for an Iraqi connection to the terrorist plots just days after Sept. 11?
But this isn't their only hawkish idea. In this document, they argue in part for "control[ing] the new 'international commons' of space and 'cyberspace'" and "the creation of a new military service-- U.S. Space Forces-- with the mission of space control."
Throughout their site, they talk about the "need to increase defense spending significantly" in order to preserve "America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles."
It's a frightening group of very powerful individuals. And unfortunately, they have direct access to a witless Presidetent. Is there any question who is setting American domestic and foreign policy? And it's been available for all to see for years before Bush came to power! Perhaps we should have thought something was amiss when Cheney picked himself to be Bush's running-mate. But alas, here we are.
These guys must not be allowed to stay in power another four years! |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 08/09/2004 : 06:36:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by beskeptigal
Does it surprise anyone that all these guys are from the Nixon administration? I was surprised that young GW was active with the Nixon group. I thought he was into drugs and booze during that time, but I guess that didn't stop him. Avoid the draft and support Nixon, yes sir, that's the ticket.
Beskeptigal....Welcome back. Long time no see.
I wouldn't be surprised with GW being active with Nixon. He was being a good little party clone.
Although being McCarthy's right hand man didn't hurt Reagan, either. |
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