I agree. Go away.
On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:56:58 -0500, KF_lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And to sum this all up... its fine for you all to STFU and take this > thread to your private mail spools. > > Unless you are telling us about how Halliburton uses QPOP exploits to > root the UN... NO ONE CARES!@@# > > Until Dick Cheney can type cc -o shutthefuckup shutthefuckup.c; > ./shutthefuckup I would suggest that you do the same. > > NOW go away! > > -KF > > > > Dean Brooks wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:23:08AM -0500, Barry Fitzgerald wrote: > > > > > >>Meanwhile, Cheney was busy developing Halliburton's business in other > >>parts of the world. "It is a false dichotomy that we have to choose > >>between our commercial and other interests," he told the [public policy > >>research foundation] Cato Institute in 1998, speaking out against > >>economic sanctions levied by the Clinton administration against > >>countries suspected of terrorist activity. "Our government has become > >>sanctions-happy," he continued. > >> > >>In particular, Cheney objected to sanctions against Libya and Iran, two > >>countries with which Halliburton was already doing business regardless. > >>Even more disconcerting, though, was the work the company did in Iraq. > >>Between his stints as secretary of defence and vice-president, Cheney > >>was in charge of Halliburton when it was circumventing strict UN > >>sanctions, helping to rebuild Iraq and enriching Saddam Hussein. > > > > > > Cheney was CEO of Halliburton in the private sector prior to his > > vice-presidency. He had previously left government work to be in the > > private sector, when Bush asked him if he would be his running mate > > due to his experience in government. > > > > He decided to do so, gave up his post as CEO and does not play any > > executive or board role in the company. He has stock options in > > the company, but no differently than any other person who leaves > > a high ranking role, or who privately owns stock in a public company. > > He even pledged to give after-tax proceeds from the stock options > > to charity. > > > > There seems to be this great conspiracy theory about Cheney, but people > > who adhere to that theory rarely seem to check the facts and realize > > that Cheney was NOT in a government role when Bush asked him to be > > his running mate. He closed his ties to the company at the time he > > returned to office. > > > > The Oil for Food program, however, was truly a scandal. There would > > never have been ANY situation where Germany or France would have voted > > to approve the war. No matter how badly Iraq would have been > > violating sanctions (which they were doing for years), there would > > have been nothing Bush could have done to convince them, since they > > were in bed with Iraq financially and were essentially bribed. > > > > -- > > Dean Brooks > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
