Why is it ok for Michael Moore to invest in Haliburton but he can call Dick Cheney evil for doing the same?
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Moore, like most liberals only see what he wants to see.  While he was attacking Cheney because he had some investments in Haliburton, he was hiding the fact that he, himself had invested.
595158
Because you allow your government to sell you their story, which leads to a (mostly) blind public that supports the acts they despise. Public relations executives in the white house are responsible for this deceit, like George Bush's favourite personal advisor, Karl Rove. Gocernments and corporations are working together more than ever to mutually increase financial benefit, with a pathological persuit of profit and power.
988625
He's a racist. He lives in an all white neighborhood while sending his kids to private schools.  He's a friggin' hypocrite, much like the rest of the whacko left as he actually OWNS Halliburton stock.  He makes money off the stock market and then blames "big business" for the world's ills while he himself is a capitalistic pig.  He can't be taken seriously, and   those that DO take him seriously are definitely disturbed.  Very disturbed and I feel sorry for them.  But then again, I feel sorry for all the lefty libs.\n\nAs for his passion, it MUST be for jelly donuts
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Because America's enemies are not Bush's enemies. Bush is oil, always has been, and always will be.  The oil industry transcends politics, because the money to be made in oil can literally make or break any countries economy.  Dont think for one second that Bush and Cheney have not gotten richer 10 fold because of this war.
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Yes, i agree. They did it for greed and oil. Haliburton makes billions a day because we went in. And They are buddied up with the Bush administration. It is sad how much power the big corporations have over our government.
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Hah! This is unlikely to be a helpful answer, but are you aware that Rupert Murdoch is Australian??\n\nHe owns a lot of the conservative media over here as well. I think you will find that he has discovered a very lucrative basket in which to place his eggs. This does not mean he particularly supports one political side or the other - all he supports are his own (ridiculously large) profits. If porn can also make him money, I am sure he will happily invest. He appears to support the Republicans over there because this is in the best interests of his profits, just as he supports conservativism here in Australia.\n\nEm
925159
Because they were horrible at their jobs. They also lied, show poor judgement and acted like 13th century religious zealots. Worst of all, they are bought and sold by big drug and oil companies, and they are war profiteers (Haliburton) which is a crime. This is not just my opinion, but is well documented and easily looked up.
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Cheney would sell his grandmother into slavery if it made his buddies in the oil biz an extra 50 cents.  He's already sold out our country for them.  It wouldn't surprise me one bit to find out that Iraq happened just to give Haliburton a profit (after all, he did take a multi-million dollar parachute from them when he left as CEO to run for VP).\n\nRove and his minions have been pretty good about hiding the depth to which Shrub & Co were involved in Enron, but the truth will someday out, and when it does, Bush better hope he has a buddy in the WH who can pardon him.
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The attack was unjustified.  There are dozens of dictators and regimes all around the world which commit the same or worse atrocities than Saddam and we haven’t invaded their countries.  Bush fed the American public and the world false information (lies) to justify the attack.  Halliburton and General Electric are making billions in non-competitive over inflated contracts which the Bush and Cheney dynasties will reap the benefits of for decades to come.
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Michael Moore's perception is as tainted as everyone elses.  Who knows who's telling the truth anymore?  Moore bashed the Carlyle group in "Fahrenheit 9/11", claiming ties between George W. Bush and Osama Bin Laden, yet the New York Post printed, "The Carlyle Group - which [Moore] bashes in the movie as some sort of shadowy war profiteering company - has become part owner of Loews Cinemas, which is currently showing his film."  How much of Caryle's bin Laden-tainted cash has found its way into his pockets, Michael Moore isn't saying.\nI guess we all have the same perception, as it is ever changing to fit our moods.
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He was trying to give the individual control over his/her account to make sure you would get what you actually put in to it. Of course, this pissed off the demoncrats because if he did that, they could not get it and give it away for votes anymore. Bush also felt like a person being able to control their money and invest in the stock market would be able to increase their retirement account.\n\nHe has given up on it because of liberals and the news media bombarding him at every turn and calling him evil for wanting to give each of us control over our own money. We truly live in a strange country where you are considered evil for not wanting to give all your money away and for wanting to have a decent retirement. You are also considered evil for opposing some immoral lifestyles too even if they go against everything you believe.\n\nYou see, free speech is only free for liberals. if you are conservative or a Christian, you have no free speech anymore and liberals will shout you down every time you bring up a point. They actually do not have an argument so they have to just be loud to drown you out. Typical liberal tactic because theirs is a fact less society that runs on fear.
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It probably has strong ties to Cheney and Bush as Bush is into Oil and Halliburton is the Contractor for many installations and repairs.\nHalliburton has many levels grouped under HKBR and includes design firms to 3rd party inspection companies, so I'm sure it would hit a deadend somewhere before Cheney and his assistant Bush.
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because Fox News says dems are evil and doesn't ever show any of the Democrat agenda, so there can't be one if Fox doesn't show it... and Fox News is never wrong...\n\nand if you say anything that disagrees with Fox News... clearly you are lying *\n\n*you can substitute Newsmax, National Review, Rush or any conservative opinion commentator in for "Fox News" in the previous statement...\n\nI think that pretty much covers it...\n\nLadySable: just to touch on a few points... less than 5 percent are actually receiving minimum wage, so a slight rise shouldn't result in wholesale inflation, since it's only affect a small amount of people... \nand you can actually choose which tax cuts to take away, like the investment tax cut... that's a key one that dems probably will roll back... investors are saving billions from it, and odds are, you haven't saved anything from it... they are talking about keeping the ones that help you...
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Cheney does not have any real participation with Enron.  A Texas-based company, Enron obviously had some vested interests in supporting the Bush administration and its policies.  It lobbied and contributed to the Bush campaign, just like a lot of corporations do.  Cheney had no real or direct involvement in anything that Enron did, though.\n\nI've included a link from the Washington Post explaining that Enron was involved with Cheney's energy policy.  That, however, is not particularly unusual, since MANY corporations were involved with Cheney's energy policy and provided input.  I've also placed a link for an anti-Bush site highlighting some of the "connections" with Enron, if you'd prefer to look at that perspective.
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Along with some other adjectives...immoral, corrupt, unscrupulous, unethical, greedy, evil...Darth Cheney's enjoying those Haliburton kickbacks I'm sure...unfortunately, he's also very powerful which scares people into submission...I mean, when was the last time you shot someone and they apologized to YOU...
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Cheney, who served as CEO from 1995 to 2000, continues to receive as much as $1 million a year in deferred compensation as Halliburton executives enjoy a seat at the table during Administration discussions over how to handle post-war oil production in Iraq.But the Halliburton story is more than just a simple revolving door tale. Even without the Cheney conflicts of interest, serious doubts remain about whether a company with a record like Halliburton's should even be eligible to receive government contracts in the first place. This, after all, is a company that has been accused of cost overruns, tax avoidance, and cooking the books and has a history of doing business in countries like Iraq, Iran and Libya.If Cheney did any soul-searching after dealing with authoritarian dictators and avoiding taxes, it certainly didn't affect his social circle. He continued his quest for power by helping to form the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) in 1997 along with a bunch of archconservative hawks such as Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, and Jeb Bush (the President's brother and governor of Florida). This organization's purpose is to ensure America's global dominance through strategic use of its military.
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One of the world’s largest suppliers of reliable products and services to the oil and gas industry since 1919. Vice-President Cheney is a stockholder in this company and was responsible for Halliburton obtaining contracts for 'services rendered' in Iraq from the git-go. At the time, I smelled a rat. Collusion. I still do!\n\n                                                             HANK (Josh)