Comments on: Whistleblower’s Iraq claims to be investigated

By: Parallax Abstraction

Parallax Abstraction — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:05:00 +0000

But knowing how to read it would mean that he can’t flind wild accusations and then what fun would that be?

By: site admin

site admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:50:24 +0000

Matt, learn how to read the blog before you accuse me of anything. This might help:

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/primer/blogprimer1.htm

By: Matt Garrett

Matt Garrett — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:57:42 +0000

Nice Dodge. Does that come with a hemi?

By: Eideard

Eideard — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:16:49 +0000

I Googled “Halliburton crook” and got the image above. Gee, maybe I should’ve taken the time to Photoshop it and change $40 million to $8 million. Would that make the issue any less?

Oh, my name’s not John. And the whistleblower is named Bunnatine. Does that mean the Justice Dept. shouldn’t act?

By: Matt Garrett

Matt Garrett — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:35:41 +0000

I am aghast that John Dvorak would deliberately mislead his readers regarding this. Before he took the oath of office, Dick Cheney sold his Haliburton stock in 2000.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/12/campaign.cheney.halliburton.reut/

In addition, according to WikiPedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton

“Cheney’s deferred compensation from Halliburton, which appeared on his 2001 financial disclosure statement, generated an income between $50,000 to $100,000. Cheney also retains 433,000 share-equivalent unexercised stock options at Halliburton.

On the question of Cheney’s deferred compensation from Halliburton, officials of the Bush-Cheney campaign said that before entering office in 2001, Cheney bought an insurance policy that guaranteed a fixed amount of deferred payments from Halliburton each year for five years so that the payments would not depend on the company’s fortunes. The officials also said he had promised to donate to charity any after-tax profits he made from exercising his stock options. These steps are not unusual for corporate executives who enter government.”

You’re a much better journalist than that, John.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:06:31 +0000

What makes Kellogg Brown and Root ‘thugs’?

By: RTaylor

RTaylor — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:48:43 +0000

When blood is smelled within the beltway, the attacks will pile on. The sad thing is the opposition party had to wait for favorable polling before attacking the administration. As they say, “You can’t be helpful if you don’t get reelected”.

By: Shane B

Shane B — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:27:00 +0000

Let me know when we start auditing the 4 trillion dollars we spend within our governement, so I can get my waste and fraud refund back from the IRS.

By: GregAllen

GregAllen — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:23:04 +0000

I am skeptical of all-things-Bush but this level of war profiteering even pushed my boundaries.

Could any human being be so cold and so greedy?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:14:10 +0000

Everybody, grab your tired, old conspiracy theory hats.

By: RabidWolf

RabidWolf — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:20:37 +0000

This is a big surprize to someone?
Or the disclaimers?