Some thoughts from today's Kerry for President Email
Dick Cheney's former company, Halliburton, was awarded a no-bid contract worth over $7 billion to help rebuild Iraq. The process for awarding this rare and lucrative contract was coordinated by Dick Cheney's own office in the White House. [Time, 5/30/04] Dick Cheney still receives deferred compensation from Halliburton, showing a lingering financial interest in the company. [Washington Post, 9/26/03; Richard B. Cheney Personal Financial Disclosure, May 15, 2002]
Some talking points to consider:
* Vice President Dick Cheney was Halliburton's CEO from 1995-2000. In addition to providing him with a massive salary and bonus for just eight months of work in 2000, Halliburton's board of directors voted to give Cheney a $20 million retirement package when he resigned. Following his departure from Halliburton, Cheney retained possession of 433,333 options of Halliburton stock. [Washington Post, 9/26/03; Richard B. Cheney Personal Financial Disclosure, May 15, 2002; May 15, 2003; New York Times, 8/12/00; LA Times, 7/24/00; AP, 7/18/02]
* For months, Cheney denied any involvement in Halliburton contracts. On "Meet the Press," he even said "...I have absolutely no influence of, involvement of, knowledge of in any way, shape or form of contracts..." [NBC News, "Meet the Press", 9/14/03]
* Time Magazine recently reported on a smoking gun email between the Department of Defense and the Vice President's office showing that Cheney's office "coordinated" a multi-billion dollar, no-bid government contract for Halliburton, his former employer. [Time, 5/30/04]
* As an example of overspending, Halliburton billed the government for 36 percent more meals than were served. In all, Halliburton charged $186 million for meals that were never delivered. [Detroit Free Press, 6/16/04]
* A Halliburton subsidiary was criticized for abandoning numerous $85,000 trucks with flat tires, housing company officials in a five-star Kuwaiti hotel, raising prices for gasoline deliveries in Iraq and ordering empty trucks to crisscross the country to run up the gas bills. [Detroit Free Press, 6/16/04]
In other words, Cheney is so dirty that he should be an environmental hazard. His self interest is so apparent that, if he were anyone but the VP of the US, he'd be in jail already. As it is, we may have to wait a couple of years until his tired old ass is in prison.
The depths of money grubbing corruption that he and his co-workers at Halliburton have gone to to bleed as much money out of the US is sickening. One billion dollars has been wasted in Iraq due to poor planning and lack of oversight which means quite alot of that money went straight into some bastard's pockets. And whose money are they spending so wildly, yours and mine.
How ANYONE could even be considering voting for Bush/Cheney in November is beyond me. Its like voting for more crime, more corruption, more embarrassment, more time with no one at the controls (since Bush is on vacation 40% of the time since taking office).
A vote for Bush/Cheney is a vote for their policies, their criminal activities and their further destruction of America's reputation around the world.
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