WebsterMark wrote on 04/26/13 at 11:50:10:


Yeah, pretty much the opposite. And occupy was astroturf all the way.

they did NOT become millionaires overnight; where did you get that.

Go back in time and tell me what company, other than Halliburton, could do the job the army asked a private company to do? Oh, by the way, didn't Cheney have to divest himself of all company stock?

Cheyney so called divested his stock gains but Haliburton claimed it as a loss. All the time he was in office he recieved anywhere from $160,000 to over $200,000 in deferred salary. Haliburton received many government contracts in Iraq and Katrina. I don't guess we'll ever know how many companies could do what Haliburton did because no one was allowed to bid against them. Cheney is one of the crookedest sons of bitches to ever inhabit the earth. Wonder how many overseas accounts he has from money under the table from Haliburton.
Raw Story, October 2005
Title: “Cheney’s Halliburton Stock Options Rose 3,281 Percent Last Year, Senator Finds”
Author: John Byrne

Senator Frank Lautenberg’s website
Title: “Cheney’s Halliburton Stock Options Soar to $9.2 Million”

Faculty Evaluator: Phil Beard
Student Researchers: Matthew Beavers and Willie Martin

Vice President thingy Cheney’s stock options in Halliburton rose from $241,498 in 2004 to over $8 million in 2005, an increase of more than 3,000 percent, as Halliburton continues to rake in billions of dollars from no-bid/no-audit government contracts.

An analysis released by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) reveals that as Halliburton’s fortunes rise, so do the Vice President’s. Halliburton has already taken more than $10 billion from the Bush-Cheney administration for work in Iraq. They were also awarded many of the unaccountable post-Katrina government contracts, as off-shore subsidiaries of Halliburton quietly worked around U.S. sanctions to conduct very questionable business with Iran (See Story #2). “It is unseemly,” notes Lautenberg, “for the Vice President to continue to benefit from this company at the same time his administration funnels billions of dollars to it.”

According to the Vice President’s Federal Financial Disclosure forms, he holds the following Halliburton stock options:

100,000 shares at $54.5000 (vested), expire December 3, 2007
33,333 shares at $28.1250 (vested), expire December 2, 2008
300,000 shares at $39.5000 (vested), expire December 2, 2009

The Vice President has attempted to fend off criticism by signing an agreement to donate the after-tax profits from these stock options to charities of his choice, and his lawyer has said he will not take any tax deduction for the donations. However, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) concluded in September 2003 that holding stock options while in elective office does constitute a “financial interest” regardless of whether the holder of the options will donate proceeds to charities. Valued at over $9 million, the Vice President could exercise his stock options for a substantial windfall, not only benefiting his designated charities, but also providing Halliburton with a tax deduction.

CRS also found that receiving deferred compensation is a financial interest. The Vice President continues to receive deferred salary from Halliburton. While in office, he has received the following salary payments from Halliburton:

Deferred salary paid by Halliburton to Vice President Cheney in 2001: $205,298
Deferred salary paid by Halliburton to Vice President Cheney in 2002: $162,392
Deferred salary paid by Halliburton to Vice President Cheney in 2003: $178,437
Deferred salary paid by Halliburton to Vice President Cheney in 2004: $194,852

If Romney would have won we would have already bombed Iran,N Korea,Syria adding to GWB's attacks.Were lucky we don't have another Hitler in office.

First you acuse me of lying. Then I prove it to you, then you say it means nothing. Webster you're a real piece of work. Are you so naïve you actually believe wars arent fought over money? Money =power. Wars are fought for two reasons, religion or power. Billions are made fighting war. Get your nose out of the Wall St Journal and find out whats really going on! Even the civil war was fought over money. My poor ancestors didn't have slaves but they fought for the rich slave owners. There's huge profits being made off of materials to fight wars and evil men like Cheyney take advantage of it by promoting lies. This isn't a 3rd grade Sunday School Class, this is the REAL world.

Easy there Midnight; I’m not calling you a liar. You are approaching this from the point of view that Bush and Cheney knowingly lied to start a war for the sole purpose of making money. I do not believe that to be true. And yes, I do not believe wars are fought primarily over money. Now if you expand your definition of money to include protecting a way of life, I would agree with you. In that “ way of life”, some are wealthy, some are not. You think WWI was over money? I don’t think so. It was fought over, in this case, changing the ‘way of life’. WWII was fought to preserve a way of life. Half the people on this forum are so caught up in how other people live, how much money they make, it’s disturbing. Live your own life and forget about thingy Cheney’s wallet.

Changing their way of life and power are basically the same thing, just different words. If I force you to live like me its power. Why are we in the middle east? Oil, money and power. If there were no oil there we could care less. Cheyney's lies upset me a lot more than his pocketbook. I have several millionaire friends who love to hang out with me because we grew up together the same way. I'm glad they're very successful and they worked hard and were smart and deserve what they have like Jerry E. When you have to lie like Cheyney did to become an overnight millionaire and innocent people are maimed and murdered I get riled. I wouldn't take Cheyney's blood stained money if he give it to me. I don't have much but what I've got I worked for it honestly and lied to no one. There was no real evidence of WMDs and Cheyney and his cohorts knew it. The fact that no one was allowed to bid on government contracts except Haliburton proves beyond doubt it was Cheyneys baby, it was all about the money.They're war criminals and should be treated as such.

No sir. Let’s say we are being invaded. You own a company that makes a product the army needs to use in order to fight off the invasion.
Are you saying we stand by and get over run because you stand to make a huge financial gain? I don’t think so. People make money in war the same way roofers make money in hurricanes.

Also, if there were no oil, we couldn’t care less.  Of course that’s true. Take oil away from the US and see how quick you change your tune.

Cheyney did to become an overnight millionaire

Cheney did not become an overnight millionaire. I’m not sure where you are getting this information.

When you say there was no evidence of WMD and cheney and his cohorts knew it, you are including tens of thousands of employees of intelligence agencies all across the world. For whatever reason, you seem to think Cheney tricked half the world into believing in WMD so he could make some money. This just isn’t true.

If you are going to charge Cheney with war crimes, I suggest you charge most of the US Congress as well including John Kerry, Hiliary Clinton etc….