10.13.2005

This is Your (Lying) Vice President:

People complain all the time about “liberal bias”. It’s all a crock of shit. Can you imagine if the following concerned someone with the last name of Clinton or Gore? Courtesy of the fine folks at ThinkProgress and Raw Story.
Dick Cheney on “Meet the Press”, September 14, 2003:
“Since I left Halliburton to become George Bush's vice president, I've severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interest," the Vice President said. "I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven't had, now, for over three years.”
Oh really, you lying bag of liquid shit (yes, my second "shit" reference in a single post)?
An analysis released by a Democratic senator found that Vice President Dick Cheney’s Halliburton stock options have risen 3,281 percent in the last year, RAW STORY can reveal.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) asserts that Cheney’s options—worth $241,498 a year ago—are now valued at more than $8 million.

Cheney continues to received a deferred salary from the company. According to financial disclosure forms, he was paid $205,298 in 2001; $162,392 in 2002; $178,437 in 2003; and $194,852 in 2004.

So what has fueled the upsurge in Halliburton’s stock? Answer: No-bid contracts in Iraq. I don’t like to get involved in conspiracy theories, but this is getting harder and harder to ignore.

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