Leahy On Halliburton Move: ‘This Is An Insult To The U.S. Soldiers And Taxpayers’
Leahy On Halliburton Move: ‘This Is An Insult To The U.S. Soldiers And Taxpayers’
Yesterday, Halliburton announced that it would be moving its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai. Reincorporating in Dubai would mean that Halliburton — which earned $2.3 billion in profits last year — “will be paying less taxes to the U.S. Treasury, even as it collects billions from government contracts.”
House Government Oversight Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) said he will soon hold a hearing on the matter to “understand the ramifications for the U.S. taxpayer and national security.” One lobbyist said, “If there’s a huge tax shift, then it’s taking money from U.S. taxpayers while they’re taking no-bid contracts.”
Reacting to Halliburton’s announcement, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) told ABC News it was “an insult to the U.S. soldiers and taxpayers.” Watch ABC’s segment:
UPDATE: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY): “I think it is disgraceful that American companies are more than happy to try to get no-bid contracts like Halliburton has and then turn around and say we are not going to stay with our Chief Executive Officer or the President of our company in the U.S. anymore. Well I am proud to be an American and I am proud to be part of the greatest country in the world.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “For one of the largest contractors with the United States government to move its headquarters overseas? [It] just doesn’t look good, doesn’t sound good, doesn’t smell good.”
UPDATE II: Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND): “I want to know, is Halliburton trying to run away from bad publicity on their contracts?”
Transcript:
ABC: A swift and angry reaction from Democrats in Washington to the announcement that Halliburton is moving its corporate headquarters overseas to Dubai. Critics say Halliburton, which has received billions of American taxpayer dollars for its work on the war in Iraq, is now looking for a tax break. ABC’s Sonya Crawford, is on the story.
CRAWFORD: Without much fanfare, Halliburton announced it’s moving its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. CEO David Lesar, said, “Growing our business here will bring more balance to Halliburton’s portfolio.” More balance, and thanks to a friendly tax environment, hopefully more profits. Last year, Halliburton earned $2.3 billion in profits. Senator Patrick Leahy called the company’s move corporate greed at its worst. “This is an insult to the U.S. soldiers and taxpayers. At the same time they’ll be avoiding U.S. taxes, I’m sure they won’t stop insisting on taking their profits in cold, hard, U.S. cash.”
WAXMAN: Our job is to provide oversight to make sure government is working effectively.
CRAWFORD: Democrats have been extremely critical of Halliburton, once headed by Vice President Cheney. The company has received contracts valued at an estimated $25.7 billion for its work in Iraq. Among the company’s low points, serving troops spoiled food. Exposing troops to contaminated water from the Euphrates river. And failing to adequately protect its contractors. And last month, the Inspector General for Iraq found Halliburton overcharged the government, $2.7 billion. Which Halliburton is still contesting.
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They are just prepping for the up-coming war here in America. Soon we'll be labeled "insurgents".
Buy guns folks. Beating the right will be easy.... just do this..
"LOOK THERES JEBUS", and when they look blast them between the eyes.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:50 amUS should give contracts ONLY to those war profiteers based in the US.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:52 amMaybe we need a law requiring companies to be headquartered in the US to be eligible for no-bid gov't contracts, or some way to collect taxes on the conctracts regardless of the location of the company.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:53 amJust when I thought I couldn't get more disgusted
March 12th, 2007 at 10:55 amWhat kind of extradition treaty do we have...
...with the UAE...
...they're (Bushite criminals who've raided our treasury) slowly but surely...
...making their exit...
...Does the Democratic Congress have the "nerve' to stop and indict them?
...they're clearly guilty of war profiteering, fraud, waste and corruption...
March 12th, 2007 at 10:56 amUS should give contracts ONLY to those war profiteers based in the US.
Comment by OleHippieChick
They'll keep a po box in houston so they can keep feeding at the trough.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:57 amThe army used to be able to feed their own, drive their own trucks, build their own bridges, buildings, whatever, conduct protection missions to high level persons, etc. Believing that these actions can be done for cheaper by an outside company rather than by G.I.s who get paid what they get paid is ludicrous. These made-up companies of old G.Is were created to funnel tax payer money into war profiteers. They should all be outlawed. Period. No laws about keeping them in the US tax system or keeping them in the US. Get rid of these inhuman parasites and you will see the decline of the desire to go to war. Take the profit out and the desire goes away.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:02 amHALLIBURTON: Thanks for the money ... sorry about your kids.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:08 amWe can't do shit anymore. This country is an embarrassment!
March 12th, 2007 at 11:08 amSo since Halliburton is going to be a Dubai company - shouldn't they also be subject now to the same censure as Dubai Ports World and not be allowed to do any work which might impact national security or otherwise manage national assets? After all the UAE has links to supporters of terrorism? /irony off
March 12th, 2007 at 11:09 amUS should give contracts ONLY to those war profiteers based in the US.
Comment by OleHippieChick
What a brilliant post.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:10 amIf anyone in this country should have their patriotism questioned, it's these war profiteers. And, especially so the ones who will pick up and move their headquarters in order to lessen the amount of tax dollars they pay into fighting that same war from which they're profiting so handsomely.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:11 amIn many ways this is a poor move by Halliburton. On the flip side, this is accounting 101. Companies will always move to places that provide better business environments. It is a big reason to limit taxes unless you want business to move away. Check Out Sioux Falls, SD. Citibank moved there as well as many other companies because it is tax free. The idea of raising taxes is great in theory until you realize companies are free the move away from those taxes. It is very important to keep taxes as low as possible to keep these companies around. They can employ thousands of tax paying Americans and are the #1 reason America is great.
Hopefull the Dems will learn a valuable lesson from this. You create an environment that is unfriendly and expensive for business and they leave.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:13 amGeorge Soros has money invested in Halliburton.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:14 amWhy the silence on that?
This Congress MUST hold this administration accountable!
March 12th, 2007 at 11:14 amIt's time to tear down this beast. It's not too late to have hearings on the way the no-bid contracts were obtained and the role that Cheney played in that.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:14 amHmmmm.....I wonder what Dick Cheney might say to Sen. Leahy regarding this.....
March 12th, 2007 at 11:16 amPerhaps it is time to revisit just who (in flagrant disregard for US law) Halliburton is/has/will do business with from their new location outside of US jurisdiction?
Google 'Cheney iran and halliburton' and see how you do...
March 12th, 2007 at 11:17 amRoger Rabbit misses the point.....by a mile.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:18 amHalliburton is a great American company. They have helped endlessly with the Iraq War. Of course you liberals don't support their choice of where they want to locate. You don't support capitalism. You don't support democracy. Just admit you are communists and start praising Stalin.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:19 amTerrytheTurtle sez:
Roger_Rhetoric will never die of stab wounds...that's for certain.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:20 amThey can employ thousands of tax paying Americans and are the #1 reason America is great.
Comment by Roger_Roger
March 12th, 2007 at 11:21 am
You create an environment that is unfriendly and expensive for business and they leave.
Comment by Roger_Roger
Hopefully they create and environment that companies like this are able to be drowned in a bathtub.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:22 amRoger_Roger and twice as dumb...
So why didn't haliburton move to SD??
Don't you think we could keep taxes low without companies like Haliburton screwing the taxpayer over and we get nothing in return.
Don't you think "out sourcing" the military functions are a BAD idea?
And once again "blaming the dems", when they have only been back in control for 3 months.
Roger really are you THAT stupid? OR paid to post your talking points?
March 12th, 2007 at 11:23 amFarthead - if you support Halliburton's relocation then you must also support Dubai Ports World taking control of US ports....does that make you a traitor...?
March 12th, 2007 at 11:23 amYou don’t support capitalism. You don’t support democracy.
Comment by firehead
Idiot.
Capitalism = Corporations = Private Scrutiny
Democracy = Public Scrutiny
Get it?
March 12th, 2007 at 11:24 am#20 - in order to be a great American company you actually have to be an American company. Dubai isn't in Iowa, it's in the United Arab Emirates.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:26 am#7 dlet DITTO! When I served, the army had its own cooks, truck and transport, supply and was COMPLETELY self sufficient.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:26 amThe next administration should be moving back to that model.
An army that relies on private corporations for basic functionality is at the mercy of the mercs.
And so are we.
#13 Roger_Roger
Companies will always move to places that provide better business environments.
This isn't the same thing, Roger. It's a completely different animal when you're talking about a huge company that has been made an integral part of our national defense. The free market stuff goes right out the window. We've effectively replaced a large portion of our military's supply and support services with private companies. Individual accountability is gone. Accounting disappears. Quality control is out of the military's hands. And, with a no-bid contractor, whose friends in Washington claim is the ONLY one who can do the job, you can't just switch suppliers. You're pretty much stuck with the behemoth you've got.
When you're replacing a big chunk of the military with a private company, and that company decides to up and move to another country, is it not effectively the same as a command in the military (Army Corps of Engineers, for example) suddenly moving its headquarters to another country? Would that be acceptable?
This is our national defense. It's time to stop f*cking around with it.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:28 amJuan is right on - modern liberal democracy arose as a diect reaction to uncontrolled rapacious capitalism (one person's 'gilded age' was another person's sweat shop industrial hell). Farthead shows its ignorance again...
March 12th, 2007 at 11:29 amIt's been an insult to the US taxpayer for years, what took so long?
March 12th, 2007 at 11:29 am#14 Rodan
George Soros has money invested in Halliburton.
Why the silence on that?
Did Soros have anything to do with the no-bid contracts? Did he have anything to do with moving the HQ to Dubai? Is there any point to your idiotic question? No. No. And NO.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:30 amThe angry left robots loves to beat up on Halliburton, meanwhile George Soros who funds left wing smear-tanks like thinkparanoid and moveon.org is quietly purchasing 1.9 million shares of Halliburton for a cool $62,000,000. Hypocrites. All of you!
March 12th, 2007 at 11:30 am"#
In many ways this is a poor move by Halliburton. On the flip side, this is accounting 101. Companies will always move to places that provide better business environments. It is a big reason to limit taxes unless you want business to move away. Check Out Sioux Falls, SD. Citibank moved there as well as many other companies because it is tax free. The idea of raising taxes is great in theory until you realize companies are free the move away from those taxes. It is very important to keep taxes as low as possible to keep these companies around. They can employ thousands of tax paying Americans and are the #1 reason America is great.
Hopefull the Dems will learn a valuable lesson from this. You create an environment that is unfriendly and expensive for business and they leave.
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 12, 2007 @ 11:13 am"
You do realize that according to our CONSTITUTION
March 12th, 2007 at 11:31 am#32 ~ Would you please sic Godzilla on Rodan?
March 12th, 2007 at 11:32 amDoes this mean that Haliburton will no longer be an American company? ;)
If so shouldn't they lose their government contracts so they can be given to an American company?
March 12th, 2007 at 11:36 amOh, this is just freaking precious!
Halliburton, which was originally based in Texas (You know, where Pres. George Bush used to be Governor) is now moving to Dubai.
From the Yahoo article: "Lesar's announcement appears to signal one of the highest-profile moves by a U.S. corporate leader to Dubai, an Arab boomtown where free-market capitalism has been paired with some of the world's most liberal tax, investment and residency laws."
This must be the only time that neo-con kool-aid drinkers actually LIKE the work "liberal". I guess they're going to have to change their rhetoric now that "liberal" is being used in a POSITIVE sense!
March 12th, 2007 at 11:36 am#20 firehead
Halliburton is a great American company. They have helped endlessly with the Iraq War. Of course you liberals don’t support their choice of where they want to locate. You don’t support capitalism. You don’t support democracy. Just admit you are communists and start praising Stalin.
You crack me up. That's the best impersonation of a brain-dead, Fox News-addicted, right-wing ideologue of anyone I've seen do it. You give it just that extra little kick of over-the-top slavish Republican sycophant. I love it!
March 12th, 2007 at 11:37 amYo, Halliburton...don't let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out...oh, and, by the way...don't forget to leave all those contracts behind...you won't be needing those anymore...
March 12th, 2007 at 11:38 am"#
In many ways this is a poor move by Halliburton. On the flip side, this is accounting 101. Companies will always move to places that provide better business environments. It is a big reason to limit taxes unless you want business to move away. Check Out Sioux Falls, SD. Citibank moved there as well as many other companies because it is tax free. The idea of raising taxes is great in theory until you realize companies are free the move away from those taxes. It is very important to keep taxes as low as possible to keep these companies around. They can employ thousands of tax paying Americans and are the #1 reason America is great.
Hopefull the Dems will learn a valuable lesson from this. You create an environment that is unfriendly and expensive for business and they leave.
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 12, 2007 @ 11:13 am"
You do realize that according to our CONSTITUTION, the only taxes that are suppose to be paid is from BUISNESSES????? Individual taxes are not allowed, but you want the companies to not pay taxes and have individuals pay for their taxes. You are more interrested in having the individual pay for everything than the companies paying for things like the country was setup.
How about worrying about upholding the CONSTITUTION????? Stop making the individual fund everything and put the cost back where it belongs...... On the companies.
Paying no taxes for a company is simply INSANE!!! If you think this is a good thing, then the right is crazier than I ever thought.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:39 amComment by Roger_Roger — March 12, 2007 @ 11:13 am
March 12th, 2007 at 11:40 amis
Comment by firehead — March 12, 2007 @ 11:19 am
I support socialist communist,
I do NOT Support capitalistic GREEDY democracy.
Roger Roger what a good pal to war criminals and profiteers you are. Nothing is too stupid to say in defense of the Chimp king.
Taxes and even raising taxes are not a theory. Our Nation has had taxation forever. The idea of lowering taxes during wartime WAS a theory before Bush the fool. Now it's a proven disaster.
Our country is bankrupt and those companies who have enjoyed Bush's low taxes have been moving their operations, their profits and those related US jobs overseas anyway.
That's what makes America great? Low Corporate Taxes? All hail low corporate taxes!
Who the hell do you think is going to pay for this war once the check comes? Corporations?
I don't think so. The bill will be coming to YOU and your family and their children too, and that bill is bigger then most countries make in 100 years.
The United States used to be a leader in industry and technology. Those days are over as Bush can't even get past evolution and climate change and you, being a cult member, can't get over your love of Bush.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:41 amDrunken Deadeye Dick says: "What didn't you people understand about defered compensation? Thanks for money DoD"
March 12th, 2007 at 11:44 amWell Manipulation is done even to save Tax, it is all discounted in Business Ethics now,
so why complain,
Flow where the river goes,
In rome do what romans do,
Gosh , Dont Clap,
Not that good answer.
http://www.tekno-world.blogspot.com
March 12th, 2007 at 11:45 am"#
Halliburton is a great American company. They have helped endlessly with the Iraq War. Of course you liberals don’t support their choice of where they want to locate. You don’t support capitalism. You don’t support democracy. Just admit you are communists and start praising Stalin.
Comment by firehead — March 12, 2007 @ 11:19 am"
Sure they have...... They helped themselves to billions, while failing to purify the soldiers water, providing food adequately, as well as many other things.
But as long as they are making money off the backs of our troops, you are happy for them...... Republican scum just makes me so mad when they support party over country!!!!
Try doing some research on just how good Haliburton has performed their jobs! Cheating the taxpayers out of money and not providing for the soldiers!!!
Find that rock you crawled out from and get back under it.....
March 12th, 2007 at 11:46 am#33 marin hippie
The angry left robots loves to beat up on Halliburton, meanwhile George Soros who funds left wing smear-tanks like thinkparanoid and moveon.org is quietly purchasing 1.9 million shares of Halliburton for a cool $62,000,000. Hypocrites. All of you!
This might be a little out of your depth, but you could consider the possibility that Soros would like to become a majority owner of Halliburton. The more shares he owns, the more he should be able to do with respect to the direction in which Halliburton is heading. Just something to ponder.
By the way, I don't know Soros and I don't have any kind of interest in what he does or doesn't do with his money. The one person I know of who does seem to have an avid interest in everything that Soros does is Bill O'Reilly. Are you just a big fan of O'Reilly out to do his bidding?
March 12th, 2007 at 11:46 am#35 RUCerious
Would you please sic Godzilla on Rodan?
Godzilla's busy. I'll see if Mothra wants to come over and kick some ass.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:49 amWell, it's genarally regarded as wise to get out of the castle before the torches and pitchfork -weilding masses start their trek...
March 12th, 2007 at 11:53 amwhy does Halliburton hate America? they love our money, but they won't work out of our country...
March 12th, 2007 at 11:54 amLet them move and pull the plug on ALL contracts. If we can invade another country without proof we can drop all current and future contracts to a company that's not located in the US. It's simple, they want to move fine but NO contracts for the protection and support of protection for this country and it's services will be awarded to any company outside it's borders.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:55 amWe'd better do something - and fast. We're getting ripped off, and we're standing by waiting for "the government" to do something (hell, "the government" is holding the door).
People: Our Treasury is being looted !
Once the money's gone, we'll never be able to get it back. We don't have time to play politics w/this.
The Dems neet to move for impeachment. Immediately. Failure to do this might just mean the end of Pax Americana (a.k.a: the last half of the 20th century). Who's a thunk that Bush would be the next Julius Ceasar.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:58 amAs it turns out, Dick Cheney’s Halliburton has extensive ties to Iran. And as you’d expect, Mitt Romney is in deep as well.
For the details, see:
March 12th, 2007 at 11:59 am"Cheney, Romney in Deep with Iran Investments."
The simple truth is -- Halliburton is moving to Dubai to avoid any subpoenas that are forthcoming in Congressional hearings. If you know anything about the Arab countries, they do not uphold any other laws other than their own. So, when Cheney leaves office, he will move to Dubai and won't be able to be subpoenaed for questioning in all that he has done wrong in this Administration.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:01 pmsmafdy - more like a 'two pint Caligula' than a Julius Caesar...
March 12th, 2007 at 12:02 pmI Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality!
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vulnerability vs invalidation
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unremitting crises vs inhibited grief.
It considers symptoms that fall under four main headings:
March 12th, 2007 at 12:02 pmAffect
chronic/major depression
helplessness
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anger (including frequent expressions of anger)
anxiety
loneliness
boredom
emptiness
Cognition
odd thinking
unusual perceptions
nondelusional paranoia
quasipsychosis
Impulse action patterns
substance abuse/dependence
sexual deviance
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other impulsive behaviors
Interpersonal relationships
intolerance of aloneness
abandonment, engulfment, annihilation fears
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stormy relationships
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Terry:
as character goes - that's true. However, the Republic had been dead for decades when "Little Bootkins" (Little Bushkins) took over.
We need to defend the Republic.
Has anyone ever actually thought about the meaning od The Pledge of Allegiance?
March 12th, 2007 at 12:06 pmLet's face it people. They don't want to be in this country when anarchy breaks out! When investigations start! When the truth emerges!
March 12th, 2007 at 12:08 pmPeople like roger_roger make me so sorry for them. It's those poor sheep that still believe in the myth of the American Dream. You've been had roger_roger and badly. America is sucked dry and the leeches go elsewhere. They know there is not much more in that war for them for the time being.
There are not even two more years of the Bush Presidency left. While Republicans like roger_roger still believe in and dream of winning yet another presidency, the leaders of Halliburton have assessed their risks much more soberly. They know the time for subpoenas and indictments is near. So, Mr Cheney has ordered the Shredder and Halliburton cuts and runs.
And Ken Lay sits wherever he is now and wishes he hadn't relied on hindsight.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:15 pmWhy not just ask if they will prepay US taxes on the contracts that are in place. This contract was awarded to a US firm not a UEA firm!
March 12th, 2007 at 12:16 pm[...] Read more [...]
March 12th, 2007 at 12:20 pmAvoiding taxes is just spin, imo. Seems there's something else behind the move. In part, they should see the end of the gravy train coming, with Bush/Cheney gone soon, but it also may be a way to avoid scrutiny, if not liability, in the investigations to come.
After the Dubai Ports fiasco, you'd think this would be highly embarassing for the administration, but those people know no shame.
At any rate, no more no-bid contracts, no more business from Uncle Sam, and the business they're doing -- let's get it done and over with.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:25 pmThis is really about Halliburton moving its financial and legal records to a place beyond the reach of U.S. lawsuits and subpoenas before they can be investigated. Anyone know if Dubai has extradition treaties with the U.S.? I bet they don't.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:25 pmComment by Real RedNeck — March 12, 2007 @ 12:08 pm TRUE, and what about this reason for the corpo relo:
They see the Dem writing on the wall, they got all our dough they were gonna get, and they're cutting and running. It's always about the bottom line with these MFers.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:26 pmRemember the failed "Dubai Ports Deal?" They are now going to... "Rape us over there, so they don't have to rape us over here"
March 12th, 2007 at 12:28 pmsmafdy - the US seems to have skipped the Julius and Augustus bits (they were more or less competent despots at least) and gone straight to the Caligula/Nero phase....its like a circus - there's always one more clown coming out of the car...
March 12th, 2007 at 12:29 pmThis is another lesson in the failures of outsourcing government functions.
When our government is responsible for providing a service, it's loyaly is to the American government.
When a corporation is responsible for providing a service, it's loyaly is to it's CEO and sharholders, America be damned.
This is also a lesson in the failure of the entire philosophy of the Repub party.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:30 pmDred Scott,
I thought that once the "outrage wind died" that the Dubai Ports deal went through as planned??
March 12th, 2007 at 12:34 pmHalliburton cutting and running? Why do they hate America?
I'm fine with this move as long as they take Bush & Cheney with.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:39 pmOh, & Gonzo, too.
Let's cut off diplomatic relations with UAE if they allow this.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:43 pmBetter yet, let's invade them and impose democracy on their sorry asses.
Best post yet Dred Scott. "....So they don't have to rape us over here." Has any savy media type asked for Cheney's 2 cents on this?
March 12th, 2007 at 12:46 pmJust curious, but wouldn't this mean they could no longer get contracts related to security for the same reasons that were given for Dubai Ports World not being allowed to manage US ports? That we'd be putting our security in the hands of "foreign" companies.
March 12th, 2007 at 12:56 pmThe people attacking the straw man are hilarious - George Soros, libs, Dems, etc. Quit trying to hijack the conversation by bringing up something that is irrelevant.
Halliburton demonstrates that the capitalist system as we know and understand it is fatally flawed. While it may have been an insult 20 years ago, I don't mind being called socialist or - gasp! - communist. And the beauty of living in this day and age is that there are more and more people who are beginning to see the light of just how corrupt the current capitalist system is. I'm not against free markets, but when the institutions legislating those markets have become corrupted by the market themselves then the system itself has failed. It is up to the peopel to reset the system. I only hope I see it done in my lifetime.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:08 pm[...] I have cranky bastards I can depend on in the Senate to create sound bites, if nothing approaching actual business reform. Even if it’s just words, at least I know [...]
March 12th, 2007 at 1:14 pmI don't know if there is a mechanism in place for cancelling contracts but ,if not, there should be one and every contract by Halliburton needs to be cancelled and all payments to this company put on hold until all their contracts are investigated. The war profiteering and the corruption must stop. This is just unbelievable that this company has been given over 27 billion dollars in no-bid contracts. They have given our troops rotten food and contaminated water and poor protection if any at all and it has gone on for more than four years. And, before they all flee the country they need to be brought before the Senate and questioned and then charged with war profiteering and abuse of our troops. The outrage fatigue is becoming unbearable.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:16 pmGeorge Soros has money invested in Halliburton? A brilliant move by Soros. It's a small but welcome comfort to learn that least some of the vast amount of money looted from our national treasury is being redirected to support progressive causes.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:27 pmPerhaps Halliburton is positioning itself so it can be supplier to both USA and Iran after Bush starts that war.
Perhaps Mr Cheney's trip last week was him assuring his Middle Eastern interests that things will now be even better with his company domiciled in Dubai.
Perhaps America should freeze all Halliburton US assests and bank accounts until such time that all corruption related to them from Iraq
is resolved.
Perhaps it is time for those of us who remember an America that was, look to what other nation we might care to live in.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:27 pmYou people are so theatrical., no wonder you embrace great tragedies like Global Warming, it fits your histrionic personalities. Halliburton is draining the treasury, Bush is Juluis Caesar, Cheney is moving to Dubai to avoid being supeoned, etc. Are you for real? You guys are living your life through headlines written by people as slanted as you accuse Fox News of being. For you it's okay to be prejudiced and bias as long as your prejudices match mine. What phonies.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:30 pmGeorge Soros has invested in Halliburton? A brilliant move by Soros. It's a small but welcome comfort to learn that at least some of the money being looted from our national treasury is being redirected to support progressive causes.
AF
March 12th, 2007 at 1:32 pmYou people are so theatrical., says the urine-soaked Yolanda, after recovering from her own hysterical hissy about terrorists coming to her office cubicle, and shutting down her brave, Internet voice of freedom . . .
March 12th, 2007 at 1:36 pmYolanda, we're so low on the prejudice and bias totem pole that we can't even approach kissing the hems of the garments of those staging the bu$hCo kabuki theater. We are not woooorthy.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:36 pmYou create an environment that is unfriendly and expensive for business and they leave.
Comment by Roger_Roger #13
...will YOU (and ALL your inbred TREASONOUS kind) PLEASE...
....go with them?
March 12th, 2007 at 1:39 pmComment by Yolanda 373
Yolanda,
Please ENLIGHTEN us with just how...
...you SEE things...
...seriously...
March 12th, 2007 at 1:41 pmHopefull the Dems will learn a valuable lesson from this. You create an environment that is unfriendly and expensive for business and they leave.
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 12, 2007 @ 11:13 am
Or Americans could stop doing business with companies who don't honor their communities. Or they can petition their representative to reregulate industry. Since corporations won't do the right thing by themselve somebody's going to have to make them. Take a look at deregulating banking and fees. The banks had to make total pigs of themselves and in about one year they are being investigated by congress and voluntarily removing fees to try and stop regulation now.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:41 pmFree enterprise goes both ways and Americans need to use their purchase power. Hopefully the first Corporate Victim will be Halliburton.
Hmmmm..... Haliburton is now a foreign presence, and potentially, an enemy of the state.
Bomb 'em.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:45 pmYolanda
As someone else asked someone else here once:
Does the sand feel warm around your head?
March 12th, 2007 at 1:46 pmYou people....
Comment by Yolanda
Uh huh.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:50 pm24. Roger really are you THAT stupid?
Comment by JustSomedude — March 12, 2007 @ 11:23 am
JustSomedue, that's rhetorical, right? I mean even if he is posting for another reason stupid is as stupid does. No?
March 12th, 2007 at 1:50 pmTerrytheTurtle sez:
Roger Rabbit misses the point…..by a mile.
Roger_Rhetoric will never die of stab wounds…that’s for certain.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — March 12, 2007 @ 11:20 am
Yeah but he falls on his sword so often for his precious neocon leaders that there's alway hope.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:53 pmNone of this should be any surprise. Halliburton is simply getting into the best location for the planned looting of Iraqi oil, or rather Iraqi and Iranian oil. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they'd started planning the move in, oh, 2003. Or maybe in 2000, when they determined that their Great Leader was going to be Veep and they could join with the oil companies in controlling all access to Middle East oil reserves.
It's funny. The Right is always screaming about the terrors of World Government at the same time the corporations are severing any connection or allegiance to the US and creating their own world government of corporate linkages.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:54 pmPaying no taxes for a company is simply INSANE!!! If you think this is a good thing, then the right is crazier than I ever thought.
Comment by RemoveBush — March 12, 2007 @ 11:39 am
Oh no neocon want corporation to pay taxes, sales taxes that is. Of course they collect money from the people. And of course the poorer you are the larger percentage taxes you pay. Neocons love nothing more that imposing a poverty tax while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest 1%. Because you know that 1% has a hard time making ends meet. Its too hard.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:03 pmOf course nobody, not the politicians or the media, make it publicly know when sales taxes are raised. So you tell the middle class they are getting tax breaks, send no money to the state or community, and sales taxes go up. And the great unwashed masses never suspect a thing.
Oh the only thing better is when Bushie gives you a $300 tax break, so he says, which is really only an advance that he's going to take back later.
Wow I believe I have gone "postal".
Hopefull the Dems will learn a valuable lesson from this
Roger-Roger when we want some small-brained sycophan parrot's advice on what on the lessons Dems need to learn, we'll call you. But for now R2D2 don't go away mad, just go away.
57. So, Mr Cheney has ordered the Shredder and Halliburton cuts and runs.
Comment by doro — March 12, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
And when they all leave for Dubai they will throw the sheep like little Roger to the lions. Well at least that will be some justice.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:16 pmHaliburton's corporate headquarters and the crooks that staff them should be buried beneath one of the jails they've built before they all get out of the country with the billions of tax dollars they've "earned."
March 12th, 2007 at 2:17 pmAnyone know if Dubai has extradition treaties with the U.S.? I bet they don’t.
Comment by NutWrench — March 12, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
For the crooks the extradition arrangement will be extremely favorable? What a surprise!
March 12th, 2007 at 2:18 pmYou guys are living your life through headlines written by people as slanted as you accuse Fox News of being. For you it’s okay to be prejudiced and bias as long as your prejudices match mine. What phonies.
Comment by Yolanda — March 12, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
Hey Yolanda - this is a put on right. I mean nobody is this stupid. You aren't are you. I keep warning you people that watching Fox News causes brain damage. Quick go get a cat scan so we actually see how fast the damage occurs. You're just the subject I've been looking for. So many chimps have actually stopped watching Fox. You're the last of a dying breed, hopefully.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:23 pmDubai doesn't have extradition treaties with anyone. How could they when they are a proven source of terrorist funding?
AF
March 12th, 2007 at 2:23 pm#69 Somone re Haliburton losing contracts because they are in Dubai...
I wonder if Dubai has been buying up Hal'n stock, or boards of directors in an effort to get indirectly (through Haliburton) what an outraged public kept them from getting directly: a throathold on American security...
March 12th, 2007 at 2:32 pmIt is one thing to complain about a situation and another thing to attempt to change matters? How many Americans will give up oil for a day? How many Americans will use mass transportation for a month. Is it not possible to make oil companies bleed?
Try voting for politcians that don't accept bribes, kickbacks that sit on the boards of companies that rape the taxpayers. Are any of you out there that are willing to effect change? I will work with you. We can begin by creating a website that will petition the government to stop bleeding our citizens.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:50 pmIs anyone out there willing to work to change rather than complain? Is it possible to loose total dependency on oil through conservation? If the answer is no you are not willing? Then, you are feeding the fire.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:53 pmFrom US Dept. of State site:
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/79207.htm
March 12th, 2007 at 3:00 pm"Agreements and Treaties. No extradition or mutual legal assistance treaties (MLAT) exist between the United States and the UAE ..."
Most conservatives fail to understand economics on either the micro or macro economic level.
Conservatives fail to understand that the shape of the market (bargaining power of labor versus capital owners for example) has a great influence over equitable distribution of income within our society. This was not a problem when our nation began. Capital and labor was divesrse and had relatively equal bargaining power. This became distorted during the industrial revolution. Large companies swallowed up smaller companies. Labor was prevented from organizing to develop equal bargaining power. Income inequality, safety, child labor and inhumane working conditions became the rule during the gilded age. Indeed, capital eventually was forced to accept the existence of collective bargaining because society and capitalism became threatened by socialism and communism. We now see the same arbritage of labor in globalism. Corporations seek the lowest wages even though the rightr to collective bargaining in most of these locations is (in a practical sense) non-existent. Health, safety, child labor, use of prison labor and other such protections are also missing. This means that labor occupies a subordinate position and will be abused. Capital and income flows into the hands of a few.
In a perfect system, corporations should be paying their fair share in terms of the support that they receive from the government. (Think subsidization of big pharma through government research, unrealistic royalties for the use of public lands, infrastructure and so forth.) The continued lowering of taxes merely tilts in favor of the corporation. Notice that this Maladministration has consistently given tax breaks to corporations and capital. Yet, Halliburton moves to Dubai. Note the Halliburton is indeed a US corporation. The corporate move is nothing more that a thinnly veiled tax dodge. Meanwhile, Halliburton and other large energy corporations will receive the windfall of governement expenditures to maintain access to energy reserves.
It is simple to argue for a free market. It is virtually impossible to actually have a real free market. Society is too complex. Regulations, infrastructure and the military all play a part. The simplistic view of the conservative neither understands or seeks to recover these costs from those actually benefiting.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:09 pmYeah but he falls on his sword so often for his precious neocon leaders that there’s alway hope.
Paladin's card read:
"Have gun will travel"
Roger's card must read:
"Have Sword will fall on it"
March 12th, 2007 at 3:13 pmWhy Halliburton HQ, CEO May be Moving to Dubai
12-Mar-2007
Halliburton is under Justice Department Securities and Exchange Commission investigation over allegations of improper dealings in Iraq, Kuwait and Nigeria, and now the company is moving its headquarters and its chief executive officer, David J. Lesar, to Dubai. Halliburton will remain a US company subject to US laws, but Dubai has no extradition agreement with the United States, meaning that Mr. Lesar could not be compelled to return to the US to testify, stand trial or serve any sentence related to any Halliburton activities under investigation.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pm#73 Follow the bouncing ball -
Cheney works for Haliburton
March 12th, 2007 at 4:27 pmCheney & neocons argue for war
Cheney becomes VP
Cheney funnels IT, creating cause for war
War creates huge revenues for Haliburton
War goes south, Cheney loses credibility
Haliburton cuts its losses and avoids legal consequences by reincorporating abroad
Cheney resigns/removed/ends term and goes to work for Haliburton UAE
With the acquisition of Dresser Industries in 1998, the Kellogg-Brown & Root division (in 2002 renamed to KBR) was formed by merging Halliburton’s Brown & Root (acquired 1962) subsidiary and the M.W. Kellogg division of Dresser (which Dresser had merged with in 1988).
Prescott Bush (W’s grandfather and executive banker of Brown Brothers Harriman–Nazi Germany’s connection to Wall Street) was a director of Dresser Industries, which is now part of Halliburton. His son, George H. W. Bush, worked for Dresser Industries in several positions from 1948-1951.
When Halliburton is mentioned in the media, they might speak of Cheney’s connection, but they will never speak of the Bush family and Dresser !
When Halliburton charges the Pentagon $250,000 for leasing a vehicle (that can be bought for $30,000), or $10 for a 10-cent can of soda, or $100 for a tiny piece of laundry—–where do you think that money comes from? It is coming out of your paychecks, your children’s paychecks, and your grandchildren’s paychecks!
March 12th, 2007 at 4:33 pmGeorge Soros who funds left wing smear-tanks like thinkparanoid and moveon.org is quietly purchasing 1.9 million shares of Halliburton for a cool $62,000,000. Hypocrites. All of you!
Comment by marin hippie #33
...posted by a probable inbred conned'self-servative...
...Guiliani supporter...
...who's too DUMB to realize that...
...we "left wing robots"...
...aren't buying those Halliburton stocks...
March 12th, 2007 at 4:34 pmHave they no shame?
March 12th, 2007 at 4:38 pmChuck Schumer and the Democrats must get Alberto Gonzales OUT of the DOJ...
...replece him with a REAL AG...
...who will get the ball rolling to FREEZE Halliburton's assets...
...just like the government has done "terrorist's" funds...
...using the Patriot Act...
...Halliburton has ROBBED this country and they're trying to abscond...
...If the Democrats don't STOP them...
...then I daresay they too are a part of this SCAM...
...DUHmerikkka is well on its way to becoming a third world country...
...and the elitists are getting ready to relocate...
March 12th, 2007 at 4:49 pmRoger’s card must read:
“Have Sword will fall on itâ€
Comment by RUCerious
And on the back, "will shill for swill."
March 12th, 2007 at 4:57 pmAnother thing that is obviously true but is never mentioned is that Alberto Gonzales worked for Enron's law firm. I cannot find out whether or not Gonzales worked directly for Enron.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:00 pmI was a dish-washer last year in IRAQ working for a Halliburton, i pulled in 200K and didnt have to pay a dime in taxes, i made more than the whole platoon I washed for, i love capitalizm :)
March 12th, 2007 at 5:04 pmHallibuton has been and is a continuing CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE!!!
THEY ARE A PART OF THE CURRENT CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION!!!
THEY ARE MOVING OFF SHORE TO HIDE DOCUMENTS!
TO GIVE MASSIVE NUMBERS OF WAR CRIMINALS (MERCENARIES) INCLUDING BOTCH AND DICK(HEAD) A PLACE TO HIDE FROM INTERNATIONAL COURTS!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS MUST BE STOPPED NOW!!!!!!!!
GAWD DAMN IT. IT WAS A BUNCH OF SAUDIS THAT PH*CKED US ON 9/11.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:05 pmRE: #105, When you click on "Craig Jackson" above, you get the website for "Support Save" . It's a company that will send your jobs to the Philippines so you can make bigger profits!
March 12th, 2007 at 5:19 pmGeorge Soros has money invested in Halliburton.
Why the silence on that?
Comment by Rodan
What the fu*ck kind of name is "rodan?"
It sounds like some brand of fu*cking rat poison.
P.S.,
Please don't reply to me, otherwise I may keep coming back.
ForTruth, (I mean Bill Frist), made his long distance diagnosis and it says the same.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:25 pmMark my words, this pig is being dressed up for a takeover by the sheiks. Remember Enron? They will take the money and ron, I mean run. And who's gonna audit them in Dubai.
Congress should block this move based on national security interest, and force Hal to cough up the book.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:50 pmRight! it was Saudis that attacked us on 9/11 and now we are fighting a religious war on their behalf and installed their commanders as Iraqi leaders to fight against iran, no wonder their will never be peace, the saudis will not let us pull our troops out.
This is not a democrat/republican issue here, you are right when you say taxes might now too the only reason, remember they deflect a lot of taxes already through offshore subsidiaries, this allows them to move to a non-democratic place to avoid the scrutiny.
As far as I know, not too many of y'all in the red states are jumping up and down with glee when your friends and relatives jobs get shipped off to india, good jobs or bad job, still jobs....dont make it partisan.
March 12th, 2007 at 6:28 pmthe "dishwasher" was me paraphasing my neighbor here in the Philippines who was a contactor for KBR-Halliburton, he left Iraq and retired in the Philppines with what he made in just one year washing dishes for our volunteer army, good for him, but still sick to think the troops get so little.
and yeah I am part of an outsourcing company, but no we do not take jobs out of the US, most of our clients are small businesses who cant afford to have employees or enough employees and we help them increase productivity and grow their businesses, most end up hiring more US based employees as a result.
March 12th, 2007 at 6:35 pmThat is rationalization. You take jobs out of the USA. And you know it!
March 12th, 2007 at 6:39 pmIt's bad for US taxpayers to spend $2.5 Trillion for this war if it goes to Halliburton, if it goes to Raytheon, if it goes to Blackwater, if it goes to Bechtel, if it goes to Walter Reed (Cerberus & IAP), if a truckdriver gets $100k, or whoever it goes to. It is bad. It has caused the deaths of 658,190 human beings, created two million refugees, greatly destabilized the Middle East, and harmed US security (16 intelligence agencies of the USA).
March 12th, 2007 at 6:46 pmI was a dish-washer last year in IRAQ working for a Halliburton, i pulled in 200K and didnt have to pay a dime in taxes, i made more than the whole platoon I washed for, i love capitalizm :)
Comment by Craig Jackson — March 12, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
So, now you are admitting that this is all a LIE?
March 12th, 2007 at 6:56 pmFirst they scam the country for billions in fraud, then they escape to Dubai to avoid prosecution and subpoenas. They also have one of those post office boxes in the Cayman islands - we all know that the sole purpose of that is to avoid US taxes.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:09 pmTheir Executive Board must be held to account and if it means drastic measures to do so, well tough s**t. They must not be allowed to get away with this.
Why do they always say "A swift and angry reaction from Democrats " I'm a republican. or atleast I used to be, under the old terms of the word. Statements like these are misleading, and this is what is dividing the country. THIS SHOULD MAKE EVERY TAX PAYING PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY PISSED OFF.
tHE FACT IS a democratic congress was voted in, obviously to end this silly bull shit. But what is more obvious is the democrats and republicans have been pushing the fabian socialist agenda for so long. that any voice of the people has been completely shut off in washington.
When they say anything like "A swift and angry reaction from Democrats " or visa versa then that is your cue, to know that they are going to play politics with that issue and continue to screw average joe.
The elite have a saying for it. "divide and conquer" well folks, these UNITED states are divided.
Good luck and God bless
March 12th, 2007 at 7:48 pm[...] Leahy on Halliburton move : insult [...]
March 12th, 2007 at 8:04 pm#24
You are only half right, Citibank moved to SD because then Governor (now imprisoned congressman) Bill Janklaw changed the state constitution to allow SD based banks to charge limitless interest.
He later admitted on Frontline that it was a huge disservice.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:57 pmHopefull the Dems will learn a valuable lesson from this. You create an environment that is unfriendly and expensive for business and they leave.
Well now. Wasn't that a nice little nugget of stupidity. We COULD all work for $0.58 per hour. That would be VERY friendly and inexpensive for business. We could go without health care. 401K...gone. We could work 16 hour days. We could go without vacation pay, sick pay, maternity leave. But then we would be fricking Indonesia, wouldn't we??? Corporatist moron.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:25 pmCorporatist moron.
Comment by JPark #117
...aren't they just...
...AMAZING?
March 12th, 2007 at 9:33 pmYeah, they want to adopt the same systems that 3rd world countries adhere to and expect a different result.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:42 pmThe level of hostility directed at Halliburton - without evidence - has grown alarming. I'm surprised they haven't left sooner with the Hugo Chavez attitude toward them that has been demonstrated in the past few years by Screamocrats and the press. They ARE despicable after all, right . . so I figure you'd be saying "good riddance." Lets see what company lands in the crosshairs next and see how long it takes them to move out of the U.S, too.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:19 pmThis is disgusting. But my question is why is Halliburton now moving?
March 12th, 2007 at 10:21 pm#120 No evidence against Halliburton? Knock off the whippets. It isn't good for your thought process.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:29 pmI can see the headlines now ---
January, 2008
After leaving the White House today former President G.W. Bush as flown by the "Spirit of Strom Thurman" to his new home in the Presidential Palace in Iraq, where he will take position as the Presedent of his own country. Withe the Halliburton Co. and Vice President Dick Cheney to back him up the new President of Iraq will have his own country and billions of dollars of Iraq oil reserves to start with his newest expansionest quest in the world.
The former President said : "I will miss my throne in Washington D.C. but between Halliburton, KBR, the Carlile Groupe and the undercover transfer of the U.S. military might to the region along with my close family ties and coperate interest in the U.S. and the Dubai port security agreement that I installed in the U.S. before the Halliburton international move to Dubai, I think that our newly found country and company along with the help of Saudie Arabia and the Carlie Group assests with make us a formable agressor against the evil empires of the U.S., Britan, Europe, and others in the world."
While licking his little finger on his right hand and jutting it high in the air he added..... "don't forget my fathers friends in Communist China..." "I think we have a weiner, here."
March 12th, 2007 at 10:42 pmLets see what company lands in the crosshairs next and see how long it takes them to move out of the U.S, too.
Comment by RandyT — March 12, 2007 @ 10:19 pm
YAWN
Hey does anybody else notice every time you pluck one troll two grow back in its place? Just wondering.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:32 pmRoger’s card must read:
“Have Sword will fall on itâ€
Comment by RUCerious
And on the back, “will shill for swill.â€
Comment by barfly — March 12, 2007 @ 4:57 pm
You guys aer gooood!
March 12th, 2007 at 11:34 pmWhy all the fuss? Are you surprised? Transnationals like Halliburton don't give a fig about national borders or "fellow" citizens. Follow the money, and that's were you will find them.. Follow the oil, follow the fresh water, follow the natural resources,and that's where you will find them. They exist on a different plane from the rest of us. We are expected to hold to the myths about democracy and moral stature--as Hillary preaches--while they despoil the nation and the world. But it's all about the crass bottom of the barrel, and their bottom line.
If we do not take the country from them, they will [continue to] take it from us. The choice is that stark.
Olehippiechick was right on the mark:
If Halliburton kept its headquarters in the US, you'd think it was less dangerous???? It would be OK????
March 13th, 2007 at 12:25 amThis country of fools is being swindled out of everything.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:35 am"Buy those shiny toys and overpriced homes and max that credit out while we f*ck your name, f*uck your economy, steal your money and depart your country like a sinking ship!
Halliburton provided Iran with key nuclear reactor components
8/10/2005
Halliburton sources revealed that the company sold Iran centrifuges and detonators to be used specifically for a nuclear reactor as well oil and natural gas drilling parts for well projects to Oriental Oil Kish.
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0806-21.htm
March 13th, 2007 at 1:40 amHas anyone answered
March 13th, 2007 at 2:17 amThis is "Bad PR" even by Halliburton standards.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:03 amGoogle: Iraq for sale..
this corrupt company has poisoned our soldiers fed them tainted and spoiled food. etc...the list goes on and they are connected to darth cheney...investigate, imprison--
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/685
March 13th, 2007 at 6:44 am[...] Watch the Video Insult [...]
March 13th, 2007 at 8:25 amAll of you guys are retarded.. only person here that isn't totally f-ing paranoid and uneducated is the guy who made this statement below. You people are why this country is so f-ed up. They don't ever think for themselves, these are the people who go to Jon Stewart for their political news and whatever other whacked out person they want to listen to about conspiracy theories. People rely too much on the media for their news, but what they don't understand like the whole Halliburton issue (or any other business type issue it seems) is that the media is as well a business. If they didn't stir sh*t up they wouldnt get any viewers, it's just good business, but I guess all ur Democrats wouldnt really know much about that considering your on welfare and whatever else you guys gave yourselves.
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March 13th, 2007 at 6:33 pmUP
In many ways this is a poor move by Halliburton. On the flip side, this is accounting 101. Companies will always move to places that provide better business environments. It is a big reason to limit taxes unless you want business to move away. Check Out Sioux Falls, SD. Citibank moved there as well as many other companies because it is tax free. The idea of raising taxes is great in theory until you realize companies are free the move away from those taxes. It is very important to keep taxes as low as possible to keep these companies around. They can employ thousands of tax paying Americans and are the #1 reason America is great.
Hopefull the Dems will learn a valuable lesson from this. You create an environment that is unfriendly and expensive for business and they leave.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:36 pmBOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE SHOULD PASS LEGISLATION WHICH WILL TERMINATE ALL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND Halitosis-Burton IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS MOVING ITS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO Dubai ON THE GROUNDS OF EVASION OF INCOME TAX, ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS(which Halitosis-Burton IS ALREADY GUILTY OF, NAMELY BID RIGGING AND PRICE FIXING AS WELL AS OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES THAT WILL COME TO LIGHT), SHIRKING OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AS A MAJOR AMERICAN CORPORATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AMERICA, ET CETERA AD NAUSEUM--THE UMBILICAL CORD OF BILLIONS OF SWEET DOLLARS BEING FED TO Halitosis-Burton by Bushland Uber Allies and its INSIDE MAN DICK-less B(ugger) Cheney WILL BE SEVERED AND Halitosis-Burton WILL BE DOOMED TO SUFFER THE SAME FATE AS Enron BUT WITH MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES, i.e., DRAGGING DOWN Cheney and Bushland Uber Allies IN ITS WAKE!!!!!
March 13th, 2007 at 8:20 pmHallibutron is a national security risk.
March 14th, 2007 at 1:00 amInvistage and remove all funding.
investigate
March 14th, 2007 at 1:00 amInvestigate Halliburton, Please.
March 14th, 2007 at 1:01 am[...] Leahy On Halliburton Move: ‘This Is An Insult To The U.S. Soldiers And Taxpayers’ [...]
March 14th, 2007 at 2:40 amI want to know if Haliburton shall be cut off from any and all current and future contracts.
Any and all of those contracts to go to US companies. Even if it takes several contracts to several US companies to fill the void.
And, to investigate Haliburtons contract fulfillment. Did the American taxpayers get what they paid for?
March 14th, 2007 at 3:57 am[...] Think Progress: Leahy On Halliburton Move: ‘This Is An Insult To The U.S. Soldiers And Taxpaye... [...]
March 14th, 2007 at 11:54 amHe'll tell you what's really going on in this world. It's an eye opener!
Check out John Perkins at: http://www.globaldialoguecenter.blogs.com/johnperkins/
March 15th, 2007 at 12:20 amWe have to congratulate the people of Dubai. They have proved to be too smart for Americans. When they offered their services to run the container section of some of the US ports, the Zionists and neocons in the Congress and the Senate were were all up against them. Why are they quiet now? I am wondering if Americans also know that Abu Dhabi, a Dubai sister state, is in charge of security arrangments over the USA "navy base" in the UAE? These are the same UAEs who were labeled terrorists and therefore not fit to run "our ports."
March 15th, 2007 at 10:53 amSupreme Court 1930s......Entity same as a person. The only thing is I have never seen a corporation bleed, lose a body part for there country.
March 19th, 2007 at 6:24 amwho in their right mind would continue to back this administration with their ties to these corporate thieves? and are these people still willing to sacrifice their sons or daughters to help these rich *&^%s get richer? while their greed reaches levels that are ridiculous, chasing after and hording every and any penny they can even at the expense of the very troops who are helping them get richer. the greed is so huge that even if it means 22,000 troops (democracy now quoted last week) going awol and no more american troops willing to fight their dirty wars...they still cannot part with one cent. and now in the face of huge profits, they will not even comply with their obligations as americans and simply pay their damn taxes. unbelievable.
March 24th, 2007 at 4:26 pmmost american citizens are just ignorant to the whole jurisdiction choice, there is not one thing wrong with "avoiding" U.S. taxes just makes good business sense, but most americans feel it is patriotic to pay all these damn taxes and this is why you are in economic slavery...get a clue and you better hurry because you aint seen nothing yet...the U.S. has turned into a socialist society...WAKE UP FOLKS!
April 15th, 2007 at 6:37 pmWhere is my great great, great ,great etc. Grandfather, when the American People really need his 'COUNCIL' on dealing with the POLITICIANS that have ruined our ONCE GREAT COUNTRY, and stolen the wealth of our Children and Grandchildren in order to make themselves even richer ! WHAT A PATHETIC BUNCH OF GREEDY BAS***DS.
April 25th, 2007 at 12:18 am