Another Question for Tim56

[Lestat]

Because what she says is based on fact, not supposition and discredited conspiracy theories.

So tell me Tim...is the following based on fact, or is it just 'supposition and discredited conspiracy theories'.

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Halliburton: President's Achilles heel?
By Washington
November 11, 2004

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The White House's Halliburton honeymoon is already history.

Only two days after President George Bush declared victory in his quest for a second term, the company once run by Vice-President ******** Cheney dropped a political bomb.

In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the oil services company said that the Justice Department expanded its investigation into Halliburton, that government probes had found that bribes may have been made in Nigeria, and that Jack Stanley, a former senior executive, may have been involved.

The latest news about alleged shenanigans at Halliburton, some of which may have occurred on Mr Cheney's watch, serves as a timely warning for the Bush Administration.

Second terms are often beset by scandal. President Bill Clinton was embroiled in the Monica Lewinsky affair. President Ronald Reagan endured the Iran-Contra scandal. And president Richard Nixon had Watergate.

Mr Bush could defy the second-term curse, of course. And, with Congress in friendly hands and the demise of the independent counsel statute, he has advantages his predecessors did not. But there are several investigations and simmering controversies that were held off until after the election - and that could present trouble as they resurface.

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AdvertisementAfter last week's drubbing, Mr Bush's opponents have begun to seek solace in scandal. "At some point in the next four years there will be a great scandal that will make Watergate look like a fraternity prank," an article on the left-wing website Salon predicted.

That's a bit of a stretch. But there are certainly plenty of thorny matters awaiting resolution: the probe into the leak of a CIA operative's employment; reports and lawsuits stemming from the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib; probes into prewar intelligence in Iraq and the White House's use of it; and FBI investigations into how sensitive intelligence wound up in the hands of Israelis and Iranians.

- Washington Post

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World...s-Achilles-heel/2004/11/10/1100021875341.html

 

[MillerCHF]

I find it ironic that lestat tells GuruJane, Frodo and myself that we are irrelevant.

Yet he starts a thread with his typical cut and paste article AND asks a specific question of somebody. Yet three weeks later there is no reply.

Lestat you are the one who is irrelevant.

 

[Moo]

Miller - I just thought I'd let you know that your arseclown readings are reaching critical and your tooloknobometer reading is off the scale.

Moo

PS Miller sometime no answer is an answer ...but unfortunately Guides dont cover Eastern Philosophy until next year, so you will just have to keep working on that mosaic