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09/26/2003 Archived Entry: "Leave Dick Cheney Alone."
Leave Dick Cheney Alone.
The liberal hand-wringers in the media and Congress are making a big deal about Dick Cheney's continued ties to the Halliburton Corporation, and to tell you the truth, it makes me sick.
What is so bad about a good American making a living? As a product of a working-class family from Long Island, I'll tell you that if I were vice-president and I had a chance to make a few million more on the side through questionable ties to a place where I used to work that was pulling down billions on no-bid contracts in Iraq, I'd jump at it. Anybody would. It's the American Way.
Those same hand-wringers are accusing Cheney of 'lying' about his ties to Halliburton. Now let's talk plainly here - just because Cheney went on national TV and said "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," it doesn't mean he's lying. He could be talking about getting rid of that financial interest in a parallel universe, and all you liberals know it. I've read that statement a few times today in between polishing my Peabody Polk awards, and I'm damned if I can see the lie. Where is the lie, hand-wringers??
Leave Dick Cheney alone. He's a great American, and he dresses well for a fat guy, so everybody just shut up. If you came here on the Factor and talked like that, I'd cut your mic.
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"I believe the vice president is an honorable man," Lautenberg said at a news conference, "I just think he made a mistake."
That pretty much sums it all up for me. So what's your problem already? Damned if I didn't pee my panties when I perused that Halliburton stock charge. Sweet!
Bravo, Dick. You go, girl!
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 09/26/2003 03:07 PM NY
How come nobody's talking about this????
Halliburton/Units: To Mail Disclosure Statement
09-22-03 03:29 PM EST
HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Halliburton Co.'s ( HAL ) DII Industries Inc.,Kellogg Brown & Root Inc. and other affected units began soliciting claimants in connection with its planned asbestos and silica settlement.
Last December, Halliburton agreed to pay $4 billion in cash and stock to a trust that would pay current and future asbestos claims. As part of the settlement, the company agreed to put DII unit, including its Kellogg Brown & Root Inc. construction business, into bankruptcy proceedings.
In a press release Monday, the oilfield-services company said the disclosure statement, which incorporates and describes the plan of reorganization and trust distribution procedures, is being printed and mailed to asbestos and silica claimants for the purpose of soliciting votes to approve the plan of reorganization.
The company expects the mailing process will be completed in less than two weeks.
Remaining conditions to a Chapter 11 filing by the affected
Halliburton units include completion of definitive financing arrangements, approval of the plan of reorganization by required creditors, including at least 75% of known present asbestos claimants, and Halliburton board approval. In July, Halliburton warned the cash required to fund the
settlement may modestly exceed $2.78 billion, as a result of an increase in the estimated number of current asbestos claims. If this occurs, the company would need to reach an agreement with the claimant representatives to adjust the settlement matrices to reduce the overall amounts or increase the amounts the company would be willing to pay to resolve its asbestos and silica liabilities, resulting in an
additional condition to a Chapter 11 filing. If all remaining conditions are timely satisfied, Halliburton anticipates that DII Industries, Kellogg Brown & Root and the other affected units would make the Chapter 11 filing in November. -Stephen Lee; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400
Dow Jones Newswires 09-22-03 1529ET
Copyright ( C) 2003 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights
Reserved. Copyright 2002 Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
Posted by Matt @ 09/26/2003 04:12 PM NY
