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Let's take a moment in our reflection... in retrospect: When and how did this predicament of our ...debt and spending and tax intemperance begin?
The "truth ...shall set us free!" In fact, when William Jefferson Clinton left the Office of the Presidency, Bill Clinton left a substantial surplus in the Treasury of the United States of America. There were no major military engagements being conducted. The general welfare and security of our nation and the well-being of our society was secure and at peace.
Governor George Bush of Texas, had decided to run for President and, he had selected Dick Cheney to be his Vice-Presidential-running-mate. Cheney, who was at the time, CEO of Halliburton [one of the giant corporations of our military industrial complex]. Now again, the truth, is always revealing. Robert Kuttner is reported to have done an outline page of The American Prospect, a piece on February 26, 2004 in which he relates that: A recent piece in The New Yorker by Jane Mayer lays out, in devastating detail, how Dick Cheney, while CEO of Halliburton, became a very rich man, earning $45 million in just five years with $18 million still available in stock options. Cheney, according to the article, while CEO of Halliburton, created the blueprint for the shifting of much of the military's support role from the armed services to private contractors. The leading contractor, of course, is Halliburton.
The New Yorker Jane Mayer's article continues. When Dick Cheney became Bush's Vice-President, Halliburton was perfectly positioned to make out like a bandit. . . . Pentagon auditors concluded that Halliburton had overcharged the U.S. government ...$61-million. Nonetheless, the same U.S. government [quickly] decided and awarded Halliburton another contract, worth $1.2 billion. Cheney also went to extraordinary lengths to keep secret the meetings of the Bush energy task force, which included private companies positioned to profit from public decisions (End of the Article). The Article, however, did not reveal that our wars began inpart on 19 suicidal-fanatics from the Middle East who wanted to prove a point.
Now there is no way for anyone to say that Dick Cheney did not contemplate and participate in "the illusion of weapons of mass destruction," for the invasion of Iraq. The truth ...remains of the record: Profiteers in the business of war! Dick Cheney and Halliburton ...the military support contract value... Billions-of-Dollars. Now was this simply an impropriety or is it a conflict of interest... or both? How could Dick Cheney's Chief-of-Staff be indicted and convicted, although on an unrelated matter to Halliburton ...yet Dick Cheney has never been questioned about his role and participation in all of these questionable Halliburton matters? Now is this ...politics as usual for the privileged few?
Again, in retrospect... the Bush/Cheney authoritarian-imperial presidency... Well, it's over, now ...all but its overwhelming DEBT! And, it's this debt, folks... that brought on the ramifications of having this $14.3 trillion debt ...causing the idiotic reaction of our prevailing dilemma of insanity.
IF THIS IS NOT THE TRUTH . . . PLEASE TELL US . . . WHAT IS THE TRUTH? |