Word: halliburtons
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...ticket "of Big Oil, by Big Oil and for Big Oil." When Bush and Cheney stressed their plan to increase domestic oil production by opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to drilling, the Gore team was even happier. They quickly reminded reporters that Cheney's former firm, Halliburton, would reap windfall profits from such a move...
...uncompassionately conservative record, voting no on everything from Head Start to college-student aid to the Older Americans Act, which offers support services to the elderly. This prompted the joke that Cheney's never met a welfare program he liked. When the New York Times examined his stint at Halliburton, it found that he was more an ambassador attracting business through government contacts than a hands-on executive. He's had to explain his past support for OPEC's pinching off supply to boost prices and his company's overseas policy of Americans-only rest rooms. He dithered for weeks...
...mainly it is a call for Americans to embrace their addiction to the dark mistress, and to vote for the best qualified pushers in town. The election, said Lindsey, can be cast as a choice between "rhetoric and people who know something about the oil business." Meet Mr. Halliburton, who ran the Gulf War, and Mr. Midland, whose father won it. New slogan: Oil. You know you want...
...have told their stockholders that their profits are not expected to suffer due to asbestos suits. Luckily, an assurance of a Presidential veto helped keep this monstrosity from getting to the floor, but under a new administration, there's no telling what would happen: Dick Cheney's company, Halliburton, has spent over $99 million settling asbestos claims from exposed workers, with almost 50,000 new lawsuits filed this year, and both the company and Cheney personally have contributed to the campaigns of the sponsors and supporters of the bill...
Where Al Gore may have luck galvanizing opposition to Bush's choice is, of all places, in Cheney's unchecked faith in free trade. His opposition to U.S. sanctions against pariah states has raised hackles even among some G.O.P. stalwarts. Halliburton, for example, lobbied mightily to normalize trade with China, a position that put Cheney at odds with many conservative Christians and a sizable minority of Republicans who regard Beijing as a national-security threat. The powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee disagrees with his views on U.S. investment in Iran. Says A.I.P.A.C. spokesman Ken Bricker: "Now is absolutely...