Christmas Special: Half Off Dick Cheney’s Freedom!
Just a quick post while I’m packing so you all have fresh thread to unwind.
And also to note that Halliburton did manage to convince Nigeria to give them a half-off special for Dick Cheney’s freedom, though they had to bring Poppy Bush and James Baker in to close the deal.
Nigeria’s anti-corruption police have dropped charges against Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, over a multi-million dollar bribery case after the energy firm Halliburton agreed to pay up to $250m (£161m) in fines.
The move followed the intervention of ex-president George Bush Sr and former secretary of state James Baker, according to Nigerian press reports.
It’s a good thing Cheney’s freedom is coming at such a discount. Because if, as reported, DOJ is contemplating charging those who helped or induced others to leak classified information–as Cheney did when he ordered Scooter Libby to leak Valerie Plame’s identity to Judy Miller–then he may have need of another half-off $250 million Get Out of Jail Free Card.
I’ll be packing the rest of the day today and moving tomorrow, so you may not hear from me until tomorrow night or Saturday. Wish me luck!
I guess by agreeing to pay the $250 million that Halliburton is essentially admitting that Cheney is guilty.
But, but … the Halliburton board has a fiduciary responsibility to the current shareholders.
This is in their interest, how?
You forgot your close snark tag here
Halliburton, like many other corporations, is far more interested in protecting their individual management a**es than they ever are in protecting the “fiduciary responsibility to the current shareholders” otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many businesses driven into the ground and the CEO or management team that do so get paid off by tens of millions of dollars in golden parachutes
Did Nigeria say that this wasn’t an admission of wrongdoing…on their part?
good luck!
Good Luck, Marcy
Where ya movin to or is that need to know cuz I really don’t
Good luck with the moving, Marcy! May the sun shine on every road you plan to traverse, and may all those roads be ice-and-snow-packed free! May temperatures be mild!
Bob in AZ
Heh, it’s Western Michigan not Phoenix.
I know! I also know snow gales in SW Michigan. That’s why she needs those good travel wishes!
Bob in AZ
Eric Prince will be watching out for her.
I’m sure when Manning’s father gets involved with the Military prosecutors it will work out just the same – no harm, no foul, no error.