Showing posts with label Haliburton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haliburton. Show all posts
Monday, June 27, 2011
PART 2 AGENDAS: HIDDEN AND OTHERWISE
Even Dr. Seuss had a hidden political agenda. See here Grover Norquist comes to mind with his agenda of maintaining a tax free environment for the very rich and for large corporations. .To read about his Americans for Tax Reform, click here.
When G W Bush was president, the world wondered what his real agenda might be. Was it to get revenge for his father? Was it Bush getting talked into it for Cheney's hidden agenda for Haliburton. Six billion dollars is still not accounted for out of Iraq. While American lives were being lost, others were shamelessly raking in huge amounts of money, over-charging for services rendered to keep the war functioning.
What is the real agenda of Roger Ayles and Fox News?. It certainly cannot be seen by intelligent persons as being fair and balanced news presentation.. What is Mitch McConnell's agenda? Does he truly believe that saying 'no' to everything Obama tries to do for the country will make Obama fail and the Republicans get re-elected?
In order to keep agendas hidden, one must learn to keep the focus on other than themselves. Obfuscation then is practiced by the media who falls prey to being led away from the real focus.
There is strength in numbers only when those numbers have the same agenda. That is some of why unions were started. Today, unions are vulnerable targets because many became too powerful and stopped serving their members as much as they served their corrupt leaders.
There will always be corruption and corrupt leaders. Despite this, it is imperative that we look towards our leaders for their agendas and vote out those who clearly do not have the betterment for our people, especially in the middle and poor classes, as their agenda. Anyone who has pledged to Grover Norquist must fall in that category.
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Fox News,
G W Bush,
Grover Norquist,
Haliburton,
Roger Ayles
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
MORE AMERICAN JUSTICE
Yesterday I used the metaphor of our country being raped by the current administration and its policies. Today I add and quote the following from an article by Steven Benen from the Carpetbagger report. It begins: "Back in December, we learned the painful story of Jamie Leigh Jones, who says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad. Jones filed a lawsuit, arguing that she had been raped by "several attackers who first drugged her, then repeatedly raped and injured her, both physically and emotionally." The complete article offers the concrete example.
Diplomatic immunity is problematic enough, but this administration cannot be held responsible for it. Written in 1961, it should be considered for revision under conditions of sexual violations, especially with children. In an article which describes some instances as 'impunity' rather than immunity, we can see some outrageous situations about which nothing more is done than creating another helpless victim.
Diplomatic immunity is problematic enough, but this administration cannot be held responsible for it. Written in 1961, it should be considered for revision under conditions of sexual violations, especially with children. In an article which describes some instances as 'impunity' rather than immunity, we can see some outrageous situations about which nothing more is done than creating another helpless victim.
Labels:
diplomatic immunity,
Haliburton,
Jamie Leigh Jones
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