HALLIBURTON : MIKE IS INNOCENT (A typical debunking of a lie from the lying liars)

PART ONE : PRELIMINARIES

Summarizing the story so far :


Mike had at one point written (in 2000 or 2001) that he didn't own a single share of stock. Peter Schweizer in the same kind of trash as David Hardy’s (this time entitled "Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy") claims that he has on the opposite somewhere around 2,000 shares of Halliburton stock. A superficial research shows that the stock is indeed owned in a foundation, whose chairman appears to be Mike.



Why it’s a typical lie from the lying liars :

This is but the umpteenth example of villainous behavior from Mike uncovered by the Republicans. It’s surprising, coming from them who love him so. Aren't you surprised, too, by how ALL of the left wingers really are liars, closet capitalists and traitors to the little guy they defend ? The discourse is so plain to see :

LEFT-WINGERS - IDEALISTS OR HYPOCRITES?

Thursday, November 03, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com

Michael Moore is heavily invested in Halliburton. Ralph Nader lives in luxury houses and condos owned by his relatives. Noam Chomsky makes most of his income from the U.S. military. Rep. Nancy Pelosi is co-owner of several strictly non-union businesses. … And more gun control advocates than can easily be counted either own guns or hire armed bodyguards.

http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=1745

Scum.

Nader is scum. Moore is scum. Chomsky is scum. Pelosi is scum. (ad "lib" - if I may say so...)

But !... Bush is great. He's the one who really stands for the little guy.



Why it still needs to be debunked :

Because the Inquisition is law and reason.

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PART TWO : THE PROCESS OF DEBUNKING

Where to begin :


No use claiming the foundation bought the stock and not Mike, it’s true but it’s weak. The Golden Rule to remember is that there’s nothing to be ashamed of.

And as a matter of fact, the foundation, called the “Center for Alternative Media and Culture”, is a non-profit, tax-exempt, 503© corporation that gives money away to independent filmmakers who are in the post-production phases of making films about various political and social causes. It was started by Mike and his sister Veronica using half the money he made from “Roger and Me.”

So basically, what they (and “they” quite likely doesn’t even include Mike - all he did was start the whole thing, and he did it with his own money) did is using money made from their stocks to fund films that are against the way they made their money. Uh ! Let’s hide our heads in the sand.



Go straight to THE question that matters.

The question that matters is :

What is the date on the purchase of the stock? It’s only if it was bought and sold recently that Mike’s integrity can be questioned. If it was sold a few years ago, before Halliburton started receiving no bid contracts, then his ethics are not at stake.

As it happens, the fact that the reviews of the book are all extremely discreet about the date will confirm you that you’re on the right track.

They mention stock over a five year period, and all it seems to be on the net is the same trash over and over, Pelosi – anti-union, Moore - hypocrite and racist, Chomsky - hypocrite and warmonger, all with the same shortened quotes and the same condescending tone of being better than them.

But no other info outside of reviews of the book, kinda strange, knowing how it’s normally followed by 50 or so comments along the lines, "ha liberals - mud, communists, Satan, French, etc" without questioning anything.


You need to google until you find the magic site :

http://tfcny.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/esearch.php

Enter “Center for Alternative Media and Culture” and you can read the 990 forms yourselves, for 2001-2004.

The foundation bought Halliburton stock in May 1999 and sold them in May 2000 making a profit of 377 dollars, same with Boeing and Honeywell (lost around the time of the 'energy crisis'). They also haven’t had any stock listed on the 990s for the past two years,

Right, and Halliburton was awarded the no bid contract on March 8, 2003.

Mike told the truth. Mike is innocent.

As if.

Fucking Neo-Cons.

Remember back when Cheney appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on Sept 14, 2003, and said, "And as vice president, I have absolutely no influence of, involvement of, knowledge of in any way, shape or form of contracts led by the Corps of Engineers or anybody else in the federal government."

And remember when he was asked whether he had known about Halliburton's noncompetitive contract, and he said, "I don't know any of the details of the contract because I deliberately stayed away from any information on that."

Those statements were proven false by a June, 2004, article in Time Magazine entitled, "The Paper Trail: Did Cheney Okay a Deal?" As it turns out, Bush and Cheney both were informed that Halliburton would get the contract before it was awarded. Time quoted an email sent by the Army Corps of Engineers, that said the contract for construction of oil pipelines was approved by Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith "contingent on informing WH tomorrow. We anticipate no issues since action has been coordinated w VP's [Vice President's] office."

This email totally contradicts Cheney's nationally televised assertion that he had no involvement in Halliburton's contracts whatsoever. It proved once and for all that Cheney and the White House had played a key role in making Cheney's ex-employer the number one war profiteer in Iraq.

The email was dated March 5, 2003, and Halliburton was awarded the contract three days later without any bids by other companies.

http://www.countercurrents.org/us-pringle160205.htm


Oh, and what is this evil foundation doing with its ill-gotten gains? Among others, contributing to St. John’s Parish Family Center, St. Martin de Porres Catholic Worker House, and the Fellowship Church Outreach Program.

The Halliburton story only shows how desperate the right is to constantly dig up dirt on those who speak against them. Yes, ma, this is only more swift-boat spin.

Tell the truth everywhere.

Fight the bastards.