Halliburton

Iraq War Profiteers: 25 Companies Who Benefit From The War

Business Pundit | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business


The Iraq war is many things to different people. It is called a strategic blunder and a monstrous injustice and sometimes even a patriotic mission, mu...

Why John McCain's "Surge" Success Story is a Lie

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

McCain's belief that the surge "won the war" contradicts the substance of the "status of force" agreement the Bush administration has been trying to ram down the Iraqi government's throat.

The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

Obama's Money, Take Two

Bob Ostertag | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Bob Ostertag

I desperately want Obama to win, and I hope Wall Street gives him $10 million more. Having Goldman Sachs run the government would be a huge step up from having Halliburton run it.

McClellan: Cheney's Book Should Be Titled "I Upped Halliburton's Income - So Up Yours"

Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Scott McClellan, speaking to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, took another jab at old boss, Vice President Dick Cheney. From The San Francisco...

"Beyond Politics": Quick-Fix Bush Gives Us Short-Term Hope and Long Term Disaster

Ray Hanania | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Ray Hanania

What we need and is what Bush is incapable of offering the American people: a long-term strategy that will shift us from oil-based energy to solar energy and alternative fuels.

Army Official Fired For Refusing To Pay Questionable Contractor

The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...

Blackmail

Mark Kleiman | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


Mark Kleiman

The Halliburton board knew what it was doing when it gave Dick Cheney $80 million he wasn't contractually entitled to as he moved from its executive suite to the White House.

The Truth "Gagged" and Treason Hidden

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


Larisa Alexandrovna

My God, we have lost our country completely. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) stood ALONE on the House floor last night for nearly five hours readin...

The Pentagon's Fifteen Billion Dollar Pirate Plunder

Paige Donner | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics


Paige Donner

(No, this is NOT an Indiana Jones Sequel) Yes, you read that correctly. American taxpayers have paid out $15 Billion U.S. dollars in unaccounted for...

The Loss of Democracy: The Deeper Meaning of McClellan's Revelations of Imperial Deceit & Media Submissiveness

Dan Kovalik | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics


Dan Kovalik

The result of the White House spin, and the complicity of the press corp. in it, has been the deaths of more than 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians.

War, Inc: Owning Makes It Okay

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 05.26.2008 | Entertainment


Jeff Dorchen

When our catastrophic foolishness is presented eloquently in under two hours, and our major newspapers don't see any redeeming value in that achievement, you have to wonder what's keeping it out of the "free market."

Halliburton Bids $3.36 Billion Cash For British Oil Services Firm

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 05.23.2008 | Business


LONDON — In the hot energy sector, a rapid-fire bidding contest broke out Friday between a London-led private equity consortium and Halliburton ...

John Cusack's War: The Actor Battles to Un-embed Hollywood With His New Film, War, Inc.

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.16.2008 | Entertainment


Jeremy Scahill

Cusack's new Film, War Inc., is a powerful, visionary response to the cheerleading culture of the corporate media and a pliant Hollywood afraid of its own shadow.

$200 a Barrel Oil: It Could Go Much Higher!

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Oil power and money is in the hands of people and governments I would not want to eat dinner with, much less ask to make important decisions affecting the future of the planet. Pay attention.

Next Version Of Telecom Immunity Will Be For Halliburton

Bob Geiger | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics


Bob Geiger

How long before Bush similarly begins blocking any attempt to hold his buddies in companies like Halliburton accountable for ripping off Americans and cheating our troops?

The Man Who Would Be Bush

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

A vote for McCain is a vote for that rancid recipe mixing religious bigotry, imperial arrogance and corporate greed that he had stood against in the run-up to the 2000 presidential election.

Victory in Iraq! Oil Over $100 Barrel and 35 International Oil Companies Vying To Bid On Iraqi Oil Projects

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

Only three years ago even OPEC was talking with embarrassment about oil prices exceeding $50 a barrel as our descent into the hell of Iraq continued unabated.

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

War on Terror A Boon For Virginia

Washington Independent | Matthew Blake | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business


When three State Dept. contract employees looked into the presidential candidate's passport records, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) didn't ask Condol...

Iraq Still for Sale

Kerry Candaele | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics


Kerry Candaele

The missing and ripped-off billions in this three-trillion dollar war, are now making their entrance into public consciousness.

Top Iraq Contractor Skirts Taxes Offshore

Boston Globe | Farah Stockman | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics


Kellogg Brown & Root, the nation's top Iraq war contractor and until last year a subsidiary of Halliburton Corp., has avoided paying hundreds of milli...

Halliburton Subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root Avoided US Taxes Through Off-Shore Shell Companies

Boston Globe | Farah Stockman | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics


Kellogg Brown & Root, the nation's top Iraq war contractor and until last year a subsidiary of Halliburton Corp., has avoided paying hundreds of milli...

Aboard the Condoleezza Rice

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Oil sold for $22.81 the year before the war was launched against a country with the world's second-largest holding, and the average price last year was almost three times that, at $64.20.

Halliburton, Rape and the Failure of Justice

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics


Cristóbal Joshua Alex

Tracy Barker, a former Halliburton employee who was sexually assaulted by her co-workers, had her case against Halliburton thrown out by a Bush-appointed federal judge a few days ago.


 

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