[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: More signs of brain activity in the House..

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
More signs of brain activity in the House..
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1173800412.shtml


   [1]George Soros' Halliburton is moving to the Kingdom of Dubai - and
   [2]Congress is pissed:

     HOUSTON, March 12 â Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and other
     leading Congressional Democrats sharply criticized Halliburton on
     Monday for relocating its chief executive to Dubai, suggesting it
     was possibly part of an effort to dodge American taxes and
     investigations.

     Halliburton, an oil services company based here, said it would
     remain legally incorporated in the United States, and that the
     transfer of David J. Lesar, its chairman and chief executive, was
     merely a response to the growing business opportunities in the
     Middle East and nearby areas.

     But that did not stop many powerful Democrats from expressing
     skepticism about the motives behind the move, arguing that it may
     presage a wholesale move of Halliburtonâs corporate headquarters
     out of the United States and not merely for business reasons.

     They vowed to hold hearings on the matter and jumped at the
     opportunity to link the move to Vice President Dick Cheney, who led
     the company from 1995 to 2000. They also sought to revive charges
     that the company mishandled, through its military contracting
     subsidiary, hundreds of millions of tax dollars in Iraq.

     âI think itâs disgraceful,â Senator Clinton, who is running for
     president, told a news conference in the Bronx, âthat American
     companies are more than happy to try to get no-bid contracts, like
     Halliburton has, and then turn around and say, âBut you know, weâre
     not going to stay with our chief executive officer, the president
     of our company, in the United States anymore.â â

   Is the American government's love affair with our [3]MagicMuslim
   allies in the Gulf coming to an end?

References

   1. http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/3776
   2. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/business/13halliburton.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
   3. http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1162241658.shtml