Cheney: Chicken Hawk in Chief

Bush May Be Clueless But Cheney Knows What He's Doing

To be clear, read Maureen Dowd's analysis of our country's worst Vice President ever.

Americans babble that Cheney's not benefitting from his Halliburton ties because his holdings consist of stock options in a blind trust. Ask the same astute American what a blind trust is and you'll get a shrug. Cheney's looks like this:

100,000 shares at $54.5000 (vested), expire December 3, 2007

33,333 shares at $28.1250 (vested), expire December 2, 2008

300,000 shares at $39.5000 (vested), expire December 2, 2009

(Congressional Research Service)

So imagine taking the records of whatever investments you have and putting them in a box and burying it: a blind trust. If you know you buried Halliburton stock options and you happened to be in a position that would let you give Halliburton $10 billion annual contracts....? Ah, but it's a blind trust?

The little weasel is still collecting a salary from them for Pete's sake!

Deferred salary paid by Halliburton to Vice President Cheney in 2001: $205,298

Deferred salary paid by Halliburton to Vice President Cheney in 2002: $162,392

Deferred salary paid by Halliburton to Vice President Cheney in 2003: $178,437

Deferred salary paid by Halliburton to Vice President Cheney in 2004: $194,852

(Congressional Research Service)

True, it goes into an account that he can't access until 2008 but he's worth $94 million so I guess a few hundred thou a year getting interest in a bank isn't too shabby.

Cheney's a cowardly crook that makes inner city thugs look like honest entrepreneurs.

There's an old saying, "War's good business, invest your son."

Not this old man. My son's not dying while this bastard makes 1 penny off the war.