Sheikh your Booty, Cheney! (Village Voice)

[DemoTex]

Great news for the war profiteers of Cheney's Halliburton

While you're financing the trillion-dollar Iraq debacle, the execs at Halliburton got some good news today from the United Arab Emirates: The UAE's airline, Emirates, is now offering nonstop service to Houston, Dubai's news service reports.

New York already has three flights daily to Dubai. But why now Houston? Halliburton is moving its headquarters to Dubai. And with that move, huge bundles of taxpayer cash are exiting the U.S.

Now it will be easier for Halliburton's execs to shuttle their money to Dubai.

This great news for Halliburton comes on the heels of its championship performance in the Center for Public Integrity's "Windfalls of War" series. The CPI's Bill Buzenberg compiled a list of the top 100 private contractors in the Iraq and Afghanistan debacles. (More ..)

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/bushbeat/archives/2007/12/houston_to_duba.php

Bill Buzenburg's list Baghdad Bonanza: The Top 100 Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://www.publicintegrity.org/WOWII/

[scarletwoman]

1. k&r -- DAMN! That is one hell of a photoshop! (nt)

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Bwah! The Voice rips off Zappa!

:rofl:

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. Dick looks like he has a big one "up his poop shoot".

:hurts: