Gangsta Cheney

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6279147-dick-cheney-has-the-last-laugh
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In the weeks since the Deepwater Horizon unleashed a torrent of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, Dick Cheney’s name has been creeping back into the press. “The truth is that, right now, we have precisely the regulatory system that the Bush-Cheney administration wanted: full of loopholes, full of cronies and lobbyists filling the very agencies that are supposed to be overseeing the industry,” commentator Arianna Huffington said on ABC’s This Week on June 6. “Arianna, I don’t know what planet you live on,” Cheney’s daughter, Liz, retorted. “What you are saying has no relationship to the truth, no relationship to the facts.”

Many of the policy and regulatory failures that laid the groundwork for the BP disaster can be traced back to the Bush-Cheney era. The energy task force was created days after former oilman George W. Bush took office in 2001, and was headed by Cheney, the ex-CEO of Halliburton, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oilfield products and services. For months, the task force solicited input on US energy policy. On May 16, 2001, the group issued its last report, which was submitted to Congress in June, according to Mother Jones.

Countries, such as Norway and Brazil, require offshore rigs to install an acoustic shut-off switch, which is a remote-controlled backup system that seals off an underwater well – even if the rig above is destroyed. Minerals Management Service considered using the same precaution. But oil companies complained that the $500,000 devices were too costly and ineffective. Eventually, MMS made the switches optional in 2003. The Deepwater Horizon was not equipped with such a device. Other concerns include a failure to implement new cementing policies or act on known concerns regarding key components on drilling rigs.

“When you have a disaster of this magnitude, it raises the question, if in this whole secretive process, what was discussed, how much did the Bush administration ignore, how much did they allow the oil and gas industry to basically do what they wanted,” says Anne Weismann, chief counsel at Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington, DC. “Secrecy is so pernicious that it can continue to damage – even when the administration is not in power.”
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divested themselves in their private connections to various commercial and funding in the manner expected of those who move on to the government payroll. This was never pushed by the media. To this day, I don't remember reading that it was resolved according to law. Then we hear about the secret energy meetings.

Move to the first days of the leak. The press was full of stuff about all these BP bigwigs flying in (to the rig) to celebrate some kind of milestone or anniversary. Later, we learn BP knew they were in trouble weeks before we knew about it.

Move on the news that there were disagreements/fights between four different companies involved. Now look at the news - only BP is ever mentioned.

Halliburton and Cheney are never mentioned though I admit I can't keep up the way I used to, but I think I would have seen more about them if they were in the news.

I think we know how the dominoes are falling. Rigged to exclude Cheney for 2001 activities, plus Halliburton.

My gut tells me he will be living within the protection of Dubai one day these days and Liz will still get all the air time she needs to justify him to the world.

We have had a lethal Congress and Executive and GAO and look at what the press does - continue to cover up.

I too fear that he will never pay for his criminality.

they should do it before it is too late.

I wonder why BP didn't point their finger at Halliburton?

;)

a girl can dream...cant she?

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that requires hospitalization was about? Toxic oil is leaking from every orifice. :evilgrin: