Business and patriotism have always seemed to be two different things, not only in the US, but all over the G-7.
How often have we heard, "it's business"
World com are slime balls, so is Enron, so is global crossings, so it 360 networks.
They all bilked investors for billions and nothing happens to these guys.
How it is that they aren't all in jail boggles my mind.
A guy with a gun robs a bank and gets 10 grand, then when he gets caught gets 20 years.
I guy with a brief case steels a billion or two and nothing happens. How fucked up is that.
The article concerning haliburton is just another case where it seems that business trumps integrity. It's not a right wing or left wing thing per se, but it is another example of the bush administration's pure out and out hypocrisy.
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