From the TomPaine.com blog.
The French, our mortal enemy—if you believe Richard Perle's new book— is investigating Vice President Dick Cheney for bribery. You won't read about it stateside, but French law enforcement authorities believe Cheney had a role in a massive bribery scandal during his time as CEO of Halliburton. Le Figaro, one of France's biggest (and most conservative) newspapers, reports "an investigative judge is looking into allegations of corruption during construction of a natural gas complex in Nigeria by Halliburton and" a French oil company.
If he were charged, it would be under one of the international laws in one of the rare international treaties we still belong to, meaning the consequences could be very real.
READ ALL ABOUT IT AT:
http://irak.figaro.net/enjeux/20030402.FIG0639.html
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20040112&s=ireland
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/21/1071941598014.html
The Cheney bribery case is another reason why the world needs to adopt Geonomics. The basic question is "who owns our natural resources...the ones with the weapons and power...or all of us. Let us charge rent for our commonwealth and remove all taxes on labor and capital. Both Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein agreed with this. How about you?
see www.geonomics.org
Posted by: paul justus at January 23, 2004 08:17 PM