[video=youtube;chXjCtkymRQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chXjCtkymRQ&feature=related[/video] This is seriously very sad.
Yeah, Halliburton is legitimately corrupt. Almost all the troops are kept housed in shit conditions and neglected when they get back. I assume this is why the Iraq war and a good chunk of Afghanistan has been outsourced to mercenaries.
Yeah, I read an article written by a US Marine in which he stated that Halliburton officials were travelling in nearly bomb-proof vehicles when the Marine Corps didn't even have access to such at the time. Talking about misplaced priorities.
The nation deserves the leaders it elects? And if you sign away your right to be treated as a human being, don't expect to be treated as a human being.
Now did you actually understand this video or are you doing a "Dur hur VIETNAM; I don't know what's going on but this sounds about right" type argument?
Are you patronising me or are you being a dick again for no reason? You get what you voted for, as in, you vote for this person, and this is how the person carries on. So the people who voted them into office are getting what and who they voted for.
I'm not dur hur anything. I saw the film when it came out a few years ago. I'm not as outraged and shocked as you are. Just because I'm not pointlessly ranting about how a mega-corporation is heartless and evil doesn't mean I support it.
This is the exact reason to NOT vote for Ron Paul. Or are you not aware of his positions? You think he will barge into Halliburton like the Sheriff? Paul wants to make sure all corporations can do whatever the hell they want.
Exactly. Paul wants to get rid of regulations and let businesses do whatever the hell they please in the name of the free market. It's amazing how so many people yell out Ron Paul's name as if he's going to solve these problems when they have no idea what he actually stands for. If there's anyone in Congress who would actually place strict regulations on businesses to prevent this shit, its Bernie Sanders.
Well, there wouldn't be people over there at all if Ron Paul was elected. He'd also abolish income tax which would eliminate a lot of unnecessary funding to dick bag companies like this. It would lead to more efficient spending of the governments money. Getting rid of dirty businesses will never happen.