Halliburton and US commerce with Iran: Accountable Policy SR-253 by Chelle Stockman

Accountable Policy  SR-253 by Chelle Stockman

On the premise that Iran is sponsoring acts of terrorism, which we have no proof of at this time, the senate stated this morning that the goal is to prevent Iran from proliferating nuclear weapons and force them to stop aiding and abetting terrorist activities.

Other nations like Syria are just as much of a threat, if not more of one; and according to the panelists being interviewed (Ms. Sherry William-Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Halliburton & Mr. Thompson -NYC Comptroller & Mr. Victor Comras-Attorney and Consultant Special Counsel to Eren Law Firm), awareness is being created in the American Companies doing business in Iran, but also awareness needs to be created in investors, most particularly the blue collar investors such as firefighters and police agencies regarding their pension plans.  Apparently, investments made by Americans are funding terrorism and terrorist acts in the Middle East without their knowlege.

Foreign subsidiaries are controlled by the corporations but the parent corporations claim they act independently and they should be absolved of being held accountable for the actions of their subsidiaries that are doing business on foreign soil.  Companies such as Halliburton assert that they are conducting business properly under current United States domestic and foreign policy. Halliburton also says they aren't going to do business through foreign subsidiaries, yet they have moved their own headquarters to Dubai. 

The contradictions coming out of Halliburton alone are appalling.  Several questions remained unanswered, especially pertaining to Dick Cheney's current involvement with the company which was to have been terminated upon his taking the vice-presidency.

My thoughts go something like this and note: they are merely my thoughts.  Yeah, some of us still think for ourselves without being told how to think. In today's session, GE came out smelling like a rose.  You see, they pulled out of doing business in Iran. This looks good on the surface, but in the past month, GE has been advertising desalination services for the treatment of water, which is something that France is known for, but Iran has perfected.  Iran has to use Uranium to do it and they have found a way to reuse the waste (actinoids) which requires re-enrichment, which in turn gives us the right to scream foul because everyone knows that if someone is enriching uranium, they are a threat and at the very least a proliferator (gwbush and pals say this), which in turn will take us to the war these corporations desire. 

Did ya get that?  There is a lot more to this and a few years back, I wrote a huge piece about Iran and Nuclear Energy.  I had to go to some physicists who specialize in nuclear energy for my information because the subject is a difficult one for this little hairdresser to absorb.  Some laymen asked me why Iran would use nuclear energy when they had all the oil.  Well, for creating drinking water out of salty ocean water, oil is highly polluting and the water carries an odor not appetizing to the palate.  But furthermore, nuclear energy can now be reused, is far cleaner, and is less likely to bring a fossil fuel sucking war  to your soil for the purposes of invasion; at least that is what Iran originally thought.

I'm not saying Iran is innocent.  Thing is, I've seen no reason for them to be guilty as a threat to America. I've written much about our wars being built upon the need to privatize all energy sources, not just oil.  And what do I see while watching HGTV?  I see a pleasant almost aphrodisiac of a commercial from GE, you know, the folks who bring good things to light.  What were they advertising?  The virtues of drinking waters being treated with desalination(desalinization) processes. 

My thought is that companies like GE will keep investors appeased at their noble withdrawel out of the middle east and supporting furthur sanctionsagainst countries like Iran.  This ultimately leads us to war.  That is how sanctions typically work.  It is the, "hey, we'll fix you and once you are no longer a threat for real, we shall invade ya." Dick Cheney once announced that to go to war with those who could defend themselves would be foolish. (break the backs of the country first and once they are weak then ya can invade, right?) So the companies like Halliburton who are strategically situated in Dubai, they will be ready to glean the profits typically garnished during times of war.  Praise the untaxed American Dollar!! Glory-Glory!

One final thought: If we are so concerned with Iran possibly investing in terrorist activities and we are internationally calling for sanctions and actions to prevent them from doing this, how shall we hold the typical American middle income earner who invests in the forms of pension plans equally accountable?

That's all for now.

Chelle Stockman

Fiction: Truth On Display

I logged on fully intending to visit the folks who hang out in the news chats.  I've been thinking about how we have collectively evolved over the past two years.  In 2004, we were quite polarized in views.  Then 2005 arrived and with it, I think we began to really listen to one another.  My intention tonight was to remind folks of how far we have come and that if we keep this up, we will find our selves unified.

But, I got sidetracked as I so often do.  The AOL Welcome screen caught my eye, which it rarely does.  It said, "Quake Raises WWII Ship From Sea Floor".  Suddenly, the fiction writer in me emerged. I allowed a vision to enter and entertained it along the many winding and twisted paths that my fictional mind so often does. I truly embraced this thought process because so much of these past few years has been lived in my critical thinking mind.  The balance between critical thinking and fictional visions has been sporadic and I've missed the more whimsical side of my imagination.

The Truth: Quake Raises WWII Ship From Sea Floor

Astral Truth:  Admetos, an asteroid for the past year has been working to cough things up that were thought to be long since buried as well as sending others below ground, even to their deaths.  This is an aspect that emboldens truth.  In other words, truths shall surface that were carefully drowned or buried.  Meanwhile others who appear to be insignificant, shall be buried revealing the truths about those who are responsible.  It will be up to everyone else to seek retribution and hold those responsible accountable as is the case in the coal mining travesties, but also, the World Trade Centers.

2nd Astral Truth: Neptune is on the run from his father, Saturn, who does not want the authoritarian truths to get out because Saturn thinks the power of truth should only be dispensed by him and only when he dictates.  Neptune hides out  and blends in.  Whenever Saturn seeks to kill his own son (truth) deception creates a fog, making the discerning of truths more challenging. But, look out.  When Neptune isin the clear, the truths will shake things up.

Considering all these things from a purely fictional standpoint, I remember how a year ago, or more, I made a list of the Neo-Cons that made the Nazis exploiting the "good Germans" look delicate when compared to them. Karl Rove and Dick Cheney were in the top spots.  The list had over 50 key players in this push for "compassionate" globalization.  I lit a black candle and prayed that the truths surrounding their actions would come to light.  Then I buried the list in the ground.  Ever since then, all kinds of truths are coming out little by little and these people are struggling to cover them up; meanwhile, the citizens are waking up and beginning to unite in their need for truthful answers.

So, when the quake shaking the ship loose entered my imagination, I saw lies that sunk that ship.  What an interesting story I could write about it, from a purely fictional standpoint of course.   That's all for now.

I'm going into the chats, as I first intended to do.

Enjoy your weekend folks!

Chelle Stockman

Gunning Down the Constitution by Chelle Stockman

Gunning Down the Constitution by Chelle Stockman

 

Sticks and stones, bows and arrows, guns and ammunition of every kind; take it all away and what comes next?  IEDs and homemade rocket launchers? Grenades and car bombs?  Is this what we want for ourselves?

 

Look, we have rights to protect ourselves not so much to protect ourselves from criminals, but more to protect ourselves from out of control governmental enforcers and militias and from anyone who invades our territories.  Those who think guns should be a thing of the past forget that history repeats itself and shall do so even as the faces of invading agency changes.

 

They seem to forget how the law enforcement agencies were responsible for the deaths in Birmingham and in Watts back in the 60s, as innocents were trampled, batoned and shot during stone throwing riots. Then there was the Ruby Ridge Massacre of 1992, perpetuated by Federal Agents.  Let us not forget the Davidian Compound.  Don't think it can happen here?  It did happen to them and on American soil by American agencies; it can happen to any and all Americans anywhere in the United States.

 

The right to bear arms was never meant to protect us from those who are mentally ill. The mentally ill belong in a confined and consistently stable society.  That doesn't describe the America we live in which was co-founded on chaos. But the Cho incident belongs in the health care discussions, not discussions pertaining to the Bill of Rights.

 

To disarm society and have it be fair, you'd have to also disarm the agencies.  In today's chaotic world where people are walking the precipice of anger and fear, I  suggest we do not disarm ourselves.  The massacres that occurred at the hands of those we ought to be able to trust for societal protection were perpetuated by fully armed agents, granted full authority, tinged with paranoia and power--a most deadly combination.

 

Before you consider nullifying the rights of the average citizen, think about this saying that I found on a bumper sticker.  "My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's Car."

 

Chelle Stockman

 

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There are beauty pageants.  There are awards shows where folks get to deck out in finery; you know, to see but more importantly, to be seen.  Then there are those who are responsible for caring about the appearance of their clients, like me, a hair styling color specialist.

I've worked on stage, behind stage, and in various salons in the Western states. There are colleagues who are hyper critical of those they consider style setters and jet setters.  They will exclaim in jubilant flamboyance, "She is absolutely fabulous!" Or, they might turn their snotty noses up in mocking disdain and declare, "That's a look that crashed."

Recently, I was asked by another stylist who found the lives of those carved by the media an important issue to be discussed, "You never watch the awards? What about pageants, you never watch those?"

My response was, "Sometimes to see the evening gowns.  I like to get ideas about how fabric is used. But I don't look to the stars to set trends for my clients, because each individual must set their own style."

He was totally amazed.  He said, "Well, you miss out on all the fun.  Some of the styles are so horrendous, you wonder how they leave their house looking like that but you also miss out on new ideas."

I responded, "I don't look at the appearance of people critically, but I do look at their character critically.  It is the character of the person that determines what kind of style they shall leave with, not the appearance of some star that looks as though her hair was made of pasta, or some ornate up-do that triples the size of her head against the landscape of her tiny body, or the flatness of her hair that makes her head look like a tiny apple on top of a wooden beam."

He thought for a time as he sipped his cognac and said to me, "What is it you do for a living?"

I told him, "I breathe."

Death

Early Tuesday morning, just after midnight, I ventured into a news chat room.  I visited a few of them over the course of a few hours.  In the first, they were pondering as to why a gunman would shoot so many people.  They debated whether or not it was over a love tryst.  One gent said the fellow was Chinese.  I had heard he was Asian and not necessarily Chinese.  In fact, I thought he might be Korean.  Why?  I got a flash of the Korean man who set himself on fire at the WTO summit in Mexico back in 2003 or 2004.  It was tragic.  This fellow wanted to show the world that the free trade agreements, the WTO and IMF involvements were a move towards globalized slavery by which economies could easily be manipulated in sudden power plays.  The Mexicans had just had their corn crop killed by Bush as Bush ordered our corn farmers to accept a penny to the dollar and dump their crops on the Mexican market just before their harvest time.  Of course  the world got to watch this Korean man die.

As the chatters kept chatting I had another flash only this time it took me to South America where a group of nefarious terrorists known as the Shining Path (combination of Maoist and Islamic protestors) wreaked havoc upon the indigenous people.  It was rumored that the CIA monitored their activities and may have funded many of them in order to get some American Corporations into South America without the dissent of the natives there.  Such companies were Shell and Bechtel.  In fact, I wrote a book (still unedited after all these years) titled Beyond The Mattress and it began in the area where the Shining Path ruled.  According to the CIA, they were effectively erradicated but I remember thinking, "no, they are only sleeping."

I wonder if this young Korean man, this shooter at Virginia Tech, had another message that went above his love for this girl on campus as we are currently being told by our American news media.  I wonder if we shall ever hear the real truth.   That's all.