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
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