Capt. Neal® wrote:

As evidenced here in this group, liberals remain as dumb as a box
of rocks.

Liberals are still trying to bash President Bush as if Kerry won and we
all know Kerry lost.

Liberals are still bashing America as if America lost and we all know
America hasn't lost.

They are still bashing Halliburton and Vice President Cheney as if
Halliburton and Mr. Cheney lost and we all know both are big
winners.

When they start talking Halliburton, they either have an ax to grind, or
they're just too stupid to know any better.

Dick Cheney's probably glad he's had absolutely no financial interest in
the fate of Halliburton for over 4 years. All the information about Cheney
to the contrary is politically motivated jingoism, because the liberal
mouthbreathers fall for it. Cheney gets a standard deferred compensation
from Halliburton, a relative pittance, paid like an annuity. He's paid the
same whether Halliburton goes belly up, or succeeds.

Halliburton's Net Tangible Assets
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=HAL&annual

December 2001: $4,032,000,000
December 2002: $2,835,000,000
December 2003: $1,877,000,000


Bush, Kerry Release Tax Returns
WASHINGTON, April 13, 2004
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in611620.shtml

Mr. Bush reported $822,126 in adjusted gross income for last year, on which
he paid $227,490 in federal income taxes — or about 28 percent, according
to the president's federal returns released Tuesday by the White House.

The president and his wife, Laura, listed as income his presidential
salary, interest and the investment income from trusts that hold their
assets.

[snip]

2003: The Bushes reported donating $68,360 to churches and charitable
organizations.

[snip]

The Bushes' income and tax bill was slightly lower than the previous year,
when the First Couple reported $856,056 in adjusted gross income and paid
$268,719 in federal income taxes. For 2002, the Bushes paid about 31
percent of their income in federal taxes.

The White House also released the 2003 tax return filed by Vice President
Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne. They reported $1.3 million in adjusted
gross income and owed $253,067 in federal taxes. The Cheneys' 2003 tax
bill — much lower than the $341,114 they paid for 2002 on just slightly
less money — represented just 20 percent of their income.

For 2002, the Cheneys paid 29 percent of their adjusted gross income in
federal taxes. Their income includes the vice president's $198,600
government salary and the $178,437 he earned in deferred compensation from
Halliburton Co., the Dallas-based energy services firm he headed until Aug.
16, 2000. Cheney elected in 1998 to recoup over five years a portion of the
money he made in 1999 as chief executive officer of Halliburton.

"The amount of deferred compensation received by the vice president is
fixed and is not affected by Halliburton's current economic performance or
earnings in any way," said a statement released by the vice president's
office — a word-for-word reiteration of the statement he released last
year.

The vice president's office made the statement to explain the deferred
compensation. Cheney's office has repeatedly stated that the vice president
doesn't have a financial stake in the success of Halliburton, nor does he
have anything to do with defense contracts.

The Cheneys' income also includes Mrs. Cheney's income from work at the
American Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based think tank, and
compensation from her service on the Reader's Digest board of directors in
2003.

The White House distributed the Bushes' federal form 1040 for 2003 with
attached schedules two days before the April 15 filing deadline. For
Cheney, only the federal form 1040 was released.

The Bushes reported itemized deductions of $95,043, including $68,360 to
churches and charitable organizations, including Evergreen Chapel at Camp
David, Md., Tarrytown United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas, St. John's
Church in Washington, D.C., the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
Texas and the federal government's Combined Federal Campaign.

The Bushes paid $21,352 in state property taxes on their ranch near
Crawford, Texas, up from $19,902 last year.

The Cheneys reported itemized deductions of $454,649. The couple donated
$321,141 to charity in 2003, mostly in royalties from the sales of Mrs.
Cheney's books, "America: A Patriotic Primer," "A is for Abigail" and soon-
to-be-out "Fifty States."

Mr. Bush overpaid his 2003 taxes by $61,451, and elected to apply the
entire amount to their 2004 tax bill.

The Cheneys overpaid their taxes by $5,712 and also directed that amount to
go toward their 2004 taxes.