Tricky Dick Staged The Steal

Evidence has surfaced linking Vice Resident Dick Cheney, former Halliburton exec & current residual employee, with no-bid Iraqi reconstruction contracts totalling more than $1.7 billion dollars for his former company. Notorious for tax evasion while Cheney was at the company's helm (more on that here), Halliburton came under fire earlier this year when it was discovered that the company overcharged the US government $61 million for gasoline, and another $16 million for food to American soldiers in Iraq.

While many questions still surround the issue, one must wonder most strongly how such blatant government looting can continue to go unchecked.