[CecilRhodesGhost]

Thank God Almighty that someone is finally speaking out against this partisan witch-hunt on Wall Street, which now could taint the US Vice-PResident by digging into his old Halliburton days. In the name of all that is Holy, VP Cheney already has heart problems, and there is a war to be fought overseas. Why would fellow Americans seem so crazed to file suit on Halliburton. Halliburton will be proven to be on the side of the angels. It's an honest business in a tough arena. Thank God there someone hasn't lost all their senses and realizes any suit against Halliburton is ludicrous.

[Sigurd]

Exactly. Halliburton does amazingly complicated work. And always the attacks come from people who have no experience in the real world, as if they are clean. Clean only because they have never built, managed or operated anything producing goods or services from which people benefit or gain employment. However, the booking of revenue not yet realized, ala Merck, does get me to wonder why accountants advise that these can be booked somehow. I wish someone could provide understanding as to why from an accounting standpoint, this is OK. Clearly, cost over-runs on construction projects cannot be realized until approved by the client. Perhaps there is some contract language allowing this, but without a clients pre-approval, it seems at least risky and likely fraudulent.

[Recovering_Democrat]

keep yer eye on this one, moderator. I sniff a DU troll.

[Wolfstar]

Why, you ask? There are plenty of forces that desperately want to bring this country down. Some might use airplanes as missiles. Others might use finance or the legal system as a weapon. And there are plenty of "fellow Americans," like Klayman, who wittingly or unwittingly fill the role of useful idiots in the deadly "cut the giant" game. A death by a thousand cuts from multiple directions is just as final as one from a single source.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...thank God Almighty....

Laying it on just a bit thick aren't we, Cec?