Yeah, 'ya think? No fucking shit Cheney has ties to Halliburton. Even if he isn't profiting financially, I'm sure he still knows one or two people still with the company who have called in some favors. Seriously, how could Halliburton not take advantage of that situation? "Hmmmm, our former CEO is now VP of the country. We could use that to make a fuckload of money. But no, we had better not, because that would be improper."

What is this bullshit that the President and Vice President are exempt from the enforcement of ethics laws? Are they trying to tell me that Clinton could get impeached for getting his dick sucked and lying about it, but showing favoritism to a company you used to run when handing out government money is unprosecutable?

I have no hard evidence, but I'd be willing to bet that there are plenty of things we could get Bush & Company impeached over if the Congress wasn't Republican, the Democrats weren't pussies, the press weren't wholly ineffective, and the public cared. Enron, Halliburton, WMD - just to name a few - reek of impropriety. Oh, I'm sure the same goes for many other presidents, including Clinton (lying about oral sex, however, was not a legitimate thing to be impeached over), but Bush is in office now, and driving this country down the toilet.