BBC: Cheney has $85 Million invested in a private PRISON compay

[pilsner]

There's not much out there about the for-profit prison company, Vanguard Group.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7737093.stm

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/20/dick_cheney_and_alberto_gonzales_indicted

Let's hope someone is digging into this stuff.

[Bozita]

1. Let's hear it for the War on Drugs

Recession and depression proof.

[pilsner]

3. $85 Million is a helluva stake

Imagine the megaphone the media would use if a Democratic VP held that kind of an investment.

[snot]

30. He's banking on more than that; we shd ALL be worried!

[Solly Mack]

2. I remember when that first came out

and it's good to keep reminding people of it!

Thanks for posting!!!!

[pilsner]

6. Sure

I just accidentally tripped upon the story. Bet only one in a hundred thousand people know about it.

[Solly Mack]

10. You could post it monthly and I'd recommend it.

People forget. It might not even seem important to some but it is...Cheney's holdings will cause him to lobby for laws that increase his return. And a war criminal who helped devise individualized torture programs for people who also is in the for-profit prison business?

That ought to chill people.

[Frustratedlady]

21. He wouldn't want to run out of videos...if you get my drift.

I'm sure the Guantanamo tapes were watched and passed around before they were destroyed.

Just sayin'.

[Solly Mack]

25. I think they were too

but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that copies still exist in a private collection at Rumsfeld's/Cheney's house...tucked away in a wall safe.

[Taverner]

4. The Prison Industrial Complex is selling for cheap

Although, like with any Dick, Dicks are up to something no good

[Uncle Joe]

5. That's news to me but it doesn't surprise me one bit.

I believe for profit prisons are immoral, unethical, evil in concept and largely anathema to the American Ethos of freedom and liberty, so I guess it's a natural fit for Cheney.

After his latest warning about terrorist attacks coming on the heels of last weeks upsurge in the stock market, I've also wondered if he or his masters are invested in put options as well.

Nothing destabilizes the market like fear and this seems to be Cheney's only product.

Thanks for the thread, pilsner.:thumbsup:

[SpiralHawk]

7. "Smirk. Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five Military Deferments' Cheney (R)

"Suck ass and FAIL, America. Sneer. What's good for Republicon Homelanders is, um, good for Republicon Homelanders. Sneer."

- xVP Dickie 'Five Military Deferments' Cheney (R)


CAPTION: Republicon Chickenhawk profiteers Cheney and Lott.

[KansDem]

16. Doesn't it bother you he wears that flag-lapel pin?

Fucking disingenuous traitor. Thinks he can wear the American flag on his clothes and that covers up all his anti-American behavior...

He disgusts me! :grr:

[SpiralHawk]

17. Typical occultist Republicon strategery

Like Glenn Chickenhawk Beck has been doing. Pretend you are patriotic, then lie, steal, cheat and work occultly to have America FAIL.

[leftstreet]

8. As an investor, he should get to choose the colors of his own cell

Seems fair enough to me, a perk of sorts.

[UTUSN]

9. My eternal questions about CHEENEE's enrichment are

1) How MUCH does he want?!

2) What does he want so much more than anybody needs for?! I mean, so a Croesus dies and the kids split it up, but he's already got more than his number of kids can handle (though THEY ALSO keep on getting "jobs" from their connections). I mean, you can buy a steak for $10, also $25, also $50, also up the line. You can't even eat much the older and richer you get.

What's it about?!1 Not to mention the dastardly places he chooses to rake it in at.

[pilsner]

11. It's about control

Cheney's mindset is that the people can never be trusted. That allowing a true democratic republic would mean "mob rule."

Cheney is all about a small group of elites holding all the power and that it's necessary to keep the masses in fear for their safety and job security.

That's a generous explanation of his motivations.

[pilsner]

12. It's about control

Cheney's mindset is that the people can never be trusted. That allowing a true democratic republic would mean "mob rule."

Cheney is all about a small group of elites holding all the power and that it's necessary to keep the masses in fear for their safety and job security.

That's a generous explanation of his motivations.

[madmusic]

18. Generous but exactly right

Cheeny's investments proves he believes he won the fear-mongering war on the national level even if he lost it some on the terrorist level. The unconstitutional Great Polygamist Raid in Texas must have made him smile and collect dividends.

Halliburton is still raking in the cash though.

[pilsner]

19. Halliburton profits

Radio host Peter B Collins claims that Cheney said during the 2000 election campaign that he would donate profits he made from his Halliburton stock to charity after his time in office was over.

Just another one of those fog facts.

[madmusic]

20. Did he though?

Even if he did, Big Business will more than make up for any loss due to his tax deductable "donations" which could be to a non-profit police-state supporting organization anyway. Let's not lose sight of http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5258152&mesg_id=5258152"> The Big Picture.

[madmusic]

13. Prisonville

Jailbait
Prison companies profit as Raymondville's public debt grows

http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2320

Cheney, Gonzales, Vanguard Group in "Prisonville"

http://borderlinesblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/cheney-gonzales-vanguard-group-in.html

[pilsner]

15. Christ, it's soylent green n/t

[TheCoxwain]

14. He was just building his RETIREMENT HOME

:rofl:

[progressoid]

22. Wouldn't that be sweet!

[madmusic]

23. The Prison-Industrial Complex

December 1998 Atlantic
Correctional officials see danger in prison overcrowding. Others see opportunity. The nearly two million Americans behind bars—the majority of them nonviolent offenders—mean jobs for depressed regions and windfalls for profiteers

by Eric Schlosser
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199812/prisons

[Raster]

24. Where did cheney* get $85 million?

Oh wait, that's his Halliburton profit off of the Iraq war.

[FrenchieCat]

26. But where's the fucking outrage?

[mitchum]

27. I'll be doing some gravedancing when that evil motherfucker is put in the ground

[malaise]

28. The criminality of this bunch will never be equaled

Declare a war on drugs, lock up African Americans and profit. Neo-slavery has been profitable for Rushicans.

[slay]

29. Private prisons need to be OUTLAWED! How can you justify making a PROFIT off imprisonment?!?!

The only way private prisons make money is by filling them up with people (ie prisoners). As a society it is criminal in and of itself that we would seek to PROFIT off the imprisonment of our fellow countrymen/human beings. Unreal. Though not surprising one bit that Darth Cheney is invovled in this shit. :grr:

[libodem]

31. God

He's a creepy little weasel. He needs to lose every dime he amassed in war profiteering. I hope he stays tied up in criminal proceedings for the rest of his life. I'll bet his private prison is just like Gitmo and Abu Graib. Maggot.

[ColbertWatcher]

32. Were these the guys who worked at his secret prisons? n/t

[happygoluckytoyou]

33. it would be too ironic...... him being convicted and housed in his own prison....