Dick Cheney's former company, Halliburton, is in the news again for nearly causing an environmental disaster.
Last month, Halliburton admitted that it lost a rod of radioactive material somewhere in Texas. The type of radiation – known as americium-241/beryllium – is considered a category 3 radioactive substance and can be fatal if encountered for a prolonged period of time. After Halliburton announced the rod was missing – the Texas National Guard was called up to find it. But no luck...until this week – when an oilfield worker noticed the radioactive rod alongside a highway near Pecos, Texas. So now Halliburton can breathe a little easier and get back to its day job: pouring faulty cement in undersea oil wells and carving up Iraqi oil fields.
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That is surprising HOW?
ReplyDeleteIf our government and Israel treated Halliburton like we treat Muslim Countries then we would bomb Halliburton Headquarters tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteMoreover, if the UN found a radioactive rod lying on the side of a road in Iran . . . We would bomb them tomorrow. CNN would air the bombing and the American People would watch with popcorn in tow.
If Israel were to find a radioactive rod lying on the side of a road in Gaza, they would bomb them. Again.
Get it?