[rdavis84]

I thought this little blip was noteworthy, may even account for Cheeney having to change batteries in his pacemaker ---

Andersen video ----- from the bbc -----http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_2119000/2119981.stm

Our correspondent says that, almost as embarrassing for Mr Cheney is a promotional videotape he made praising the now disgraced accounting firm Andersen.

The video, which fell into the hands of the Wall Street Journal, was made in 1996 when Mr Cheney was at Halliburton and showed his personal relationship with Andersen.

In it, he describes how Andersen gave advice "over and above" what would normally be expected from auditors.

In a short section of the video, Mr Cheney says: "I get good advice, if you will, from their people, based upon how we are doing business and how we are operating, over and above the normal, by-the-books auditing arrangement."

[independentmind]

Rdavis84, you are wrong to assign special importance to Andersen. As far as I'm concerned, they were the unlucky ones to be caught. And in the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that several years ago, I actually worked for Andersen.:)