More
targets for the neocons
Saudi
Arabia is continuing to defy
US government demands (good for them!):
The first Saudi Arabian trade fair to be held in Iraq
since the 1991 Gulf War will open here[Baghdad] on Sept.
9 for five days...
Horowitz,
Kristol, etc will have even more target for their war.
To top it off, Turkey
has also agreed to an economic pact with Iraq, similar
to the recent Russian
agreement:
Iraq and Turkey plan to sign a wide-ranging trade and
economic co-operation pact...
Ritalin for Rumsfeld
Charley
Reese portrays Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld as a man with
a rash
in a tough spot:
The American people should not allow an arrogant man,
irritated by the restraints of international law and the
Constitution, to put our soldiers in such a position.
Perhaps
a little Preperation H will ameliorate Rumsfeld's irritation.
That, or maybe a refresher in Constitutional law, International
Relations and reminder that American lives are at stake.
The rule of law according to Bush
Why
can't Ron Paul be my congressman? Given that I currently
reside in the state of my least favorite man, John Ashcroft
(AKA: "Undoer of Constitution"), I "deserve"
him even more. Nonetheless,
it will suffice to read Paul's wise words:
...if we blatantly violate the Constitution by pursuing
an undeclared war, we violate the rule of law. We invite
the President, and future Presidents, to act in an imperial
manner.
If
you build it, oil will come
Signaling a policy shift, the Bush administration has
said that the US will now aid
in the "rebuilding" of Afghanistan. I wonder
what they will build first... a pipeline? That begs the
question, "Who will build it?" Cheney
Inc. perhaps? Getting all the nasty, sticky and plentiful
oil out of the way of the starving refugees would really
go a long way to helping shareholders, oops, I mean Afghanistan.
Alleviate your boredom...with war
Fox News, according
to Jude Wanniski, is the War Network. Why, you ask?
Well, ratings keep networks alive and bombs dropping and
people dying is a surefire way to get people tuned in.
As Jude puts it:
Peace
is boring.
Well
if that is the case, then bore me to death.
Full discretion to steal
Boeing and Lockheed Martin were given a green light by
the DOD to spend $1 billion of your money. Called
the "silent partner" program, this agreement
allows the two companies to spend without reporting or
oversight. Supposedly this is a moneysaving device, to
aid the taxpayers who are funding it.... A more fitting
name for such a program is the "corporate subsidization
partner."
