As long as there is chaos in Iraq, the Bush family and their cronies make money, and it’s much easier to ‘disappear’ billions of dollars in taxpayer money while an insurgency is in progress, such as the $21 billion Halliburton can’t seem to find. Whoops — another unfortunate casualty of war!

If the troops are withdrawn and our part of the war is over, some serious investigations of fraud and waste may take place; Bush, Cheney, et al, would like to be out of the country when that happens, preferably in a location that won’t extradite them.

He reminds me of that old SNL character who everyone thinks is gay due to his effeminate speech and manner, but actually isn’t. OTOH, Tweety may have some ‘stall tactics’ we have yet to hear about. Paging Larry Flynt.

This is not a war – that ended on the carrier Abraham Lincoln on May 2, 2003. Bush said so. It is not an Occupation. That ended when “the CPA transferred power to the newly appointed Iraqi Interim Government at 10:26 AM local time on June 28, 2004. The CPA thus disbanded, L. Paul Bremer left Iraq that same day.” (wikipedia). It is an illegal police action. Our troops have been sent to patrol streets, arresting criminals who are participating in gang wars, defusing bombs, building blast walls to protect neighborhoods. This is an inappropriate use of the US military; the CinC has been issuing illegal orders since June ’04 (at least), and is now trying to finesse this “pact” to cover his tracks and keep himself out of prison. That it furthers the aims of the PNAC for world dominance is no coincidence. It is the BIG message and it needs to generate a hue and cry of outrage.

Hope you’re well.

I have, until now, disagreed with you on Iran – not that the current policy is incredibly detrimental to US strategic interests – disagreed about the liklihood of a military attack on Iran. But did u hear what Khameini said in Tehran today? Listen closely to his choice of words and you will hear the voice of a man who appears resigned to accepting the fact that he has an uncertain future. As if he knew that he was not going to make it, but one day he would win the day…That tells me he has reason to believe that he knows that a move is being considered against him – an attack from outside. Maybe you are right.

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/185

How about the Lieberman and Romney offsprings?

Now if only Chris will stop falling for Republican manly men candidates, maybe he can get a grip.

My kid got one of these a few years back. Not the award, but freebie grad school at Monterey.

She was disappointed in the performance of the football team. They lost to the Electoral College by two touchdowns.