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12 Oct 2003 02:31:32 PM |
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OT: Molly Ivins: War and Peace |
Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
10.09.03
It's a Fine Fall Irony Fest
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15786
The irony's the fun part -- the rest is just sickening
AUSTIN, Texas -- Not that any of us is in a position to criticize the
Great Scriptwriter in the Sky, but don't you think She's been going a
little heavy on the irony lately?
All those folks who had conniption fits over Bill Clinton's affair are
now pooh-poohing Arnold Schwarzenegger's sexual misconduct -- and vice
versa. The right-wingers who are always griping about Hollywood stars
who express political opinions -- "Shut Up and Sing" -- suddenly find
an actor perfectly fit for high political office based on his
experience as The Terminator.
Molly Ivins
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22Molly+Ivins%22&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22Molly+Ivins%22&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22Molly+Ivins%22&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_epq=Molly%20Ivins&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Molly Ivins: War and Peace |
13 Oct 2003 10:30:46 AM |
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On 12 Oct 2003 12:31:32 -0700, (maff), Message ID:
<18510aff.0310121131.3f6464a3@posting.google.com> wrote in alt.atheism;
Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
10.09.03
It's a Fine Fall Irony Fest
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15786
It's a Fine Fall Irony Fest
Molly Ivins - Creators Syndicate
10.09.03 - AUSTIN, Texas -- Not that any of us is in a position to
criticize the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky, but don't you think She's
been going a little heavy on the irony lately?
All those folks who had conniption fits over Bill Clinton's affair are
now pooh-poohing Arnold Schwarzenegger's sexual misconduct -- and vice
versa. The right-wingers who are always griping about Hollywood stars
who express political opinions -- "Shut Up and Sing" -- suddenly find an
actor perfectly fit for high political office based on his experience as
The Terminator.
Professional patriots who would have been screaming with horror had the
Clinton White House ever leaked the name of an undercover CIA agent now
struggle to justify or minimize such a thing.
President Bush has spent $300 million trying to find weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq and come up with zip, so now he wants to spend $600
million more. And let's mention the president's interesting theory that
NOT finding any weapons of mass destruction means the Iraq war was fully
justified. (Hello?)
Connoisseurs of political folly who have been enjoying the antics in
California should not overlook the doings in the Great State, where
Texas Republicans have achieved such a pluperfect snafu that the state's
primary will be delayed next year.
The Iraqi Governing Council is complaining because the United States is
wasting so much money in Iraq.
Rush Limbaugh is apparently facing drug charges.
Attorney General John Ashcroft demanded that federal prosecutors seek
the maximum penalty in every case just before some perp(s) in the White
House apparently broke the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which
carries a maximum of 10 years in prison. All in all, a fine fall Irony
Fest.
Less ironic and more in the sickening vein is the naked profiteering by
various Bushies on the Iraq War. Bob Dole used to wander around the
country demanding, "Where is the outrage?" Where's Dole when we need
him?
Joe Allbaugh, who was one of Bush's "Iron Triangle" when he was governor
and later as his presidential campaign manager and head of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, is now in the Baghdad biz. Already the head
of one consulting firm, Allbaugh and two partners, both lobbyists and
former aides to Poppy Bush, have formed a new firm.
"The opportunities evolving in Iraq are of such an unprecedented nature
and scope that no other existing firm has the necessary skills and
experience to be effective both in the United States and on the ground."
Salivating over unprecedented booty and swag while American soldiers are
getting killed every day is considered kind of tacky, in some circles.
A former partner of Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense and a major
player in pushing the war, has joined a nephew of Ahmed Chalabi, head of
the Iraqi National Congress and apparently the source of much
misinformation before the war. The nephew has opened a law office in
Baghdad, and Feith's erstwhile law partner is marketing the firm in the
United States.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts have already been awarded
-- without competitive bidding -- to American businesses, including
Halliburton and Bechtel. Hey, no favoritism there. Appearance of
impropriety? Don't be a churlish nitpicker.
Sen. Tom Daschle's office has documented the "gold-plating" of cost
estimates in dozens of contracts. These include such gems as $6,000 each
for handheld radios and satellite phones, as well as $200 million to
protect 100 Iraqi families, at an average cost of $200,000 per family
member. The federal witness protection program costs $10,000 per person
per year.
While the main cell-phone contract has yet to be announced, MCI has the
preliminary contract. MCI has no experience in building cell networks --
and it also perpetrated the largest accounting fraud in history.
We're footing the $87 billion-and-counting tab (not including the $79
billion we already spent) for this venture, and the Senate Finance
Committee has the chutzpah to consider granting a $100 billion tax break
to corporations that make profits overseas. This dandy notion would
permit American firms to "repatriate" overseas profits at a reduced tax
rate of 5.25 percent, rather than the current 35 percent. Now, does
anyone think that doing so might, just might, encourage more
corporations to move their operations overseas?
El stinko to high heaven-o.
(c) 2003 Creators Syndicate
URL: http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15786
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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