Is that a shrub in your pocket...
or are you just a corporate profiteer?
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Long Time, No Post Goddamn, it's been over six months since I put anything up here. So, what's been going on? Well, let's see.... People are apparently starting to see this president and his administration for what it is. Well, don't blame me. Iraq? Not only did it prove to have nothing to do with 9/11, and not only did it prove to have no - zero, zilch, nada - dreaded biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons capabilities, but the series of memos and meeting minutes coming out out the UK (collectively known, I guess, as the Downing Street Memos) clearly show that Bush and company were hellbent on invading at least as early as 2002. In fact, it was only because Britian knew that this was an illegal and ill-advised war that Bush was persuaded to go to the UN and get a resolution to justify invasion. Of course, Bush got his resolution, but Saddam fucked him over by allowing inspections and having no weapons (beyond a few missiles that exceeding the allowable range by a few kilometers - which were immediately destroyed). The US and UK stepped up their bombing of Iraq in the second half of 2002 as a prelude for the invasion, and as an attempt to goad Saddam into giving them an excuse to attack. Bush sent a couple of billion (yeah, with a 'b') dollars over to Iraq in duffel bags, and now it's gone - unaccounted for. We 'lost' $8.8 billion in Iraqi oil revenue, too. We have record deficits (closing in on half a trillion), a record national debt ($7 trillion or so) and record oil prices ($60 a bbl). Gas is now getting ready to make a push up to $3 a gallon. The economy is great - if you're already rich. For the rest of us, things get more and more expensive as we make up for all the tax cuts the uberwealthy got. We're running out of suckers to join the army, so get ready for a draft so we can invade Iran next, all you snot-faced little young Republicans and the parents of 18-yr old boys and girls. Yeah, it's not just for boys anymore. So, do what you want, but don't blame me (you know who you are). You voted for this; you got what you deserved. I just hope like hell they take you first.posted by pjs 3:55 PM
