Halliburton’s Deals Greater Than Thought
Posted on August 28, 2003 - Filed Under government | Leave a Comment
Where do Halliburton and its subsidiary, KBR, not go?
Suuuuurprise, suuuuuuurprise …
Bush is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to write checks we cannot cash; he leads me to wars we cannot win.
Subsequent verses contributed by Jack:
verse 2
My soul He doth restore again,
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of right-winged-ness,
E’en […]
Comments on Democrat Party Poll
Posted on August 15, 2003 - Filed Under government | Leave a Comment
The following is what I wrote Terry McAuliffe in my recently completed DNC Presidential Strategy Poll. And, no, I do not delude myself that Terry will actually read it. Dumb, but not stupid, remember?
“The Democrat party is on the verge of extinction due to the lack of a collective spine and direction. […]
After Powell, Whom? Someone Else!
Posted on August 14, 2003 - Filed Under government | Leave a Comment
According to the latest news, “The US may need a new Secretary of State in 2005.”
Very good, reporting staff! Yes, if a second Bush term isn’t a foregone conclusion, we may very well need a new Secretary of State. And I’m sure the nation is going to shed tears over the departure of a man […]
Shell Games
Posted on August 13, 2003 - Filed Under books, culture-society-history, government | Leave a Comment
An excerpt from Our Enemy, The State by Albert J. Nock:
“Another strange notion pervading whole peoples is that the State has money of its own; and nowhere is this absurdity more firmly fixed than in America. The State has no money. It produces nothing. Its existence is purely parasitic, maintained by taxation; that is to […]
More from the ‘WMD as in Dumb’ Department
Posted on August 1, 2003 - Filed Under government | Leave a Comment
This just popped up as news on Friday, 8 Aug 2003 08:11:18 -0500. Very interesting reading, in light of subsequent events:
Lack of hard evidence of Iraqi weapons worries top U.S. officials
by Jonathan S. Landay, Knight Ridder Newspapers
Fri, Sep. 06, 2002
WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. officials with access to top-secret intelligence on Iraq say they have […]
