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Re: Confusion
[quote name="Moab"][quote name="Mischief Maker"]<A HREF="http://www.boston.com/dailynews/131/world/Top_Shiite_leader_calls_for_wi:.shtml" TARGET="new">On one hand they want Democracy in Iraq. On the other hand they don't want the shiite majority running things</A>. How do you manage that? Put Jeb Bush and Scalia in charge of elections? Oh by the way, in case you haven't already heard it, it turns out that emergency oil well fire fighting contract given to haliburton (the one no one else was allowed to compete for) <B>also</B> just happens to allow them <A HREF="http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/07/news/companies/halliburton_iraq_con/index.htm" TARGET="new">control and distribution of Iraqi oil.</A> Lemme tell ya. When those guys hired former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney as their CEO, they were making a mothafuckin' <U>Investment</U>. Anyone find any WMD yet? Osama? No? Oh well, I'm sure we went to war AND passed a 500 bajillion dollar vetrans-benefits-slashing tax cut during a recession for reasons that will benefit <B>The American Public</B>. I can't wait to see the job market after I graduate in a couple weeks.[/quote] It appears the only one ever confused by this horrific barrage of reality was you. It is dog eat dog and America is one big ugly dog run by much bigger dogs then we. Was Clinton <i>less</i> corrupt? No, hardly. While all of this is unsavory, it is pragmatic and nothing approaching anything new. You might want to consider that it's not ever going to change in your lifetime no matter how many times you vote for Nader. That cunt in the Hummer is not moved by your waving angry fist sticking out of a hybrid. Bush sucks, we know, we have known.[/quote]