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Bush dream of Privatized Social Security to be realized after 2002 elections.
"God helps those who help themselves to Americans' hard earned Social Security money."
The Bush give away continues completely unabated ... Social Security is the birthright of every American citizen. Or was, or had been, or will have been. We'll have to use a past tense in refering to most of our former birthrights. Oh, well. Ted says that 40 million Americans have no medical insurance. So what? That's not a majority. What he doesn't say is that a majority have the least medical access they can afford. And decisions about what they can or can't afford are controlled by insurance companies. Ted doesn't mention that when jobs are Enronized there is no medical access at all. Nor does he philosophize about the fact that insurance as a means of delivering medical care is simply institutionaized tyranny. And now Bush is set to realize his dream of doing the same to Social Security. You gotta love it. Because now, as unbelievable as it may seem to anybody with a properly functioning neocortex, Bush is set to extend his control of all three branches of government, Judiciary, Legislative, and Executive. He has new regulations aimed at foisting his rightist agenda on Americans in every possible manner. Rightist judges are to be fast-tracked into courts all across America. Newt Gingrich himself gloated from his home in Florida about the prospects on NightLine with Ted Koppel. Bushies marching in cadence are set to extend control of the House of Representatives. Bushies marching in cadence are set to command control of the Senate. The king himself will be on the throne for at least another six more years. How do we feel about that? We're pleased as punch. Why? Because we told you so, we told you so, we told you so. How do you feel about that?
Looking beyond the incredibly useful sentimentality of 9/11; WMD, indeed. Are we concerned about all the BS about Iraq? Get serious. It may be around 94.37% BS. Machiavellian? Machiavellian, Schmachiavellian. Hey, whatever works, right? Even if Hussein were to want to do for Iraq what Ataturk did for Turkey, we ain't never gonna find out, are we? Le Monde and Der Spiegel keep carping about how it's really all about oil. Everybody knows the road to the future leads through Baghdad. Especially, Putin, Chirac and Schroeder. Ostensibly they say that Britain and America should not do it alone without a proper decorous facade. All they are really concerned about is how much of the spoils of war will be given to the French, Germans and Russians. Ditto the Chinese. The best thing about Iraq is that after it is over Bush will be in your face and on your back for six more years. At least. Term limits can be changed. Maybe now you can understand why Bush the elder didn't go to Baghdad the first time. Iraqi Oil, American Bonanza?
In a Post-War Iraq, U.S. Companies Could be Major Players, by John W. Schoen
One more thing. Did we get any silly ideas from Gore Vidal's latest book? Absolutely not. We haven't read any of his silly books. That Gore Vidal fellow undoubtedly read what really happened. Then he shuttled off to Italy to write his stuff on his own. So there. "Gore Vidal has the power to drive conservatives insane, I can't say
why, but the mere mention of his name seems to turn them into screaming
maniacs, that alone would make this book worth owning" - orangeduke What's Dick thinking up? Post Election Update:
"The US must hold global power and a monopoly of force. It will then protect the new order while allowing others to pursue their legitimate interests as Washington defines them. The US must account sufficiently for the interests of the advanced industrial nations to discourage them from challenging our leadership, or seeking to overturn the established political order, or even aspiring to a larger regional or global role..."we will retain the preeminent responsibility for addressing selectively those wrongs which threaten not only our interests but also those of our allies or friends. The United States alone will determine what are wrongs, and when they are to be selectively righted." from a draft copy of the Pentagon's 1992 budgetary planning guide written when Dick Cheney, now Vice-President, was Secretary of Defense. |
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