NonTROPPO: Bush Boys Still Rolling in the Dirt

May 09, 2003

Bush Boys Still Rolling in the Dirt Perle has been accused AGAIN of "a conflict of interest":http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0507-03.htm with his role on the Pentagon advisory board (he gave private seminars on how to profit from the war!). This is really getting a habit for poor Perle ("see here":http://slate.msn.com/id/2082676/ for how his Libel suit againts all those bad journalists bothering him is going)... On related news, the ever-sweet munchkin Rumsfeld seems "to be in a similar boat to Perle":http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,952289,00.html?=rss who as director of his former company was involved in a $200million deal for a nuclear reactor with North Korea in 2000, yet is now trying to convice us that the very same regime is *evil*. Well, rummy boy, been dealing with 'pure evil®' incarnate have you, not really something an uprighteous Christian who pontificates about good and evil (and uses such speech to justify unleashing devestating wars) should really be doing?... Completing the Munchkin-Kabal, it appears that a subsidiary of Cheney's old firm Haliburton (who still pay him a suspected $1million annually) are "actually operating oilfields in Iraq":http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0507-01.htm and have permission to 'distribute the goods' (i.e. sell the oil!). They have also been accused of running offshore subsiduaries to trade with 'rogue' states, and finally they have been "paying millions of dollars in bribes":http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0509-02.htm to Nigerian officials. Keep the good work up boys... Posted by Ian at May 09, 2003 03:00 PM | TrackBack

I am lost for words. What really scares me is that nothing seems to be done about these things. I am convinced the Americans want things this way. When should the outside world protest ... in a really big way that makes them listen and care? And what about Americans that don't want them? How can we help them? Do they even recognize their leaders misdoings as bad?

Posted by: Alexander Johannesen on May 12, 2003 10:11 AM

I think a number of Americans are painfully aware of the almost transparent corruption of the present administration. The problem I see is that American media is so hugely distorted in its coverage, that Americans fail to perceive the extent of the problems their democracy faces. The second problem is the consistent spinelessness of the democrats - slithering here and there in such a pathetic manner.

September 11th struck the biggest blow to American democracy since the cold war - sadly the hand that is wreaking the damage is an American one. I really hope the American people wake up soon enough to stem the blood from the wound this administration has inflicted...

Posted by: Ian on May 12, 2003 1:08 PM

I hope you are right, but considering the latest polls in the US, people love these clows. The only somewhat sane person there able to uphold some decency in the current administration is Powell, which again says a lot.

I hope the next president (w/administration) of the US is someone not so tied into American businesses as the current, but the chances are - scarily enough - next to nothing; corporate America pays for the governence, and the people are lulled by words reassuring them that everything is done for them. It makes me angry that the majority of the US buys this hogwash, but then, apart from bashing the rest of the world, they don't seem to care much about it.

Posted by: Alexander Johannesen on May 14, 2003 9:34 AM

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