Political/Political Humor
Saturday, May 24, 2003[5:44:57 PM]
Did you even know they fired Tommy-boy White?
This is the rackateer of the Republican California energy banditry: while his cronies were raping and pillaging in the spot market, White offered the "protection" of long-term contracts at villainous rates.
There's also a billion-dollar bit of Republican fraud where White paid big-time Republican Contributor and drug company Eli Lily $50 million to set up a scam to put $1.3 billion profit on White's books -- for which he got a bonus.
When White's insider trading -- while a federal employ -- became widely known, Bush was quoted in news articles as telling White not to resign, so that reporters would focus on White's criminal insider trading, not Bush's criminal insider trading.
And now White's gone, and the media is whisper quiet.
The story is that Rumsfeld wanted to fire White immediately when the insider trading came out, but Bush people insisted on keeping White. After White went behind Rumsfeld's back to try and save the Crusader artillery program, it was just a matter of time. Time was up in the post-war lull.
It seems unlikely that White will be indicted soon, but at least we can hope that the next Secretary of the Army won't be a lying thief. Well, we can dream.
[12:33:13 PM]
I went to Chicago for a few days last weekend. Cut off from the internet, I watched cable news in my hotel room. The world disappeared. There was no mention at all, for example, of the brewing scandal of DeLay and Texas DPS using Homeland Security to track down Democrats.
Instead, there were several specials glorifying the Iraq conquest. Wow. Did you know Fox had Oliver North embedded? Amazing that he can get a job. In a democracy, he would probably have been hanged. Giving high-tech weapons to your enemies is not typically regarded as heroic behavior. I guess shredding evidence to keep Poppy out of prison counts for a lot in this country.
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