Sunday, May 22, 2005

CIRCUS BUSH OnlineJournal: "The Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal also involves one of the Bush children - Dorothy 'Doro' Bush Koch, sister of George W. Bush and married to Bobby Koch, reportedly a cousin in the oil industry Koch family, the owner of Koch Industries, which is also one of Bush's largest political donors. The minority committee report indicates that Koch Industries was also a major recipient of illegal Iraqi oil and a huge source of kickbacks to Saddam Hussein: The total sum in kickbacks from George W. Bush's cousin-in-laws to Saddam's bank accounts: $1,294,620." But who is being investigated by the FBI? You are. And some Republicans are working on proposals to make spying on neighbours and family compulsive. AlterNet: "Proposed legislation would compel people to spy on their family members and neighbors, forcing all Americans to become foot soldiers in the war on drugs. Neighbors spying on neighbors? Mothers forced to turn in their sons or daughters? These are images straight out of George Orwell's 1984, or a remote totalitarian state. We don't associate them with the land of the free and the home of the brave, but that doesn't mean they couldn't happen here. A senior congressman, James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), is working quietly but efficiently to turn the entire United States population into informants - by force." War on drugs? I don't think so. Scotsman: "America has demanded heavy US military presence during G8 summit. An aircraft carrier packed with hundreds of US marines will be anchored off the west coast of Scotland during the G8 summit, according to security sources. The assault ship, also laden with helicopters, is expected to be dispatched as the United States armed forces prepare their own massive security operation to protect the president, George Bush, during the Gleneagles summit in July. A fleet of Galaxy C-5 planes, carrying armoured limousines and the helicopters that will take Bush and his entourage to the venue, is expected to touch down at Prestwick airport. The US is also believed to be insisting on having its own command post so it can act independently of the British police and military if there is a threat to the president." The godfather of international crime must be protected at all cost. Where is the time when American presidents could walk around freely in Europe and eat 'poffertjes' (little pancakes)? 12:07:35 PM

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