Little Mr Mahatma

In which the middle-aged Peacenik mouths off about War Drones--and all the other things that make him cranky.

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Little Mr Mahatma

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Not For Profit
'WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House ruled out tapping the US strategic petroleum reserves in response to soaring gas prices that may pose a political threat to US President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election bid.

Spokesman Scott McClellan said the stockpile was meant to defuse an emergency, and that lawmakers worried about the high costs at the pump should approve Bush's controversial energy plan.

"Our position remains the same," he said. "Because the Strategic Petroleum Reserve being there in the event of National emergencies, in the event we would be attacked or there would be severe disruptions in the supply of oil."

"The president is concerned, like all Americans, about rising gas prices. It's important that Congress passes a comprehensive energy plan so we don't have to go through this every year," said McClellan.

"We will continue to do what we've been doing that is to stay in close contact with producers around the world to urge them not to take action that would harm our economy or hurt consumers here in America," he said.'

Translation: We're making big bucks here and we don't give a shit if people have to take second mortgages for gas. And maybe we can blackmail Congress in to voting for our stupid Energy bill.

America - held hostage for oil.

Bucks for Booboos
LA Times reported recently that in order to foster better relations with the Iraqi citizens we're using the Good Ol' American ploy of bribery (or war reparations, however you want to call it). That's right. If we blow up your sheep, your home, your kids we'll pay you hard American cash, courtesy of the freedom loving American taxpayers. We're good guys. We give you money. You buy CDs and Coke.

My question is this: How many Iraqis are happily taking our money and using it to buy weapons to use against us?

It's darkly humerous. We sell WMDs to Hussein. We tell him to get rid of them. We invade Iraq and overthrow Hussein. We give money to the Iraqis. They buy arms...

8:16 AM

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