POLITICS

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Because I am having a bad work day and I didn't sleep, here's a cranky political bit

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[threepunchstuff]

Because then it's tanks in the street time, relieved of duty time. I mean, right?

[maps_or_guitars]

My gut feeling is that they haven't told the truth because ultimately, they will want the support of the same moneyed interests that have benefitted from the war, and who would take exception to the war's portrayal as a war of greed. If the candidates come out on the war being a greedfest, then they have to call the American corporate class as the load of carpetbaggers they are.

Just off the cuff over here.

[firepower]

Thanks for asking!

[vanmojo]

This is a pretty understandable response. It mirrors my own meltdown about six months ago, when Daniel Schorr on NPR, whom I generally respect as a journalist, said: "And now the public support for the war in Iraq is declining in the face of a more determined insurgency than we expected."

I can recall a time when Sean, James and I could not open our mouths in public without the phrase "asymetric war of attrition that the U.S. is totally unprepared for..." emitting from our collective grills.

So yeah, who the hell knew Iraq was going to turn into a clusterfuck of biblical proportions...

Oh, wait... that would be us.

mojo sends

Re: Mayhaps it's because......

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Disagree with my politics all you want, but don't accuse me of being an American Idol fan. Smile when you say that, pardner.