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Not Saved by the Bell, but Saved by the Bill at the FBI

All the hand-wringing (a good bit of it by me) over lost freedoms, Big Brother and this administration’s Homeland Insecurity pale by comparison to bad judgment and malfeasance. Jeffersonian democracy may be against the ropes in the 10th round, but it has a far better chance of being saved by the bill than the bell.

Thanks and Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Local Iraqi interpreters working with either the State Department, Military or private organizations in Iraq have a limited shelf-life. Their ‘use before’ date has never been very long because they have to live among the ordinary population, while keeping their jobs hidden.

ING Bank Totally Screws NetBank Customers in Takeover

A cautionary tale on December 7, 2007 (Pearl Harbor Day)

The White Horse that is ING Bank, galloping valiantly in to save what’s left of the sub-prime-mortgage-defunct NetBank, has mud all over it.

The Year of the Naomis--Wolf and Klein--Both with Great Messages

If you read two books this entire year before election day, make them books by the Naomis—Wolf with The End of America and Klein’s The Shock Doctrine.

Is There Anything American About America Anymore?

Sometimes I wonder where they took my country when I wasn’t looking. It's been dragged off, sealed in a box and hidden in the basement under a pile of recyclables.

Dressing Up Space Defense in Dominatrix Clothing

Setting aside and ignoring the blather of Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, we are becoming a sadomasochistic nation when it comes to our foreign affairs. There is no other explanation. Who but a sadist would lead the likes of Pervez Musharraf down the garden path of armaments and praise, to so suddenly get moralistic and yank out the rug we stood him on?

MAD or NUTS Take Your Pick, It Might be IRRITATE

The opener is pretty much all you need to know in trading off the ‘fair and balanced’ position of this article co-authored by Israelist Louis Rene Beres and his warmongering buddy, Major General Paul (surgical and fast) Vallely, U.S. Army (retarded).

Put On the Cuffs, I’m Guilty as Charged

If you thought, as I did, that some pretty scary legislation was created in the past seven years of this administration, you might want to pay attention.

Congress Drops White House Demands Along With Its Pants

In the dance this administration orchestrated over the still-warm corpse of American values, ‘abhorrent’ has come to mean ‘offensive to the mind, but allowable.’ Most of us were flim-flammed by the wording, victims of adminispeak; in common context, the synonyms are repulsive, detestable, obscene and repugnant.

So, NOW What the Hell Are We Doing Here?

It was all about Saddam until it wasn't. Then it was all about al-Qaeda until it wasn't. Then as everything went entirely to hell, it wasn't about 9-11 and wasn't about nation-building, it was all about holding the gangsters away from each other until Iraqis could form a government.