Back to work!
This blog has been pretty sparse of late. Let’s see if I can correct that. Some of the stories I’ve run here are still in the news, in one way or another:
The rolling blackouts in California continue to be the source of much legal wrangling, with power companies denying they acted in concert to screw California ratepayers, even though some of the executives responsible have already confessed.
With the capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, there is renewed speculation that terror suspects will be tortured by U.S. officials. The United States so far hasn’t bothered to deny it. And don’t look for the Democrats to make an issue of it.
My spouse was recently emailed a copy of an urban myth about how soldiers and sailors love George W. Bush so very much, which is strange considering that Dubya remains AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard.
While ostensibly we refuse to be terrorized, the promotion of fear by the White House continues apace. Get some duct tape. Wait, no, don’t.
On the other hand, there’s relative silence in the media about corporate crime, which must be good news for the Bushies who don’t want you to think too carefully about Halliburton getting a piece of the postwar Iraqi oil business.
Most people in the Middle East think a war on Iraq is part of a crusade against Islam, despite all the Bush propaganda to the contrary.
We keep hearing how Saddam Hussein might use chemical weapons against American invaders, as he did against Iranian invaders, but we never hear that the Iraqis were themselves subjected to chemical attack at the hands of the British.