Iraq—The Short War—Four Years and Counting:
On the day that President Bush announced that the U. S. would invade Iraq, the price of Halliburton stock was at $20.15 per share; just two days ago, adjusted for a split, the value was $64.12. We shore took care a them WMDs, I reckon!
Exigent Circumstance:
Say that twenty-five times while holding your breath! It's a mouthful all right, and typical of bureaucratic linguistics used to cover up incompentancy. The FBI, those fellows who insisted that the Mafia didn't exist and who infiltrated peace movement groups only to insite them to greater and greater levels of violence so that they could boost their arrest records, has been at it again. This time the story has to do with inappropriate wire tapping. (That's when the federal police listen to you talk over a shopping trip with your mother-in-law.)
For two years, the Fibi, as I prefer to call them, practiced "flawed procedures involved the use of emergency demands for records, called "exigent circumstance" letters, which contained false or undocumented claims" ("Amid Concerns, FBI Lapses Went On," The Washinton Post).
This isn't breaking news, as you probably realize, but the story just keeps unraveling. The FBI, quite naturally, were trying to impress their boss over in the administration, that they really and truly were trying to prevent another terrorist attack. They hoped that George Bush would also be impressed.
It certainly does feel like this administration is suffering from serious constipation and could stand a thorough purging.
On the day that President Bush announced that the U. S. would invade Iraq, the price of Halliburton stock was at $20.15 per share; just two days ago, adjusted for a split, the value was $64.12. We shore took care a them WMDs, I reckon!
Exigent Circumstance:
Say that twenty-five times while holding your breath! It's a mouthful all right, and typical of bureaucratic linguistics used to cover up incompentancy. The FBI, those fellows who insisted that the Mafia didn't exist and who infiltrated peace movement groups only to insite them to greater and greater levels of violence so that they could boost their arrest records, has been at it again. This time the story has to do with inappropriate wire tapping. (That's when the federal police listen to you talk over a shopping trip with your mother-in-law.)
For two years, the Fibi, as I prefer to call them, practiced "flawed procedures involved the use of emergency demands for records, called "exigent circumstance" letters, which contained false or undocumented claims" ("Amid Concerns, FBI Lapses Went On," The Washinton Post).
This isn't breaking news, as you probably realize, but the story just keeps unraveling. The FBI, quite naturally, were trying to impress their boss over in the administration, that they really and truly were trying to prevent another terrorist attack. They hoped that George Bush would also be impressed.
It certainly does feel like this administration is suffering from serious constipation and could stand a thorough purging.
Labels: Politics
posted by Jim | 11:53 AM
3 Comments:
Yes, Washington is due for an enema.
You know, I just went through the colonoscopy ordeal. The procedure itself is a piece of cake compared to the purging. I really have to wonder what our president would shit were he undergoing the same test this week.
I think he'd start with a brick, and some informative "shredded" documents might follow.
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