PENTAGON SCORES A BIGGER RIP-OFF THAN BAILOUT

A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT THE 1000 POUNDS GORILLA, BEAR OR GODZILLA STOMPING THROUGH CONGRESS, SENATE & DEMOCRACY THAT EVERYONE (BIG MEDIA INCLUDED) IGNORES SO ELEQUANTLY... 

Just like a magician; while you are watching the left hand , the right one does the trick ! 

With All Eyes on the Bailout, House Passes Trillion-Dollar Defense Bill 

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IT'S EMPIRE BUILDING, NOT DEFENSE SPENDING ! 
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/100524/ 

"The legislation came together in a remarkably secret process that concentrated decision-making power in the hands of a few lawmakers." 

In keeping with the tradition of recent years, Bush held a gun to his own head and threatened to pull the trigger if his demands weren't met. According to the AP, "To earn President Bush's signature rather than a veto, House and Senate negotiators dropped several provisions he opposed. They include a ban on private interrogators in U.S. military detention facilities and what would have amounted to congressional veto power over a security pact with Iraq." 

ALSO... 

THE WAR ECONOMY 
http://pr.thinkprogress.org/ 

IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS 
http://freedocumentaries.org/theatre.php?filmid=130&... 

NO END IN SIGHT 
http://freedocumentaries.org/theatre.php?filmid=184&... 

WHY WE FIGHT 
http://freedocumentaries.org/theatre.php?filmid=93&... 

THE $3 TRILLION WAR : After wildly lowballing the cost of the Iraq conflict at a mere $50 to $60 billion, the Bush administration has been concealing the full economic toll. The spending on military operations is merely the tip of a vast fiscal iceberg. - by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes / Vanity Fair April 2008 

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,267,401" 
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html 

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,173 
http://icasualties.org/oif/ 

The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs 
$557,402,608,931 

See the cost in your community 
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrap... 

"We are watching a poorly staged rendition of Wag the Dog , interpreted for the morbidly stupid and performed by the criminally insane." - Jules Carlysle