Alright President Barack Obama, since you have decided to take on the right wing section amongst the Republicans head-on... here is a small section from my forthcoming book... Republicans go on and on about spending cuts and small government when the US defense budget is about 750 billion and the military is two million strong. Try to cut one penny there and they will cry hoarsely from the top of the Washington Monument. When BP spilled all that good oil in 2011, the same Republicans advocating small government and zero regulations went aboard screeching insufficient oversight by the Obama administration. More outrageously, it accused the administration of failing to plug the well. They campaign for small government and less spending, but want a Department of Oil Spills. How about a new cabinet position - Secretary of Wells, Leaks, and Beyond? All this right-wing Republican drivel, when they refuse to roll back subsidies to mega-rich oil companies. It would be commonsense to use a small portion of those humongous revenues to improve safety, pay for damages to the environment, and maybe some insurance too. However, Tony Hayward of BP wanted his life of fast yachts and faster women back. I fervently hope the only sane Republican with any status today: Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel of Nebraska will run for president one day. Even though I cannot vote in America now, my moral ballot would be for him. Whatever Bush knew or did not know, the devious duo of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld knew, and knew far better. It was crucial to their stakes that Afghanistan remains a festering wound. If American forces quickly accomplished their mission, there would be no long-term contracts for companies like Halliburton. That military, oil services, and infrastructure company dips its fingers in many pies, much like the Afghan Governor-cum-Warlord-cum-Druglord. It won repeated no-bid contracts from the US military for supply of commodities ranging from bottled water to gasoline in Afghanistan and Iraq. Little wonder, three beetles named Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi, and Agathidium rumsfeldi creep around the earth. Interestingly, all three are “Slime Mold Beetles,” from the family of “Sponge Ball Beetles,” so can we say that the three men are Slime Balls.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 02:31:45 +0000
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