WTF—did I slip into an alternate universe or something?
- June 6: Claude Hankes Drielsma, Ahmed Chalabi’s buddy ‘investigating’ corruption in the UN oil-for-food program (to be proven by documents in Chalabi’s possession that nobody else gets to see), says all his data got wiped out somehow. Both his primary storage and his backup in a Baghdad office were destroyed by hackers. Ok, whatever—next time, don’t systems store explosive intelligence in vulnerable systems.
- June 30: The Bush administration denies a Freedom of Information Act for the Justice Department’s database on foreign lobbyists, saying that it might crash the database. The system will be stable by December, apparently, and they can get the list then. Ok, whatever—next time, don’t hold public records in systems that can implode just by running an export command.
- July 8: “Military records that could help establish President Bush’s whereabouts during his disputed service in the Texas Air National Guard more than 30 years ago have been inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon.” Ok, whatever—hey waitaminute…
What the hell? How gullible can a whole nation be—how much information just keeps disappearing into a black hole? The Bush train is so far off its tracks, it’s not even alarming anymore. Just pathetic.
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It’s pretty darn scary when a president starts to act like this. I lived through Nixon and, believe me, this guy is starting to behave the way Nixon did in the final days.
Calls the Irish embassy to complain, for Goddess sakes, when an Irish reporter asks him a tough question or two! Has protestors hauled away from his speeches. Storms off the stage when he’s asked a question about his largest campaign contributor doing the perp walk. Not only refuses to speak to one of the nation’s most important African American groups, but then can’t leave well-enough alone and has to announce that the “scheduling conflict” was a lie and that the real reason he won’t address them is because they’ve had the unmitigated gall to dare to criticize him in the past.
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It’s a race. It’s a race between chronological time and this man’s alcohol-ridden, increasingly out-of-touch id. I hope we win. Come on November 2nd.
Hecate | Homepage | 07.10.04 - 4:24 pm | #
Billmon,
Why do I feel like I’m living through Vietnam, Watergate and the Rise of the Third Reich …
All at the same time?!!!
Posted by: Don in Colorado at June 7, 2004 10:47 PM
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I’m waiting for it to start raining frogs, myself.
Posted by: Billmon at June 7, 2004 10:52 PM
November, November.
Down the Rabbit Hole