Scary stupidity surfaces

[solarbird]

There's a little bit of movement out there to try to declare the Iraq war a smashing success (as noted first here by urbaniak), and in the face of spiraling oil prices, arguments that the US should invade more oil-rich countries specifically to take their oil. Mish Shedlock notes correctly that this is, at best, theft, and more to the point, insane. I have argued similarly myself in discussion forums where this comes up, noting that it is thuggery at its finest.

In other news Glenn outlines the bribery campaign contribution trail between the telecoms lobbying for retroactive amnesty and the members of Congress most directly involved. This effort is still ongoing; the attempt to close off the only semi-functional investigation into all this domestic spying continues apace. And in Item 6 here, Mr. Greenwald also notes that the administration has moved directly from denial of any administration involvement in the massive domestic military psi-op/domestic propaganda campaign to confirmation and insistence that it did nothing wrong, despite laws specifically banning such operations. There continues to be no coverage of this on the major networks, as far as I am aware.

Comments

[leftbase.livejournal.com]

This seems a bit of an understatement:

"...the Saudis are nominally our allies, so an invasion would be considered unsporting by world opinion."

[emrecom.livejournal.com]

"unsporting"

Priceless usage.

I've long been of the trembling suspicion that Bush with bomb Iran just to fuck things up enough to ruin shit long enough for another moral nihilist neocon to grab power.

[dpawtows.livejournal.com]

I recall an old quote about a bad D&D player: "If I buy enough weapons and armor, then I don't need to buy food or supplies!"

[janne.livejournal.com]

Dear me. I shall have to hope it remains 'unsporting' to suggest attacking the Norwegian oil fields, too. I read through that peace and couldn't make my mind up whether it was supposed to be sarcastic or serious o.O.

[epawtows.livejournal.com]

When it comes to reasons why there hasn't been a major attack in seven years, I tend to think the org that deserves a lot of the credit is the NYPD- largely DESPITE DoHS's efforts.