Molly Ivins: Throwing out the garbage

[Dudley_DUright]

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Well, last week's news was not all about lies. This investigation of alleged spying for Israel out of Douglas Feith's office has now broadened to include Harold Rhode, also of Feith's office, David Wurmser of Dick Cheney's office and Richard Perle of the Defense Policy Board.

I am indebted to several bloggers for the reminder that Gen. Tommy Franks, according to Bob Woodward, once called Doug Feith "the dumbest f---ing guy on the planet."

Perle had an especially bad week, having been blasted to smithereens by the new report on the Hollander Inc. media debacle, in which Lord Conrad Black and Perle both engaged in looting the company.

Let me put in a word of caution here about any so-called "spy charges." Recall that we have a bad habit of charging people who are quite innocent (Wen Ho Lee) and missing those who are quite guilty (Aldrich Ames and the FBI's Robert Hanssen).

In fact, what we're looking at across the board is evidence of massive incompetence. Turns out the Justice Department can't even prosecute terrorists straight. It has always seemed to me a bad idea to put a party full of people who are against government in principle ("Government is not the solution, government is the problem") in charge of running it. They just don't seem to do a very good job. In case you hadn't noticed, we have gone from massive surplus to massive deficit, and the only people who really benefited were the richest 1 percent of Americans. That leaves the other 99 percent of us worse off than we were four years ago.

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[NC_Nurse]

1. Molly Ivins: my hero

:loveya:

[klook]

2. Good points

It has always seemed to me a bad idea to put a party full of people who are against government in principle ("Government is not the solution, government is the problem") in charge of running it. They just don't seem to do a very good job.

Never forget that the real agenda of Grover Norquist and many other Republicans is to eliminate the Federal government. From their point of view, huge deficits are great, because they push us closer to their goal: bankruptcy of the government and privatization of everything.

In case you hadn't noticed, we have gone from massive surplus to massive deficit, and the only people who really benefited were the richest 1 percent of Americans. That leaves the other 99 percent of us worse off than we were four years ago.

True. This administration is, literally, a giant rip-off for the vast majority of Americans.

[Demeter]

3. I've Got to think Bush is Dumber Than Feith

Since Bush Hired Him

[Dudley_DUright]

4. Good point

It is hard to imagine Feith being dumber than "Dr. Love". :D