No More Mr. Nice Guy!

No blood for zip codes!

What does Iraq need most urgently, as it climbs out from under the rubble of the US-wrought devastation? Electricity? Water? Schools, hospitals? No, silly! What Iraq needs most desperately is US-style zip codes.

Of course it's not that zip codes are a top priority in Iraq, it's just that $9 million is a tasty little snack for Halliburton as part of its overall $2 billion no-bid contract. What a coincidence that the former CEO of Halliburton is Dick Cheney, who denies that he still has any contacts with the company, although a congressional report concludes that he does indeed have a financial interest under federal ethics rules.

Oh, and if we send any doctors, they'd better be anti-choice. Gotta cover all bases. If we're going to let mega-corporations feast at a trough filled with 87 billion taxpayer dollars, we should at least throw some scraps to Junior's other power base, the Falwells and Robertsons.

As for Donald Rumsfeld, he continues to be the darling of the neocons even as his credibility collapses faster than that of RRR ultra-hypocrite Bill Bennett. I'm sure wounded troops won't be singing Rummy's praises as they pay for their hospital meals. (Tell me again how repugs are "supporting the troops"...)

Back in Cheney's home state, they're a distressingly cynical lot. Take this online poll which asks, "Do you believe what political advertisements are trying to tell you?" and notice what percentage of people vote "No". Who would have thought?