Knowledge Brings Fear
Motto of Mars U, Futurama
The above is absolutely true. The more I know about the Bush Administration, the more I am afraid.
I was thinking about writing a diary about how the CPA and Bremer (remember them?) had basically shut down all state-owned enterprises in Iraq and refused to buy anything from them (like cement), which I thought might be a pretty important element in Iraq's current troubles. But TomDispatch.com beat me to the punch, and did a far better job than I would have even dreamed of. For those who are unfamiliar with TomDispatch, this is a must-read-regularly site for all intelligent Kossacks (which is all of you, of course). I read a lot of intelligent websites and blogs, but this one is right at the top of the list. Tom Engelhardt is brilliant, the people he interviews are generally brilliant, and his guest columnists are brilliant.
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