…has there EVER been a time in American history, including Watergate, when this country was run by a government as thoroughly and utterly rotten to the core as this one??

I mean, my understanding is that even Nixon accomplished a few positive things.

Well, yes and no. You have to go back to the Grant administration (1868) to find one as BLATANTLY dishonest and incompetent, but I believe the consensus among historians is that Grant himself was just inept and unwisely loyal to his friends (unlike W).
FWIW, my personal take on history indicates that EVERY government (of whatever flavor or era) is basically a kleptocracy – like Lord Acton said: “power corrupts”

… but I am too timid to even blog.

my Strunk&White-loving hubby would point out yer split infinitive… sigh

listen to ME, child: JUST JUMP IN & DO IT!
Preferably here in the Lake. The water’s perfect! The sharks are friendly & helpful.
& it’s much more fun to learn by doing, rather than planning too too much ;->

Hi, Adie! Just got home myself after seeing a production of Titus Andronicus. Bloody, bloody, bloody.

Hi back Pach. You’re the best!

I’m getting really slow start this a.m.

Wrote that last upon getting back from bloody, bloody good Cleveland Orchestra concert ;->

now coping w/ marching orders of sorts, to prep & clean & heavenknowswhat, soas to be ready to help roundabout30yrsold “kids” treat us on mom’s day. hm-m-m. where to begin….

I WILL get yer screed read. It’s already bookmarked in special spot, so it’s not lost in the fray, sigh….

….. now, where’d i bookmark that dustcloth last year?….. maybe just play games with the cat a tad longer ……
…anyone tell you ADHD (or whutever they call it now) shows genetic link?
…. oh? nuthin…. nebbermine…. mebbe i should climb on that xrcise bike after/before i dust it….. yes? no? mbt%@pfftdgh-n-n-n- *wanders off aimlessly, or so it would appear*

I wish I’d known all this a few years ago.

In 3 years, less than 10 comments.

God why?!?!?!?

WHY??????????????

*cries uncontrollably*

Hugh @ 216

Siun @ 205

Greenwarrior – you nailed it!

Both parties creating delays and endorsing the hydrocarbon bill so we can steal Iraqi’s oil …

shame

We are not going to steal Iraq’s oil. The situation is too f*cked up. And once Iraq settles down the first thing that is going to be tossed in the trash is Iraq’s hydrocarbon law (that is if it ever gets passed).

I could easily see that it won’t work out the way they’ve planned it. There’s something else nagging at the back of my mind. A pipeline that’s being built or being resurrected and used to smuggle the oil out through the south. My memory of this is very hazy. Anyone remember/know more?

IIRC In the first days of the invasion it was reported that Halliburton had lain a pipeline into that port area “to provide ‘water’” from Kuwait, again memory has it reported a 16″ pipe – which carries a whole lot of water, considering there is the Tigres/Euphrates supply at hand. But then, pipes have a remarkable quality of working either direction and work with all kinds of liquids. This was from Irish Times of the period (ireland.com).

Siun @ 205

Greenwarrior – you nailed it!

Both parties creating delays and endorsing the hydrocarbon bill so we can steal Iraqi’s oil …

shame

We are not going to steal Iraq’s oil. The situation is too f*cked up. And once Iraq settles down the first thing that is going to be tossed in the trash is Iraq’s hydrocarbon law (that is if it ever gets passed).

I sort of surmised that is what the Bl*ckw*ter boys were for, once the Department of Offence was neutralised or compromised from the plan