Summary
11/05/04
14:09 EST
No Weapons of Mass Destruction have been found in
Iraq in the last 10 years.
There was no link between Iraq under Saddam and the events
of 9/11/01.
There was no link between Iraq under Saddam and al
Qaeda.
9/11/01 was 3 years and 1 month ago.
The war with Iraq began 3/20/03,
(52+33)=85 weeks ago.
George W. Bush had been President for 33 weeks on 9/11/01.
1,128 US soldiers have died in Iraq.
482 US soldiers died in Iraq in 2003.
646 US soldiers have died in Iraq in 2004.
Saddam was captured 12/13/03, more than 10 months ago.
Osama? Omar? al-Zawahiri? al-Zarqawi?
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24% more US soldiers have died in Iraq per day in 2004 than died in Iraq per day in 2003:
2003 482 US soldiers dead in 287 days = 1.68 US soldiers dead per day
2004 646 US soldiers dead in 310 days = 2.08 US soldiers dead per day
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GWB has done well since
9/11/01, particularly if one ignores scamming the citizenry into war with
Iraq, and the economy, especially deficits and joblessness. The war on
terror (a metaphorical war, like the war on drugs or the war on poverty)
has been expensive. 9/11/01 occurred on Bush's watch, after he was
inattentive to and complacent about terror for almost 8
months.
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The S&P 500 closed on 10/29/04 at 1130.20
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 585,000 jobs have disappeared in the US since 1/20/01.
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Speaking of impeachment, what is the proper Constitutional
remedy when the US President scams the Republic into war? Certainly
when the US President dupes the citizenry into war, he does a grave injury
to the State. If you won't impeach when the President dupes the
Republic, scams the polity, into war then when will you impeach? If not
for this, then for what? The President lied to Congress. Can Congress pass
this institutional deficit down to future generations? Can Congress
surrender the impeachment power? Congress is acting squeamishly about
impeachment, femalely about impeachment. Congress has slight institutional
identity, slight institutional respect, slight self-respect. The
difference between GWB and Ollie North is one of degree. Congress is
afflicted by pusillanimity. Congress is prostrate.
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Defense is
mentioned 4th in the Preamble to the US Constitution, behind Union,
Justice, and Tranquility. Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution
begins the enumeration of the President's powers, duties,
responsibilities. 1st on the list is commander in chief of the army and
navy.
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Defense Secretary Rumsfeld has a seductive and compelling
vision of US Empire, benevolent and enlightened. Got something better?
Please note that even Donald Rumsfeld and Caspar Weinberger will scam you,
will lie to you. Secretary Rumsfeld is unusually inventive. He invented
the need for national missile defense. He invented the post 9/11 threat
from Iraq.
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Speaking of national missile defense, 10/9/04 marked 59 years and 2 months since nuclear weapons were last used in anger.
Theorem: There is no such thing as nuclear missile attack. Proof: The
proof is by induction and is left to the student. National missile defense, had it existed, would
have been useless against the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. Where will a
nuclear missile attack come from? The Doctrine of Preemption gives the US
the right to kill anyone and everyone possessing a nuclear missile
capable of reaching the US. More so if they don't speak English. No one
has ever been killed in a nuclear missile attack. No one has ever even
seen a nuclear missile attack. National missile defense won't defend
against suitcases and won't defend against an illegal immigrant carrying a
suitcase. If nuclear missile attack were going to occur, it would have occurred by now.
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Nuclear energy is our friend
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The US federal budget deficit for fiscal 2004 was $413 billion, more than 10% greater than the previous record deficit of $374 billion in fiscal 2003.
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