Friends and Enemies.

The "American" corporation Citigroup was bailed out by one of the Arab nations, uber rich from $90+ per barrel oil prices. A trend that has only just begun. Not to worry though, these are the "good" arab nations, our allies. You know the rich ones, like the one that Halliburton is moving to. A new report has found that 60% of the "foreign fighters" (not including us, of course) in Iraq come from some of these very same allies. The biggest of which is the same country that bin laden called home, the same country that 15 of the 19 hijackers that struck the Twin Towers and the Pentagon just before lil' napolean guiliani went running for the TV cameras, the same country where the royal family has the same lawyer as the bush family, and the same country whose oil dominance may be one of the reasons 4,000+ american soldiers have died and we've spent $500,000,000,000.00 in Iraq. You guessed it... Saudi Arabia. This week the "monkey"-in-chief extended his olive (oil) branch to some new friends. No, I'm not talking about "no nation building" george honoring the winner of the Nobel Prize, not to mention the popular vote in 2004, former vice president Al Gore. The presidential photo op for peace in the Middle East I am referring to took place in Annapolis, Maryland. The surprise was the administration meeting with Syria. Remember what the bushies, and the lacky media, thought of House Speaker Pelosi's diplomatic mission to Syria? Well, not to worry they've flipped on that, not that they have admitted their previous mistaken ideology. The criminal-in-chief actually said, after seven years of doing nothing, except pouring gasoline on the fire with the War in Iraq, "The time is right for peace in the Middle East." Pakistan just ended its "state of emergency". Lebanon is in one. Iran is more powerful than before, as is Hezbollah and Hamas. Yeah, the time is perfect. In all fairness the summit did produce some results. Israeli and Palestinian leaders, whose names junior can't even pronounce, did agree on how to talk. Who knows, maybe the Olmert/bush private meeting on Iran was the real reason hidden under the cover of the "summit".

Since I've written about the candidates for the Democratic nomination to be a candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America, I thought I should give the red contestants some type, too. You know to be "fair and balanced". Before that, it needs to be mentioned that two more red congressmen have joined the red tide leaving public service. Ex-speaker denny hastert resigned and left office last week and disgraced ex-majority leader trent lott resigned, two days before his brother-in-law and nephew were indicted on Federal bribery charges. The speculation about lott's resignation has ranged from getting out before lobbying rules kick in, to Alaska's oil money scandal, to, my favorite, he's part of a Larry Flynt investigation.

Now onto the reds' CNN/YouTube debate that took place in St. Petersburg, Florida. With questions about space exploration and rooting for the red sox, it's no wonder they ran out of time for questions on trivial topics like health care, Pakistan, or Iran. The big battle of the night was lil' napolean rudy versus mitt "the flip" romney, though old man mccain's answer on waterboarding was by far my favorite moment of the night. Mr. 9/11 questioned mitt the flip's judgement in allowing a company in his employ to use illegal immigrants (without his knowledge apparently). That must mean that the man Jimmy Breslin once called "A small man in search of a balcony" is responsible for his employee and business partner bernie kerik's actions or the actions of the sheik, connected to 9/11 mastermind khalid sheikh muhammahed, rudy did business with.

It is hard to pay attention the political circus sideshows that currently pass for "presidential" debates, when police are tasing people for not signing speeding tickets and foreclosures on people's homes are up 94% from last year, but it is more constructive entertainment than "news" about air-headed blonde celebrities. At least we're safer, right?


“I have to say this is one of the most arrogant, incompetent administrations I’ve ever seen or ever read about,” “They have failed the country.”
-Senator Hagel (Republican)