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June 19, 2008
I'm on vacation this week (until next Friday), so Note From a Madman might not appear in its regular schedule (like last night when I couldn't get a good wireless signal). However, I will endeavor to get it out as best I can. -NG
Missing Opportunities in Iraq
Nouri al-Maliki and his Iraqi government are learning from president Bush and
his administration. This is not a good thing.
In a time when gas prices are rising like never before (the effect) and crude
oil is selling at record prices (the cause), the Iraqi government and people
should be raking in the dough from their black gold. And according to the looks
of their treasury, they are.
But much like our President and his administration, any spoils go to the
victors; and like in the United States, those victors don't live in poorer or
middle class neighborhoods.
According to "experts", the Iraqi army is getting better at doing their job.
Whereas that sounds like reason to bring our troops home sooner than later,
there still remains many other problems in Iraq, not the least of which is the
lack of jobs and the lack of infrastructure. One would think that the Iraqi
government, with oil money coming into their nation, that the latter would help
the former.
Unfortunately for the Iraqi people, it appears that one of the lessons their
leaders learned from the Bushies is to keep the people down. One of the ways in
which FDR helped bring us out of the Great Depression (an event forged under the
true model of the Bush administration, President Herbert Hoover) was the great
public works program which put Americans to work and took them out of the
streets.
What the Public Works Administration did was to take out of work Americans - and
they numbered about 25 percent of the workforce during the Great Depression -
and put them in jobs that bettered our infrastructure. They built roads; they
built bridges; and they began great works that transformed this nation from a
burgeoning third world-type nation into the beginnings of the world power it was
to become.
Then people work, they spend money, and they spend money putting other people to
work. It has taken nearly eight years for President bush to realize that and the
pittance of a rebate given to most of us will not make much of a difference in
most of our lives.
In a similar fashion to our nation, Iraq doesn't have jobs to employ their
people. Our jobs in this nation have been lost to overseas manufacturers and
have been taken away by the greedy global corporatists who call George Bush
"Friend". Iraq has their own problem and it's a problem that reminds me of the
time of the Great Depression.
The Iraq government should be funding public works projects. They should be
hiring engineers, architects, road designers and workers to build the new Iraq
instead of sitting on their hands an their wallets in similar fashion to their
American counterparts.
Perhaps Iraq needs their own FDR to get things going. However, as long as George
W. Bush, or his would-be successor John McBush-McCain are in office, don't hold
your breath.
-Noah Greenberg
A Solution to High Oil Prices
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
OPEC sells oil for $136.00 a barrel.
OPEC nations buy U.S. grain at $7.00 a bushel.
Solution: Sell grain for $136.00 a bushel.
Can't buy it? Tough! Eat your oil!
Ought to go well with a nice thick grilled filet of camel ass!!!
-Martin Brandes
In response to PROMINENT DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS JOIN "CITIZENS FOR MCCAIN",
Eddie Konczal writes:
"Democratic 25th Precinct Chair Silverio "Silver" Salazar (Colorado)"
Democratic Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado! Wow, that's a big name. Oh, wait...
this is "Silver" Salazar.
"Alderman Bill Mosby (Mississippi)"
Bill Cosby? Wow! Oh wait... this is Bill MOSBY...
Never mind...
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-Noah Greenberg