Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Birthdays and Delusions

Today is Monday, 5 May 2008.

Happy Birthday to Soren Kierkegaard (1813) and Karl Marx (1818)!

Following is a fascinating AP story about the latest delusions of the Bush-Cheney/Cheney-Bush regime regarding Iraq: gentrifying the International Zone (formerly the Green Zone).

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_GROWING_THE_GREEN_ZONE?SITE=NJVIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The thought of a Baghdad Marriot raises an interesting question: will the body armour in each room be included in the basic price, or will it be charged per use, as with the minibar?

Given that the overwhelming majority of Baghdad residents have no reliable sanitation, security, electricity, and water services, this grandiose Five Year Plan is nothing short of criminal. Though I’m sure John McBush will assure us that the benefits will trickle down to the huddled masses, courtesy of the magic of supply-side economics.

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