Apology for Errors & The Biggest Myth About Iraq War

In my last post I wrote that the Citizen's Energy recieved much of its oil from the "Venezuelan oil company Chevron." This is incorrect. The benevolent Venezualan oil company is Citgo, not Chevron. I apologize to both Chevron and Citgo for this eror. According to a new advertisement for Citgo, "400,000 homes in 16 states" receive discounted fuel oil from Citgo. Meanwhile, Bush and co. cut fuel subsidies for the poor. Nothing the Bush administration does surprises me anymore. As Susan Sarandon's character said in the movie "Thelma & Louise", "You get what you settle for." If you voted for Bush, we all got what you settled for.
Speaking of errors, in one of my first postings I jumped the gun a bit. I asserted that 3000 American soldiers perished in Iraq B4 it reached that number a few weeks later. I apologize for that mistake as well. As I like to say, "I'm not always right, but I always write." By the way, now over 3100 soldiers have died on this war based on lies. To show how oblivious (or delusional) Bush is, he actually believes that the eventual exit of the British from Iraq is "a sign of our success" in the war.
One big myth or lie about this war is that it is being fought to "preserve our freedom". this may make me very unpopular among certain segments of the population, but the erosion of our rights, the shredding of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights by Dubya Bush and co., the passing and the very existence of the Orwellian USA PATRIOT ACT and other power secret power grabs by the government, plus so-called 'extraordinary renditions' (outsourcing torture) and the restriction of habeas corpus and the war on dissent, etc. would indicate otherwise. If we have to give up many of our rights and freedoms then the terrorists have already won. As far as I'm concerned, the Nixonian tactics of the Bush/Cheney administration are far more insidous than anything you may see on the fictional series "24".

The Enemy Of Our Enemy...?

There is a big controversy in the news about Joe Kennedy's relationship with Hugo Chavez, 'dictator' of Venezuela. Former politician Joe Kennedy now runs Citizen's Energy, (or a similar name), which is renowned in New England for providing affordable fuel oil to Massachusetts residents who would otherwise be out in the cold. This discounted oil comes mostly from Venezuela. If you haven't been following the news: A few months ago Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez fanned controversy by referring to George W. Bush as "the Devil". While I despise Bush and everything he stands for I wouldn't call him a devil. Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, among other conservative and neo-conservative con-artists are arguably worse than the Devil with their straight-faced lies and propaganda spewed by their allies in the right-wing media. But I digress. It is a sad state of affairs when a dictator cares more about the plight of our poorest citizens than the so-called Leader Of The Free World and his buddies in the Petroleum Industry. Chevron, owned by Venezuela helps our poor and cold citizens while the Bush Administration, many members of Congress and domestic oil companies would let our poorest freeze and perhaps starve to death while they're at it. Meanwhile, Oil companies are yielding record profits. As for Hugo Chavez, he may be a horrible dictator by our standards, but at least he doesn't start pre-emptive wars wherever he feels like and he doesn't outsource suspected terrorists to secret prisons all over the world to be tortured, otherwise known as "Extraordinary Renditions" or in my parlance Why Won't We Impeach This S.O.B. Already???!!!