A quiet day on Lake Woebegon
Is it a quiet day on Lake Woebegon, or is it just that this administration has committed so many atrocities that I've become desensitized to them?
Yesterday, the New York Times reported that many of the reconstruction projects in Iraq were running way over budget because overhead costs were running as high as 55% when they were expected to be around 10%. The main reason was not that cost of protecting the workers were high. That had been expected. The main reason was we sent the teams over nine months before the projects were slated to begin. Poor contracts, lack of supervision, and fraud all contributed.
What was my response? It was, "so what else is new?" I didn't even blog about it yesterday, even though it was the lede story in the paper.
Over the past few days there have been at least five Republican Congressmen newly accused of wrongdoing in one way or another.
What was my response? It was, "so what else is new?" I haven't even blogged about it.
Over the last few days there have been multiple over-the-top attack ads put out by Republicans around the country. Among them is the, "watch out, he's an uppity nigger trying to take your white girl friend," ads against Democratic Senate contender, Harold Ford. Then, there's the "Sherrod Brown is sucking up to uber-radical, Hollywood evil doer Al Franken" ad that displays a photo-shopped picture of Al Franken wearing Playboy ears and diapers, lying back with his legs spread as if he's inviting a male sex partner. There's also the second ad aimed against Harold Ford that plays jungle drums everytime Ford's name is mentioned, just to remind folks that, "he's an uppity nigger trying to rise above his station." Then, there's the ad accusing Michigan Governor of contributing to the muders of three people. I could go on and on.
What was my response? It was, "so what else is new?" I haven't even blogged about it.
Well, now I've blogged about it.
Yesterday, the New York Times reported that many of the reconstruction projects in Iraq were running way over budget because overhead costs were running as high as 55% when they were expected to be around 10%. The main reason was not that cost of protecting the workers were high. That had been expected. The main reason was we sent the teams over nine months before the projects were slated to begin. Poor contracts, lack of supervision, and fraud all contributed.
What was my response? It was, "so what else is new?" I didn't even blog about it yesterday, even though it was the lede story in the paper.
Over the past few days there have been at least five Republican Congressmen newly accused of wrongdoing in one way or another.
What was my response? It was, "so what else is new?" I haven't even blogged about it.
Over the last few days there have been multiple over-the-top attack ads put out by Republicans around the country. Among them is the, "watch out, he's an uppity nigger trying to take your white girl friend," ads against Democratic Senate contender, Harold Ford. Then, there's the "Sherrod Brown is sucking up to uber-radical, Hollywood evil doer Al Franken" ad that displays a photo-shopped picture of Al Franken wearing Playboy ears and diapers, lying back with his legs spread as if he's inviting a male sex partner. There's also the second ad aimed against Harold Ford that plays jungle drums everytime Ford's name is mentioned, just to remind folks that, "he's an uppity nigger trying to rise above his station." Then, there's the ad accusing Michigan Governor of contributing to the muders of three people. I could go on and on.
What was my response? It was, "so what else is new?" I haven't even blogged about it.
Well, now I've blogged about it.
posted by walldon | 3:47 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home