Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Republican Iraq Propaganda 101 and why you should sign up for the "Daily Progress" email blast.
Thanks to Center for American Progress for putting me onto this particularly nasty bit of propaganda. Is anyone buying this junk? I mean other than those who watch only Fox News every day, that is.
The CAP's new "Daily Progress Report" email blast is definitely worth signing up for. Get the day's news and issues as viewed from a more progressive, liberal point of view than you get from much of the mainstream media nowadays. Click here for details on how to subscribe and here's a couple tidbits from today's edition:
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The CAP's new "Daily Progress Report" email blast is definitely worth signing up for. Get the day's news and issues as viewed from a more progressive, liberal point of view than you get from much of the mainstream media nowadays. Click here for details on how to subscribe and here's a couple tidbits from today's edition:
WHERE IS THE MONEY REALLY GOING? New reports have surfaced that Halliburton, the big energy company with close ties to Vice President Dick Cheney, has been using its contract to overcharge the U.S. government and the U.N. humanitarian fund. A "letter from Iraq's national oil company" released yesterday confirms "it pays far less to import gasoline than Halliburton" is charging the government and the U.N. Reports from both the Congressional Research Service and Iraq's national oil company show that Halliburton has jacked up the cost of oil for Iraq: While the "Iraq State Oil Marketing Organization said it pays between 90 and 98 cents per gallon to buy oil from neighboring countries," Halliburton charges the government $1.59 a barrel, then "receives a markup that could boost the price to $1.62 to $1.70." Much of the money for the oil has come from an American-controlled U.N. fund meant to "provide humanitarian aid to Iraq." According to a letter sent yesterday by two House Democrats, Reps. John Dingell and Henry Waxman, "Although it initially appeared that Halliburton was gouging only American taxpayers, it now seems that the company is overcharging the humanitarian Oil for Food program and the Iraqi people as well." President Bush has called for $900 million of the $87 billion supplement bill for fuel imports, although the Congressional Research Service has said the request "is asking for substantially more money than is called for by current fuel prices in the Persian Gulf trading area."or this one about Bush's $20 billion Iraqi reconstruction budget request:
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: With $20 billion proposed to bring domestic programs to Iraq, there is confusion among many over "why Bush favors big-spending New Dealism in Iraq - building schools, roads, transmission lines and creating jobs - even as he resists comparable expenditures at home." Calling the push to bring focus on issues in the U.S. "Operation Home Front," lawmakers this week are "mounting a four-week offensive to bring attention" to the government's "failure to address domestic concerns." Tom Daschle and Nancy Pelosi "will lead the charge and attempt to highlight perceived GOP weaknesses on health care, the economy and jobs, veterans' benefits, education and the environment" until Congress goes out of session.Subscribe, you know it make sense!
