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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWeekend TOONs - Strategic Forgettery
Strategic Forgettery
War Is Swell
Blood Red States
Just Give It To LeVar Burton Already!
In case you missed any over the last week:
(I stand by my lack of promises that I'll remember to include this every day)
(I stand by my lack of promises that I'll remember to include this every day)
8/16: Monday TOONs - White As A Ghost
8/17: Tuesday TOONs - Be Cruel To Your School
8/18: Wednesday TOONs - The Blame Game
8/19: Thursday TOONs - The COVID Treadmill
8/20: Friday TOONs - Opinions On Afghanistan
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Weekend TOONs - Strategic Forgettery (Original Post)
JHB
Aug 2021
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Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)1. K & R...nt
planetc
(7,716 posts)3. Yay! Weekend Toons!
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. K&R Thanks!
niyad
(112,424 posts)5. Thank you for this depressingly excellent collection.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)6. Thank you for these great toons! ♥
Kid Berwyn
(14,642 posts)7. Cheney's red Halliburton tee is nice.
War Is Sell - Washington Elite Benefits from War
Christopher Bollyn
October 31, 2001
War has always been a profitable money machine for shrewd investors with foresight, but the extremely close connections of the Carlyle Group, a Washington-based private equity investment firm and major war profiteer, to the Bush and Bin Laden families raise unavoidable questions of waging war for profit.
Established in 1987 the Carlyle Group was founded by David Rubenstein, a former staff member in the Jimmy Carter White House, and his two partners, Dan D'Aniello and Bill Conway. Today there are 18 partners in the firm and one outside investor. The Washington Post has described Carlyle as a "merchant banking firm" set up "to serve corporations and wealthy families." From the beginning the founders of Carlyle have recruited former politicians as consultants: former President George H. W. Bush is among them, along with a host of other Bush family cronies.
The Bush connection to the Carlyle Group is nothing short of a scandal, according to Larry Klayman, a notable government watchdog best known for pursuing the scandals of former President Bill Clinton. Now that the United States is bombing Afghanistan and allocating huge sums of money for defense, including $40 billion for the "war on terrorism" and more than $200 billion [1994 dollars] for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the conflict of interest is "direct," Klayman says. "President Bush should not ask but demand that his father pull out of the Carlyle Group." Carlyle owns many of the companies that will share in the $200 billion JSF deal.
"Carlyle is as deeply wired into the current administration as they can possibly be," Charles Lewis, executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, said. "George Bush is getting money from private interests that have business before the government, while his son is president. And, in a really peculiar way, George W. Bush could, some day, benefit financially from his own administration's decisions, through his father's investments. The average American doesn't know that. To me, that's a jaw-dropper."
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http://www.bollyn.com/war-is-sell-washington-elite-benefits-from-war
steventh
(2,143 posts)8. THANKS for Weekend TOONs - Strategic Forgettery
Thanks also for the links to previous TOONs
kick & rec
mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)9. K & R
Tree Lady
(11,370 posts)10. The cartoonists are the only truthful news about this
Out there. Glad I am not watching any news, just hearing about it boils my blood. I was against the war before they went in. Especially after reading Richard Clarks first book after they got rid of him.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)11. Kicktoons lest we forget...
PatSeg
(46,773 posts)14. This one is an instant classic
Old man Cheney in a Halliburton t-shirt with a remote and a crossword puzzle book. Plus George in a painter's apron and cowboy boots! Absolutely brilliant.
2naSalit
(86,031 posts)12. Thank You!
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)13. Thank you for the cartoons