Sept. 11 Could Not Have Been Prevented Without Accruing

[The Sushi Bandit]

.... A Lot Of Overtime

By Condoleezza Rice


http://www.theonion.com/opinion/index.php?issue=4017

Esteemed members of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, good afternoon. As National Security Advisor, my job is to coordinate the efforts of America's intelligence and defense agencies and report directly to the president. I was, and continue to be, in a unique position to understand the threats and dangers our nation faces. It is with utmost confidence and sincerity that I assure each and every one of you that there was no way the federal government could have prevented the horrific events of Sept. 11 without accruing an enormous amount of overtime.

PS: this is a parody!

[indepat]

1. Sadly 9-11 might have been prevented had a few priorities been

re-arranged. This is no parody.

[Miss Authoritiva]

2. The bottom line was the bottom line.

"Truly, the bottom line weighed heavy on our hearts and minds."

This satirical column is as close to the truth about the Bush Administration's pre-9/11 concerns as we're ever going to get.

Think about it: all the activities that "Ms. Rice" reviews here are straightforward government expenses. There was no money to be made here for Halliburton, and Kellogg, Root, and Brown, and Blackwater Security and all the other no-bid contractor cronies of Bush and Cheney, or for the standard military-industrial corporations that make Humvees, body armor, tanks, jets, etc.

[The Sushi Bandit]

3. Can't wait for the Bush Cheney show today...

no TV no Transcripts no memory of what happened or what anybody said!