My God!!! The fundies are right. We're living in the end times.

[rpannier]

The American Conservative is busting on the Provisional Government in Iraq!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can hear the hooves of the four horseman.

BTW The article is quite good.

Link at:
Money for Nothing
http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/cover.html

[mestup]

1. Unbelievable!

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"Some of the corruption grew out of the misguided neoconservative agenda for Iraq, which meant that a serious reconstruction effort came second to doling out the spoils to the war’s most fervent supporters. The CPA brought in scores of bright, young true believers who were nearly universally unqualified. Many were recruited through the Heritage Foundation website, where they had posted their résumés. They were paid six-figure salaries out of Iraqi funds, and most served in 90-day rotations before returning home with their war stories. One such volunteer was Simone Ledeen, daughter of leading neoconservative Michael Ledeen. Unable to communicate in Arabic and with no relevant experience or appropriate educational training, she nevertheless became a senior advisor for northern Iraq at the Ministry of Finance in Baghdad. Another was former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer’s older brother Michael who, though utterly unqualified, was named director of private-sector development for all of Iraq."

[ClintonTyree]

2. Nepotism is rampant in the GOP........

it's said, "it's not what you know but WHO you know" and within the GOP that old saw rings more true than ever.
None of them know what they're doing, but they're on the payroll anyway. That's just good old American graft, it's what made this country great! :eyes:

[karynnj]

3. Now, if American Conservative could be totally honest

The bill that wanted Confgressional oversight for the spending and to pay for it with rolling back some tax cuts looks pretty good versus the bill that had no oversight and didn't pay for it. Wasn't there some guy who voted for the first and not the second? Looks like the right (though possibly not political) thing to do. (knowing the first didn't have support because Bush said he would veto it and knowing the second would pass anyway because all the Republicans were voting for it and most Democrats were afraid of being called soft on defense.)