Which brings me back to the original posting I made---briefly---underpaid soldiers, overpaid contractors---it is business as usual for the Bushes, Carlyle Group, Cheney, Halliburton, etc;   All at the cost of innocent lives.

The mantra---we are fighting terrorists. The answer---we are in more danger than ever thanks to W and his cohorts. Or is it Cheney and his---who knows

A Bush rally---in the news---a mother of a dead serviceman arrested for wearing a protest T shirt at the rally.

Great cartoon about their mud slinging in today's NY Times===panel 1 shows a hurrican map with Cheney in the foreground---Hurricanes are on the way--we can defend against them. Panel 2---Hurricane map background--elect Kerry and you will get more Hurricanes.

I re-iterate--LBJ did lie about Tonkin. Compared to this fiasco (quagmire--which it is) that was a little fib. A white lie, if you will===not admirable, but surely not based on personal interests and profits.

Texas really needs W and, hopefully, he will return there in Nov.---and not on vacation to Crawford to show his macho image of clearing shrub.

Bill Hahn