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To: epicure who wrote (1242)5/13/2003 9:39:32 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773
 
But put in Bush + sexy and you get a whopping 289,000 hits in a mere .20 seconds. Guess the man is considered sexy by lots and lots of women.



To: epicure who wrote (1242)5/13/2003 9:40:38 PM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 20773
 
Your Google is different from mine. Bush + shurb only got 155 hits for me.



To: epicure who wrote (1242)5/14/2003 1:47:31 AM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773
 
Must-read summary of America's plans for Iraq:

Kick Their Ass and Take Their Gas: Democracy Comes to Iraq

by Jacob Levich

One month after the fall of Baghdad, the US has successfully liberated the people of Iraq from meaningful involvement in decisions about their own future.

A designer regime, concocted behind closed doors by Pentagon and State Department planners, is now being imposed on Iraq with great speed and without any kind of popular consent. Iraq's nascent "democratic transition government" is window-dressing for a military dictatorship charged with insuring that US policy goals -- especially the disposition of Iraq's vast petroleum reserves -- are protected from any troublesome outbreaks of democracy.

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