To: American Spirit who wrote (477712 ) 10/17/2003 11:52:47 PM From: Selectric II Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667 I am working with a secret service agent on something. Baking brownies, making babies, or investigating international securities fraud? C'mon, gimme a hint.He can't tell me specifics but he agrees that the Bush era of secrecy of subterfuge has created at atmosphere where the greedy and well-connected are much more likely to attempt mischief on a grand scale. He mentioned the 87 billion. What's that supposed to mean? The nothing that it says? You sound like Sen. Joseph McCarthy.The people controlling that money do not necessarily have any of our interests at heart. Of course, the evidence of that is not yet available, if it will ever be. Well, la dee da. Please call me from Costa Rica when you get it. Btw, are you now a deep cover spy along with Valerie Plame, because I don't want any misunderstanding about blowing your cover.But we see signs of it in the Halliburton gouging scandal which is emerging, and Cheney's unreported Halliburton options and salary I hear that Halliburton is charging extra to drive unlit Molotov cocktails among Saddam's dead-enders bearing RPG's. I'd want a tip for the extra service, too. Look at your military history. Cheney gets a check (a big one, I'm sure) from Halliburton that is deferred compensation/retirement. He also has options that haven't matured, and he's pledged to donate after-tax dollars to charity. Oops, did I just divulge classified information?Let's just say a lot of people are making huge fortunes off that war, and that they are all major Bush cotnributors. Some of the biggest fortunes on earth were made during wartime, providing scarce resources when and where they were needed. I doubt they're all major Bush "cotnributors." Some are Blair contributors, some are Cliton contributors, and some are just risk takers. There's enough to go around.Conect the dots if you like. O.K., I connected the dots. The diagram is one of a doughnut with the title, "American Spirit." Did I draw the circle in the wrong direction?In those days you also had Howard Hughes sending Nixon briefcases full of cash. Huh?