Today's Show: Friday, September 30, 2005
"Hey little Turkish child, which one of these four doesn't belong in this picture?"
UNDERBELLY:
Bush Administration specialty: dumb contracting:
Bush Administration specialty: dumb contracting:
Very expensive, totally useless deal with Carnival Cruise Lines.
Operation Blue Roof:
"The government is paying contractors an average of $2,480 for less than two hours of work to cover each damaged roof — even though it's also giving them endless supplies of blue sheeting for free."
"The government is paying contractors an average of $2,480 for less than two hours of work to cover each damaged roof — even though it's also giving them endless supplies of blue sheeting for free."
Mississippi classrooms contracts in question...
FEMA signs a $2 billion dollar contract for temporary housing...only 109 families have moved in...
Bush cabinet prediction: A white New Orleans
FRONT PAGE:
Judge orders release of more Abu Ghraib, prisoner abuse photos.
Troops serving in Iraq had to purchase their own body armor....now, the Pentagon can't figure out how to reimburse them.
You can get paid if you don't kill endangered animals! The House's plans for The Endangered Species Act...
PET STORY:
Mayor...cell phone...underage girls...
EXTRA CREDIT:
How bad is your pronunciation? Probably, not nearly as bad as my spelling!
Republican Scheme Machine Tactic
Is it coincidence that Freakonomics is on Good Morning America on the same day as Bennett's supposed gaffe linking involuntary race-based abortion with crime reduction?
F. points out the statistical correlation between VOLUNTARY LEGAL ABORTION and falling crime rates -- and that this is the only demonstrable correlation. So women making hard decisions and knowing what is best for their families turn out to be much better at improving society than three-strikes-you're-out, death penalties, zero-tolerance and any number of right-wing agendas. The "compassionate conservatives" do not want that message heard. So what can they do? They send the jihadi Bennett out with his suicide belt to make the choice vs. crime topic too hot to handle.
Very clever.
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By mjk--September 30, 2005 - 6:15am