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The Associated Press pointed that "Attorney General John Ashcroft credited citizens for being more willing to report crimes and said the numbers are a tribute to the work of police, prosecutors and judges across the country."

Now, this makes no sense to me, Mr. Ashcroft. If more people are reporting crimes; then, shouldn't the statistics tell us that more crimes were reported? Or are a bunch of people looking out their windows all calling the police and telling the dispatcher that little Johnny is getting the shit kicked out of him?

I just thought I'd ask.

And I understand that George Bush the Lesser is feeling pretty damn comfortable, fucking invincible, in fact, after the latest poll numbers came out today. It seems that 49 percent of Americans would not vote for George for President if the election were being held today and 44 percent would vote for him. Bush supporters have pointed out that this is exactly how the man got elected. In fact, I understand that many Florida voters are heading for the polls today to try to vote once again -- and once again, many will be turned away.

Does anybody have a clue about what the exit strategy for the Iraq war was before the invasion? How about now? I will point out one cold, hard fact that nobody else has brought to the floor. Every American soldier over there will be killed -- it will take a while, but the way things are going, it will happen. One, two, ten a day -- it'll take a while, but the way things are going, the U.S. will be an occupation force forever -- and everyone will die. I haven't seen many body bags on the evening news -- what, did that go out of style after the Viet Nam War?

Does anyone else wonder why the Iraqi army was disbanded? The lowly private or corporal conscript who was making a decent wage that he could send home to his family, trained to shoot and kill and follow orders, was sent home by the U.S. military without food, clothes, or money to provide for his family. How is he going to do that? Join the Iraqi version of the Crips? And use the skills he acquired in the military -- follow orders, shoot, and kill, and get food and money for it? Hmmmmm. ... Donnie! Donnie Rumsfeld! Is anyone home? Donnie, can you see me? Donnie, can you hear me?

If the Iraqi military had not been disbanded, the soldiers could be taking orders from Iraqi commanders picked by the U.S. military, guarding pipelines, water plants, electrical plants, oil refineries, earning a decent wage, quelling anti-American sentiment, giving the Iraqis the illusion of control. Hasn't George Bush seen The Matrix?

It's about money. Old line -- Follow the money. I used to think it was about the oil, but I admit that I was wrong.

Only Dick Cheney knows for sure, though. His old company, Halliburton, is probably holding that corner office for him -- he'll be back in that office, sitting pretty, pacemaker clicking away, in January, 2005. Maybe George the Lesser can run the pop stand in the basement of the building -- he's getting some good experience.