It is called “Conservatives Without Conscience” by John Dean

In it, he apparently delves into how conservatives are manipulating fear and using the “war on terror” to drive America in the direction of an authoritarian state.

You know, sorta like Todd Tiahrt calling for journalists to be jailed?

No, I don’t trust BushCo to protect me. I don’t trust them about anything. They long ago breeched that trust in a malestrom of lies.

Exactly. The war industries don’t want peace. Or they want peace as a “balance of power” that requires their product.

Lockheed lobbied hard to remove that ban. They threaten the Congressman in their district that if they didn’t lift the ban, they would shut-down the F-16 production and layoff a bunch of workers. So Congress gives in.

But what happened when Lockheed sold 24 jets to Pakistan? Yep! India had to counteract that and they bought 24 F-16’s as well. Like a mini Cold War between them.

Yeah! It’s great being on both sides selling them the arms. Lord of War!

http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/

We now largely have reason to believe that after President Hussein learned a sharp lesson about the U.S. in 1991–don’t mess with the snake. He lowered his ambitions from expanding his empire to merely holding onto what he had. Which was a pretty nice life. That’s what Gulf War I’s “cut and run” strategy, devised by Bush I and Co. was predicated, correctly, on.

But then some oilmen realized, “The world’s reserves are being depleted, and China is rapidly tapping into them => major oil price increases,” so they met with Dick Cheney to map out a scheme to get superrich. Oil-rich Iraq was led by a weak “king”. With a short pipeline across a strip of cooperative Turkey, and a long pipeline down Iraq, the Caspian Sea’s rich reserves could be captured. Iraq’s takeover could also send a message to the other Arabian kings, to cooperate.

The only two problems were, selling this scheme to the American public, and submitting to UN authority under which the original Gulf War was conducted, and peace terms administered. To circumvent a democratic debate and get out of UN oversight, the administration came up with a fictional rationale, i.e. Iraq’s development of WMDs and colluding with Al Quaida.

The WE’s editorial board bit the lure, like a bass gulping in molded plastic with hooks. But it escaped. Then it watched things unfold, and started thinking. Mr. Tiahrt’s position is, “Come on, I’m throwing the same plastic lure out, why aren’t you stupid bass biting it again. I hate the big bass signaling the little bass that this lure won’t nourish them and is totally phony. I don’t want to leave Congress yet, even though I once campaigned on term limits.

This is my opinion, it isn’t a fact, but I personally think that Mr. Tiahrt thinks, “When my time in office as a Kansas representative is over, I’m never moving back to Kansas. I’m from Missouri. If that makes me a carpetbagger, so what? I’m not a hick Kansan. I’m an officer here to advance my own personal interests. When my time is done, I’m outta this dips**t hick state. I’ll do some time lobbying in the Beltway, make some big money, and then retire to a NICE state.”

My opinion could be wrong. Let’s see where Mr. Tiahrt lives 1 year after he he leaves Congress, and 10 years after he leaves. I just don’t think it is going to be in Goddard, Kansas. But it’s just my opinion.

V.L.R.B!!

I’ll support anyone who wants to run against him… Hell, id vote for Hillary Clinton over him…

And JR don’t you know it isn’t nice to tease the ’special’ kids?

Jed, damn… you rock!!!

JR, you too. Good post.

“Now, when will The Eagle understand that this is take-no-prisoner style “dialogue” the right-wingers ALWAYS USE when they argue.”

I guess we will know they got it when values boy disappears.

(See here folks the intellectual depth and writing skills of what must be a fan of Tiahrt and Rush Limbaugh)

Well rushl your first post here was a blogfart.

Your second doesn’t even rise to the stature of a blogfart.

You are not improving.Do post again. You are an amusing opponent!—–
Dear Toady,1. I have never questioned the length of the war. I knew before we went in that it was another Nam, and the Administration’s claims that it would be over in a matter of weeks was pure pie-in-the-sky!

2. Pardon me, but I’ve never seen any harm in gay marriage, and it would help to no end a part of your constituency! Whether two guys or two gals or an old lady and her cat get married has no effect whatsoever on anybody else’s marriage. If protecting marriage is your priority, you might just look at the high divorce rate among evangelicals and try to figure out the cause (hint: it has nothing at all to do with gay people).

3. I’ve been around for 61 years, through the ’60’s and everything, and I’ve never actually seen a flag burnt, or ever wanted to burn one. That said, the only real result of a flag being burned is that some poor Joe at a flag factory might get a little overtime; hardly a reason for a Constitutional amendment that limits freedom of speech!

4. As for surrendering to terrorists, don’t you have to actually be fighting them in order to surrender? This war in Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism and never has, no matter how much your supreme deity, Lord Bush, says it does!

4. One of you primary campaign promises when you first ran against Glickman was that you would place a limit on congressional terms in office. Since you failed us there, why not set an example for your fellow congressmen and announce that you’re limiting your own stay in congress and not filing for reelection? Not that I hold out much hope for that; your record on promises would shame a used-car salesman!

%. As a representative of this district, aren’t you supposed to represent ALL of your constituency? I sure don’t feel that I have a representative in congress. I will admit that the one time I asked you for help to save a woman’s life, your office did come through- eight weeks after she died! When you do run again, I don’t think you’ll get my vote, and I’ll be working hard to elect ANYBODY BUT TIAHRT!Jed Closson