Inspired by Kristogar's thread in the sports forum, I'm starting this to post my thoughts: just consider me to be a homeless man talking to himself on a street corner.
So. Topical stuff: corporate governance is taking a hammering as details of Cheney's dodginess as CEO of Haliburton Oil come out. Is Cheney compromised as V-P, especially in this current business environment? He certainly seems to be keeping his head down low. Bushie in the meantime is copping a little flak, but I think most people accept that the SEC investigation of him years ago proved nothing. Besides, he's popular - he's kicking ass in the deserts of Afghanistan. Or at least his troops are.
Bushie is thinking long and hard about finishing his dad's job in Iraq, and as someone critical of the Bush government and US foreign policy generally, I have 4 words for Dubya:
"Its about fucking time."
Saddam has kicked out UN wepoans inspectors after playing cat and mouse with them for years. He used nerve gas on Shi'ites in the south and Kurds in the north, and lets his people starve because he won't abide by UN sanctions. String the bastard up, I say, and I'm not a fan of capital punishment. Or rather, extradite him to the Hague like our good buddy Slobodan Milosevic. It'd make Iran happy: they'd be the regional power, and depiste the fact the US government doesn't like them, they're the closest thing to a democracy in the region.
On the other hand, I see John Walker, American Taliban, has done a deal with the US government, whereby he will be pumped for information before being sent off to do two consecutive ten year terms in prison and being pumped by every fellow inmate. Personally, I don't see what he did wrong - he joined a militant crazy Islamic sect, but never raised arms against Americans himself. Still he'll be a rich man when he finishes his autobiography, I'm sure.
The Euro has overtaken the US dollar in terms of equivalent worth, which I think surprised the shit out of more Europeans than Americans. Maybe the English will start seriously thinkng about it when Blair calls his anticipated referendum on joining the Euro next year. Too bad the tabloids in London think its an impingement on UK sovereignty - the story is in between the page three girl and the football results, honest.
Finally for today, we have the Blair government talking up decriminalisation of marijuana. Big nights in Essex.
