Vox

Conflict

What a day.

I spent the afternoon arguing with Pete; he doesn't believe I can call myself a fiscal conservative and support tax cuts, I don't believe he can call himself a fiscal conservative and support things like the Nat'l Endowment for the Arts, he doesn't believe Reagan brought down the Soviet Union (in fact, he is one of those who believe it would have collapsed on it's own, perhaps even earlier if it weren't for the stupid American arms race); he believes that Khadafi was scared we might invade and that is why he began to cooperate - yet he also believes that Korea was scared we might invade because of what Bush said (Axis of Evil, anyone) and therefore stepped up their Nuke program, America brought the attacks on itself, Cuba is our fault, Korea is our fault, blah, blah, blah.....

Then, spent the evening arguing with Broken about whether Halliburton is a corrupt company and whether their getting the contract was a corrupt deal. He had some convincing stuff, especially this. If that turns out to be true (at this point it is still the word of two disgruntled former employees) it is very damning. It appears there is certainly some truth to it. I don't know whether it makes them corrupt, or just completely incompetent, but it does make them suspect - and throws the administration's choice of their services into question, as well. I certainly hope this turns out to be more of a mole hill than a mountain, but I will be watching to see.