Articles of the Week(6/27)

A handful of articles you may not have read this week.

"Report says awarding of contracts without bids is up under Bush"

In 2000, $67 billion was spent on about 32,500 noncompetitive contracts. In 2003, $107 billion was spent on 43,000 noncompetitive contracts. Is this just inflation? Probably not.

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"Email Links Cheney's Office, Contract"

An email from an Army Core of Engineers official states that the no-bid deal with Halliburton (which has been valued at up to $7 billion) was "coordinated" by the office of the vice president, who was the chief executive of Halliburton from 1995 until 2000.

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"John Nichols: Lynne Cheney's warped view of history"

Now that you're sufficiently angry at Dick Cheney, get riled up about his wife, who calls George Bush's presidency "A textbook case of outstanding leadership." If this is true, we need a new textbook.

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"Bush Outsources his Campaign Operations, Plays Up Patriotism at Home"

Do you think that Bush is going to do something to save your job from being outsourced? Think again. He outsourced call center jobs for his campaign.

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"Hard Lessons from Poetry Class: Speech is Free Unless It's Critical"

Bill Nevins, a teacher at Rio Rancho High School, was fired after a girl in his poetry class read an anti-war poem on the school's closed-circuit television system. The principal of the school, as well as the school's military liaison, called the girl "un-American" and tried to force her mother to destroy her poetry, just because she expressed a view that was contrary to theirs. (*Note: this was originally published by the Daytona News Journal, but their link to the article has expired)

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"An Interesting Day: President Bush's Movements and Actions on 9/11"

This article tries to piece together what Bush did and when he knew about the attacks on September 11th. Why did he stay at a photo-op with 3rd graders after he found out about the attack on the second tower? Nobody knows. This article is long, but well worth the time it takes to read.

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"Bushido: The Way of the Armchair Warrior"

A funny (and depressing) look at the way Bush has led us through war and how he sees the world.

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