Archive for January, 2007
Because The One In Berlin Worked So Well
Yes folks, it’s the Baghdad Wall:
The US military is building a three-mile-long wall around Baghdad’s Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiyah in order to isolate it from the surrounding Shiite areas, and prevent sectarian attacks.
Stars and Stripes, a newspaper published for the US military community serving abroad, reported Thursday that according to a military press release, personnel began construction on the wall on April 10, and will continue work “almost nightly” until it is complete. Read the rest of this entry »
Told Ya So
Remember those warm and fuzzy $2.05-gasoline prices from last October? Ah, good times, good times.
Well, it’s looking like oil companies really did manipulate the gasoline supply last fall, in an effort to keep the GOP in power:
By the second week in October, gasoline prices fell 70 cents from summer’s record highs. Refineries were running full throttle and America’s gasoline inventories were up nearly 7 percent from the three previous Octobers. Read the rest of this entry »