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"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." What a paragraph! This sparse, 52-word opening of our Constitution did not merely launch a fledgling nation--but a bold experiment in democratic idealism.
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GOOFY IN BAGHDAD
It's now official: Goofy is in charge of the Bush regime's Iraq occupation.
Even as violence has ramped up again in Iraq, the Pentagon is working to bring Disneyland to Baghdad. Well, not literally Disneyland, but a massive, Disney-like amusement park to be named the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience, featuring hotels, lagoons, rides, skateboarding, animals, and...Mickey Mouse?
The BZEE is the brainchild of Llewellyn Werner, head of a Los Angeles-based private- equity outfit called C3. Investors will put up $500 million to build the enterprise on a 50-acre plot adjacent to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. Werner himself informed the Iraqi people last month about the splendiferous playground he's planning. "It's going to have a huge psychological impact," he said.
Oh, right--an American corporation bringing American culture to Iraq's capital to generate profit for wealthy American investors --that's sure to win the hearts of the locals! "I'm a businessman," said Werner. "I'm not here because I think you're nice people. I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't making money." Attaboy, Llewellyn, make 'em love you!
The Pentagon--which of course will deploy our soldiers to defend this private venture from suicide bombings and other attacks-- is on board. Bush's "deputy undersecretary of defense for business transformation" said, "Half the Iraqi population is under the age of 15. These kids really need something to do."
Hey, Goofy, thousands of those kids are homeless, impoverished, and don't go to school. How about working on that?