7-27-2010

7-27-2010—DHB, which specialized in making body armor used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, paid for more than $6 million in personal expenses on the behalf of [CEO David] Brooks, covering items as expensive as luxury cars....Also included where university textbooks for his daughter, pornographic videos for his son, plastic surgery for his wife, a burial plot for his mother, prostitutes for his employees, and, for him, a $100,000 gem-encrusted American-flag belt buckle. –NYT A1,3 privatization promotes patriotism, family values, & military victory!]

--Now, Representative Zach Wamp, following the lead of Texas governor Rick Perry, wants to revisit the Civil War. “I hope that the American people will go to the ballot box in 2010 and 2012 so that states are not forces to consider separation from this government.”[dude, we’re sorry we beat you crackerbillies! Separate, PUH-LEAZ, SEPARATE!! NOW!!!]