(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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[Watch this space for: Pentagon and Petroleum, The Media is only as Liberal as the Corporations Who Own Them, Wash Down With, and Recalcify]
WARBLOGGER WATCH
Friday, April 11, 2003
"There's just no reason that this can't be an affordable endeavor," said White House budget director Mitch Daniels of the present war with Iraq. That's great! The Reuters piece containing the quote reported that the administration - conspicuously committed to bettering the lives of Iraqis - is already downplaying the costs of reconstructing Iraq. "So far," the piece notes, "the White House has requested about $2.4 billion for humanitarian aid and reconstruction."
Or, put differently, 20 per cent less than what Congress - the great guarantor of free enterprise and free markets - proposes to give to the airlines.
[I realize I didn't use a killblogger as a peg to hang the above on; frankly, I'm too tired to bother.] posted by Anonymous1:19 PM
The Watchers
WBW: Keeping track of the war exhortations of the warbloggers.