tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post117013067545451303..comments2023-11-05T07:10:04.935-05:00Comments on Sisyphus: Blackwater USA as the Bush Praetorian GuardSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16514005363783760352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post-66443500622502919182007-10-07T09:38:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:38:00.000-04:00There is no republic any longer; the military can ...There is no republic any longer; the military can no longer afford that. <BR/><BR/>Empire is here, and will remain until it can no longer support itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post-21905223715995831332007-07-08T13:28:00.000-04:002007-07-08T13:28:00.000-04:00"Private contractors make over $160,000 doing oper..."Private contractors make over $160,000 doing operations ranging from delivering medical supplies to a hospital..."<BR/><BR/>The equivalent of a UPS delivery man making $160,000 a year? You Republicans are doing a heckuva a job looking out for the taxpayer's nickle. BTW, I love what you folks did in New Orleans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post-1170197580722967342007-01-30T17:53:00.000-05:002007-01-30T17:53:00.000-05:00I believe that Blackwater is vital to the War on T...I believe that Blackwater is vital to the War on Terrorism and will continue to be a great ally in the hunt for Al Qaeda. Private contractors make over $160,000 doing operations ranging from delivering medical supplies to a hospital, rescuing civilian hostages in Iraq, and protecting building materials for an Iraqi school. These people are not soldiers or mercenaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post-1170166640085957722007-01-30T09:17:00.000-05:002007-01-30T09:17:00.000-05:00Sometimes amidst all the noise and fog of contempo...Sometimes amidst all the noise and fog of contemporary political life in America, I get a frighteningly vivid glimpse of the demise of our "democratic Republic," and the emergence of an Imperial Plutocracy driven only by a lust for greater wealth, greater power and the ideological domination of the rest of the world. And I am terrified. Simply terrified....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com