[Preechr]

Every complaint you just voiced is valid in terms of this or ANY administration, probably back to Washington. Well, there was no Halliburton then, specifically... But politics is politics just like always. Halliburton got no-bids from Clinton, too, with no help from Cheney. The Patriot Act in it's entirety was already compiled by federal and state prosecutors... just sitting around gathering dust until a suitable disaster came along and made it easy to pass. The VA system has ALWAYS sucked, though the quality of the medical care... if not the housing conditions... has generally been considered top-rate at Johns Hopkins. Presidents and all sorts of other politicians only exist to gain more and more power, regardless of your outdated "Rule of Law" mythology. Wasn't it Voltaire that outlined the difference between that and being "Ruled by Laws?"