Mortal Spin: Geneva Schmeeva, Expensive Lessons & Level Battlefields

By BlackJack

I've got to laugh to keep from crying...

After 6 Years Bush Decides Laws Might Apply To Him Too
In a rather remarkable turn of events, the Bush administration has bowed to the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Geneva Conventions apply to all U.S. prisoners of war. While this may have seemed obvious to everybody outside the administration, it comes as something of a surprise to the Bush cabinet which, up until now, has viewed itself as well above the law.

In other news Webster's Dictionary will once again be allowed to use the words "Human" and "Rights" in the same sentence.
Stupid Job, Great Salary
The White House has a Director of Lessons Learned (that's the actual title) and the position pays an annual salary of $100,000. It also employs a Director of Fact Checking and two Ethics Advisors. Have these positions been vacant for the last 6 years?

Seriously - one quick post on Monster.com and I'm sure we could get somebody in there who might help this administration get a clue. As Rahm Emanual said on the House Floor yesterday "Maybe the White House could consolidate these positions into a Director of Irony."
Halliburton Loses Monopoly
Air America News is reporting that the Army has decided to end its exclusive relationship with defense contractor Halliburton, bringing to a close a controversial deal that awarded Dick Cheneyﾒs former company billions of dollars worth of logistics contracts on a no-bid basis. Apart from the obvious impropriety created by Cheneyﾒs close ties to the contractor, Halliburton has been accused of double-billing, racking up more than $1 billion in suspicious costs, and knowingly supplying troops with contaminated water.