George W. Bush and His Greedy Corporate Friends

There is an amazing article in Alternet today about the kind of thing George W. Bush and his greedy corporate friends have been up to at home and are now trying to do in Iraq, that is, hand over control of Iraqui oil to greedy American oil companies by way of legislation.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/59318/

If you have read Linda McQuaig's book: It's the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil and the Fight for the Planet, you know that the whole Iraqi war was just a cover for Bush and oil companies to preserve Iraqi oil for oil companies.

If you have read Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s book: Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy, you know to what extent much the Bush administration is in collusion with the oil companies, who drop millions into his election coffers, have pretty much gutted the U.S. environmental protections and that we are in Iraq not to bring democracy and freedom but so that the oil corporations can take and protect what is theirs.

In order to figure out why corporations no longer seem to do anything moral and follow the path of greed at all costs, regardless of the cost to people or the environment, take a look at: Wade Rowland's Greed, Inc.: Why Corporations Rule Our World and How We Let It Happen.

So when I saw the article, I was appalled but not surprised to see Bush and the oil companies up to their tricks again - but in Iraq instead of the U.S. This will not help rebuild Iraq or reduce tensions in the country or prepare them to govern themselves. So much for bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq. The legislation will keep 80% of the oil in Iraq under the control of U.S. corporations.

But this is the same old thing - greed and doing things at the behest of very powerful corporations instead of what is for the public good. When Iran had a democratically elected government and the U.S. overthrew it to put in a dictator (Shah of Iran), it was a blatant example of greed, deceit, and self-interest and nothing to do with either American or Iranian freedom and democracy.

It is little wonder, since Bush and the corporate elite are at it again, in trying to pass legislation solely for their own self-interest and greed, that the U.S. has made so many enemies in the world.