Found In Halliburton's Reception Room Couch

Apparently the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq has lost track of nearly $9 billion in money given to them by the US government, reports a story from CNN this morning. This on the heels of Preznit Jingo's recent request for another $80 billion to keep the killing and maiming and torturing in Iraq and Afghanistan up to the neocon chickenhawk-approved level that has been maintained since the invasion.

"'Severe inefficiencies and poor management' by the CPA has left auditors with no guarantee the money was properly used."

What's that old saying about appropriations in Congress? Hey, a billion dollars here, a billion dollars there, pretty soon it starts to add up to real money.

I wonder when the Freepers and the Little Green Footballers and all the rest of the Fightin' 101st Keyboarders out there will start raising hell about this oversight? Probably right after they get over denouncing their fellow pundits for being on the take from the gubmint.

Imagine what we could do here in the US with an extra $9 billion...