Wreaking havoc on the banking system=terror!
In a couple of days Ali Al-Marri will get another trip to a Federal court to see if he can go out on bail. After 3 years of Bushian limbo, the wheels of justice are beginning to start grinding again.
What was Al-Marri’s alleged crime? He was allegedly a sleeper agent for Al-Qaeda, whose mission was “to wreak havoc on the U.S. banking system.”
Huh? I thought that was the job of Phil Gramm and the Repugs who deregulated the markets and looked the over way over the last decade while the mess was brewing?!? Seriously, if Al-Marri was guilty as charged, wouldn’t he be getting a big fat bonus like all financial services executives who *actually* wreaked havoc on the US banking system?
I’m confused here, why no bonus for Al-Marri? Or court for the various actual executive ’sleeper agents?’
Stumble it!
March 20th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Great post! I stole from it for my Friday FDL slot…
As far as I can tell, no one in the blogiverse caught that banking irony.
March 22nd, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Hehe thanks
It is pretty ironic, though if you think about it – emphasizes how preposterous Al Qaeda is as a replacement for the USSR as our mortal nemesis in Shrubya’s War on Terror.
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I confuse easily. I thought al Qaeda worked for the C.I.A. – whoops, still do in assassinations in Iran.
Then there’s the Taleban – the former government in Afghanistan. They have to be killed to keep peace – the majority of the population.
Well, 30% fewer this winter if UN warnings on the danger of starvation are correct.
Wreaking havoc on the banking system. When do Bill Clinton and the Shrub go to the hoosegow, exactly ?