Convenient: Poor Job Market Here Means Lots of Applicants to Work High-Danger Iraq Jobs

That's what NBC News reported tonight. People standing in long lines to get one of the high-paying, "oh yeah, and you might get beheaded or otherwise killed like the other 46 American contractors have" jobs being offered by Halliburton spawn, Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR). Many said they simply couldn't find decent jobs here, and the last few years of sucky economy have left them with debts to pay.

Wow, isn't that convenient that Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney led this country and the job market into a massive sink hole so that (wow, what a coinky-dinky) when we realized (ha!) that Iraq was responsible for all the world's terrorism, there would be people willing to lose life, limb, and sometimes head to serve. Oh yeah, and Mr. Cheney led Halliburton, too, such as in 1999 when he told the Senate that Iraq wasn't bad and sanctions should go. And - yet another coincidence - I bet Mr. Cheney goes back to Halliburton if his heart survives another Florida vote-stealing session.