War Profiteering:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5595163/

John Kerry's quote, "I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it." Was regarding financing of the occupation.

He asserted in an amendment to the bill that some of the costs should come from Iraqi oil money, and part from the US Treasury.

Bush made it known that unless all $87 billion came from the Treasury, he would veto the spending bill. In fact, most Republicans voted against the bill before they voted for it.

Now we know why. They wanted all the money from BOTH the US Treasury AND the Iraqi oil funds.

Remember, when you read this article, that the Coalition Provisional Authority is the American Government. WE were deciding to waste Iraqi funds on sweetheart deals for American companies with ties to the administration and the Republican Party. It is not an Iraqi institution.

This is not the way America should work. The Democrats and John Kerry were pushing for sensible funding of the Iraqi reconstruction effort, only to be overruled by a greedy, corrupt administration.

Yet another reason we need to change the whole system on Nov 2nd. There can be no complacency this year.