BUSH TEAM ACTS OUT PLOT OF MINORITY REPORT'

Steve Marvin Madison

06 August 2003
The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal
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Dear Editor: While it's true that "Dr. Strangelove" is an apt analogy for 
the bizarre insanity of John Poindexter's Policy Analysis Market scheme, a 
more recent flick, "Minority Report," best reflects the treachery of these 
bushwhackers.

I suspect the insights Poindexter hoped to gain from selling terror futures 
were to be used to select targets for more "just in case" type attacks by 
the U.S. military.

In "Minority Report," you might recall, a pre-emptive strike was ordered 
based on intelligence known to be untrue by those prosecuting the action.

A more credible report was deliberately suppressed because it showed the 
"pre-emptive" maneuver to be not only unwarranted, based on national 
security, but a ruse to advance an entirely different agenda.

Does Bush lie when he claims he never goes to the movies? Who knows. Maybe 
his handlers saw "Minority Report" and the Max von Sydow character aroused 
something powerful in Dick Cheney.

If they can act out "Dr. Strangelove" and "Minority Report," I say it's time 
we all act out a better story line.

How about something like peace candidate "Seabiscuit" Dennis Kucinich coming 
from the back of the pack to defeat War Admiral Bush in 2004?