Comments on: Which Think Tank for Wolfowitz? http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/ Author James Bovard Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:24:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Hague http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-75478 The Hague Wed, 16 May 2007 15:10:51 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-75478 PORTRAIT OF PAUL WOLFOWITZ http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2007/04/125755.shtml PORTRAIT OF PAUL WOLFOWITZ

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]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-72024 Jim Fri, 11 May 2007 12:55:58 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-72024 Tom - the World Bank was paying $200,000 a year for Wolfowitz's girlfriend, but maybe that wasn't enough to keep his hands busy. Maybe Wolfowitz is one of those Bill Clinton types that talks on the phone while.... Tom - the World Bank was paying $200,000 a year for Wolfowitz’s girlfriend, but maybe that wasn’t enough to keep his hands busy.

Maybe Wolfowitz is one of those Bill Clinton types that talks on the phone while….

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-72023 Jim Fri, 11 May 2007 12:54:48 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-72023 "Free market libertarian" is a term that has expanded amazingly in the last 5 years... “Free market libertarian” is a term that has expanded amazingly in the last 5 years…

]]> By: Kevin Carson http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-71780 Kevin Carson Fri, 11 May 2007 04:51:37 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-71780 How about the Adam Smith Institute? Given their slobbering over Reagan and Thatcher, Wolfie's probably just their kind of "free market libertarian." How about the Adam Smith Institute? Given their slobbering over Reagan and Thatcher, Wolfie’s probably just their kind of “free market libertarian.”

]]> By: Tom Blanton http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-71764 Tom Blanton Fri, 11 May 2007 04:33:18 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-71764 I suppose Wolfowitz could get a gig at the World Sperm Bank, but he would be ideally suited for a position at the World Blood Bank. Neoconmen are very bullish on blood-backed securities. Another option for Wolfowitz might be a teaching position at the War College - he is an expert in the area of Justification Theory. A position at one of the beltway's Feith-Based Organizations should not be ruled out. Having Wolfowitz employed at a think tank might result in him thinking and I'm not sure that is a good thing. Having him employed doing something with his hands might be best. Maybe the sperm bank is the place for him. I suppose Wolfowitz could get a gig at the World Sperm Bank, but he would be ideally suited for a position at the World Blood Bank. Neoconmen are very bullish on blood-backed securities.

Another option for Wolfowitz might be a teaching position at the War College - he is an expert in the area of Justification Theory.

A position at one of the beltway’s Feith-Based Organizations should not be ruled out. Having Wolfowitz employed at a think tank might result in him thinking and I’m not sure that is a good thing. Having him employed doing something with his hands might be best.

Maybe the sperm bank is the place for him.

]]> By: Dave http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-70618 Dave Wed, 09 May 2007 17:34:52 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-70618 Jim, offtopic but thanks for standing in over at Radley's space. if you're feeling brave, switch on commenting over there! Dave in Fairfax Jim, offtopic but thanks for standing in over at Radley’s space. if you’re feeling brave, switch on commenting over there!

Dave in Fairfax

]]> By: Orville H. Larson http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-70304 Orville H. Larson Wed, 09 May 2007 05:57:02 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-70304 The World Bank, in its way, is just as crooked as Al Capone's Chicago or New York City's corrupt "Tammany Hall" political machine. So Wolfowitz is going to get the size-12-up-the-ass treatment from the World Bank? Good. But where will Wolfowitz's golden parachute carry him? As Bovard speculates, what "think tank" (sic) will take him? I'd say the American Enterprise Institute is about the right fit for Wolfowitz. It's heavy on the neocon warmongering bullshit, and it's practically an extension of the Bush administration. All in all, a good place for the Wolfman to take it easy for awhile while recharging his neocon batteries. The World Bank, in its way, is just as crooked as Al Capone’s Chicago or New York City’s corrupt “Tammany Hall” political machine.

So Wolfowitz is going to get the size-12-up-the-ass treatment from the World Bank? Good. But where will Wolfowitz’s golden parachute carry him? As Bovard speculates, what “think tank” (sic) will take him?

I’d say the American Enterprise Institute is about the right fit for Wolfowitz. It’s heavy on the neocon warmongering bullshit, and it’s practically an extension of the Bush administration. All in all, a good place for the Wolfman to take it easy for awhile while recharging his neocon batteries.

]]> By: Martin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-70295 Martin Wed, 09 May 2007 05:30:22 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-70295 AEI AEI

]]> By: aeskylos http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-70087 aeskylos Tue, 08 May 2007 23:20:22 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-70087 Gosh, any think tank with a good waterboard would be perfect for Mr. Wolfowitz. Gosh, any think tank with a good waterboard would be perfect for Mr. Wolfowitz.

]]> By: Bob Trumbo http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69967 Bob Trumbo Tue, 08 May 2007 19:14:57 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69967 I have a better idea and that is to put Dubya in a thinks tank. Oops I am sorry I forgot George is our first President who regularly demonstrates his inability not to think but to defer to the neocons to think for him. I have a better idea and that is to put Dubya in a thinks tank. Oops I am sorry I forgot George is our first President who regularly demonstrates his inability not to think but to defer to the neocons to think for him.

]]> By: Dan Coyle http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69938 Dan Coyle Tue, 08 May 2007 18:23:32 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69938 Obviously, Wolfowitz will join... THE DECEPTICONS. Obviously, Wolfowitz will join… THE DECEPTICONS.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69836 Jim Tue, 08 May 2007 15:02:14 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69836 But if the Bush administration suspects that its cronies at the World Bank will get sent to hell, they'll make sure that Halliburton gets the contract to expand the facilities and will probably put in air conditioning and swimming pools. But if the Bush administration suspects that its cronies at the World Bank will get sent to hell, they’ll make sure that Halliburton gets the contract to expand the facilities and will probably put in air conditioning and swimming pools.

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69832 Dirk W. Sabin Tue, 08 May 2007 14:50:52 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69832 My favorite part of the Structural Adjustment Programs was when they would lend more money to already deep-sixed, tapped out countries in order to pay the vig on loans already made. Loan sharks, Pimps and Drug Dealers often show more pragmatic levels of business-related compassion. The IMF, World Bank every one of their crooked little Statist hearts will occupy one of Dante's nine rings of hell, hopefully toward the bottom, where it's hotter and less forgiving. Isn't it nice how the Bank is now saying that the U.S. "will be allowed" to pick the next President to replace Wolfowitz as long as Wolfie goes quickly and quietly. Maybe they can appoint Soprano now that the HBO series is ending. A retiring mobster could use the job , unlike failed government apparatchiks, they usually get trunks in retirement, not think tanks. My favorite part of the Structural Adjustment Programs was when they would lend more money to already deep-sixed, tapped out countries in order to pay the vig on loans already made. Loan sharks, Pimps and Drug Dealers often show more pragmatic levels of business-related compassion. The IMF, World Bank every one of their crooked little Statist hearts will occupy one of Dante’s nine rings of hell, hopefully toward the bottom, where it’s hotter and less forgiving.

Isn’t it nice how the Bank is now saying that the U.S. “will be allowed” to pick the next President to replace Wolfowitz as long as Wolfie goes quickly and quietly. Maybe they can appoint Soprano now that the HBO series is ending. A retiring mobster could use the job , unlike failed government apparatchiks, they usually get trunks in retirement, not think tanks.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69830 Jim Tue, 08 May 2007 14:46:57 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69830 LawHobbit - Same thing my therapist said, but you're both wrong! LawHobbit - Same thing my therapist said, but you’re both wrong!

]]> By: Mark http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69829 Mark Tue, 08 May 2007 14:46:27 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/05/08/which-think-tank-for-wolfowitz/#comment-69829 Why should he not go directly to work for AIPAC?, I mean, gloves off - there's no need to maintain the charade any longer. Oh, wait a second. They won't like his girlfriend - strictly speaking, she's an Arab. Tragic love story, anyone? Why should he not go directly to work for AIPAC?, I mean, gloves off - there’s no need to maintain the charade any longer. Oh, wait a second. They won’t like his girlfriend - strictly speaking, she’s an Arab. Tragic love story, anyone?

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