As usual, our local paper has published on Saturday the story that Poindexter will be resigning his post with DARPA in the Dept. of Homeland Security. I say it this way because I have noticed for the last two years that "unpleasant" news items for the Bush administration tend to be put out for the media late on Friday so that it is not available for much media response during the "work week". So to put the story out on late Friday, it cannot make the morning news editions of papers or even the afternoon edition. Instead, it is already "old news" and printed (if that) on a Saturday which has far less readership for news in most newspapers.

So why do I say this is bad news? Well one of the main "characters" left from the Ronald and George Sr. era now hits the trail (officially at least). His less-than-honorable carrier including slimey involvement in TIA (remember the Big Brother plans to intrude extensively on collecting information on ALL citizens?), Iran-Contragate, and all - well it's just an idea whose time has come! (Understatement eh?) The final straw was the ill-conceived and ludicrous, laughable attempt to sell futures shares on the stock market betting on disasters caused by terrorist activities. Truly this reveals the mind of this man trusted by the Bush camp. What does this say about our pseudo-governmental decision-makers?

Greeting such a massive PR failure with glee is not a hallmark of a charitable mind, so perhaps I reveal my distinctive perspective on such issues? Mr. Poindexter, sorry to see you go! (NOT)