Because is sure as hell is not ethical. Wait&#151isn’t giving your friends billions of dollars when you are President corrupt? What am I missing here? Are you allowed to do this?

From the New York Times (user: decry, password: decry): “The Pentagon contract given without competition to a Halliburton subsidiary to fight oil well fires in Iraq is worth as much as $7 billion over two years, according to a letter from the Army Corps of Engineers that was released today.”

You’d think most people would at least accept other bids so they could pretend there was a legitimate selection process. Especially a president who claims to be guided by Christian principles, which I suspect do not include favoritism, exploitation of conflict of interest, deceit, and gross profit motive. And especially a president who claims to be humble.

It’s worked so far, though&#151he does it, we take it. I wish real life was that simple.