When Democratic Leaders Enable Instead Of Impeach
Since the Democratic leadership has taken impeachment off the table, Georgie Porgie, Dick Darth Sidious and their cohorts continue to piss on the Constitution and prolong their tyrannical travesty of justice with impunity. This time they went for a double header.
In a British Court of Appeal, the United States declared that it has a right to kidnap aka extraordinary rendition anyone, British or not, if the US government suspects that person of a crime; extradition treaties, i.e. that law be damned. King George the Shrub and the US are the law. However, left unsaid is that turnabout is fair play and it should therefore be legal for other countries to kidnap American citizens for trial in their countries, don't you think?
Next, Bush doesn't want anybody to know how often imprisoned convicted felon and former Republican lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, visited the White House and met with the Shrub and his flunkies. So, the White House, and Bush's politicized Justice Department now led by Bush loyalist, Michael Mukasey, came up with a new defense: Sensitive Security Records. In order to protect Dubya and Dick, possibly from the slammer, they're using this defense to filmflam and suppress two lawsuits filed requesting Secret Service records of Abramoff's visits to the White House.
So, Bush's probable criminal violations of the FISA statute with its illegal warrantless wiretaps via telecoms, which they want to hide under retroactive immunity and blanket warrants, and Bush and his administration's criminal torture policies violating the Geneva Conventions and considered war crimes, need to be hidden by invoking state secrets.
As Scott Horton points out, commenting on the White House stonewalling about Abramoff, "It appears that when a convicted felon at the heart of what Norm Ornstein and Thomas Mann have labeled the 'biggest corruption scandal in American history' pays hundreds of visits to the White House, meeting with the President, the Vice President, and the President’s senior political advisor, and potentially involving them directly or indirectly in his criminal schemes, this, too, is a “state secret” and thus cannot be divulged."
However, the increasingly lengthy list of Bush and Cheney's high crimes and misdemeanors are still being deliberately ignored by Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. They don't seem to be taking their oath to defend the Constitution any more seriously than George and Dick; rather they seem to be enabling the dangerous duo.
In a British Court of Appeal, the United States declared that it has a right to kidnap aka extraordinary rendition anyone, British or not, if the US government suspects that person of a crime; extradition treaties, i.e. that law be damned. King George the Shrub and the US are the law. However, left unsaid is that turnabout is fair play and it should therefore be legal for other countries to kidnap American citizens for trial in their countries, don't you think?
Next, Bush doesn't want anybody to know how often imprisoned convicted felon and former Republican lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, visited the White House and met with the Shrub and his flunkies. So, the White House, and Bush's politicized Justice Department now led by Bush loyalist, Michael Mukasey, came up with a new defense: Sensitive Security Records. In order to protect Dubya and Dick, possibly from the slammer, they're using this defense to filmflam and suppress two lawsuits filed requesting Secret Service records of Abramoff's visits to the White House.
So, Bush's probable criminal violations of the FISA statute with its illegal warrantless wiretaps via telecoms, which they want to hide under retroactive immunity and blanket warrants, and Bush and his administration's criminal torture policies violating the Geneva Conventions and considered war crimes, need to be hidden by invoking state secrets.
As Scott Horton points out, commenting on the White House stonewalling about Abramoff, "It appears that when a convicted felon at the heart of what Norm Ornstein and Thomas Mann have labeled the 'biggest corruption scandal in American history' pays hundreds of visits to the White House, meeting with the President, the Vice President, and the President’s senior political advisor, and potentially involving them directly or indirectly in his criminal schemes, this, too, is a “state secret” and thus cannot be divulged."
However, the increasingly lengthy list of Bush and Cheney's high crimes and misdemeanors are still being deliberately ignored by Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. They don't seem to be taking their oath to defend the Constitution any more seriously than George and Dick; rather they seem to be enabling the dangerous duo.
Posted by Kaz at 12/2/2007 6:53 PM 
Categories: Opinion,Bush,Repuglicans,Republicans,Impeachment,Democrats,Congress
Categories: Opinion,Bush,Repuglicans,Republicans,Impeachment,Democrats,Congress
“TWO OIL MEN ARE MAKING MILLIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR AFFILITES”
Bush and Cheney have managed to get oil to close at above $97.00 a barrel (an all time high), gold is near an all time high and the U.S. dollar is at its all time low. There is more Federal money going to civilian mercenaries than to American solders. During the last seven years our borders have been left open, now we have over 14 million illegal immigrants. Every military power in the world has managed to slip spies up through Mexico and across our borders unchallenged.
Bush's bad appointments have been in his own personal interests; he has disregarded his oath to protect and serve the U.S.A. Good job guys you have made millionaires of your GOP affiliates by awarding big government contracts to their sham organizations at the cost of bringing our country into a recession. You have redefined Democracy, the executive powers, our Judicial system and the role of our National Guards and the Military Reserves.
Alabama is right in the middle of Bush’s corruption. Bush has had to help Bob Riley win both his elections for governor. Slick Bob is being groomed as a potential vice president candidate for the 2008 election. But what about his connection to Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon during the 2002 election. Also, there is another cloud over Riley’s head that involves their conspiracy to eliminate his opponent Don Siegelman in the 2006 election which is starting to get national attention.
By showing no shame and declaring executive privileges the occupants in the white house have become fugitives that are untouchable. Charges can’t be brought against them, because the judicial system works for the executive branch in which the President is the man in charge. Congress has not been able to start an impeachment process because there are very few conservative (honest) Republican’s remaining in Congress who align themselves with the traditional Republican values. Bush’s new group of corrupt politicians are still using the name of the GOP and they still run on the Republican ticket; however, they are aligning themselves on Bush's and Cheney's corruption.
What’s the next move once a new president assumes office? What could possibly be Bush’s plan? How are they going to avoid prosecutions and possibly war crime charges? How are they going to prevent the Feds. from seizing their bank accounts and their assets. Will Bush perform midnight pardons? But, first they have to be charged with a crime to be pardoned. Who then would pardon Bush?
I believe that they have all their eggs in one basket. The new President will have to be a close ally. With so many facing possible prosecutions, I believe that what they did to get Bob Riley elected governor is just an example of what might happen to their presidential opponents.
I believe that Karl Rove has never been debriefed and that he is still using the NSA to do wiretapping to gather whatever information that he needs to eliminate to
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