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March 25, 2007 at 10:49:26
Judiciary Corruption, THE WALK and President Pelosi by Rob Kall Page 1 of 2 page(s) |
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Meet the Press tends to get me thinking, extrapolating, and writing.
US Attorney David Iglesias told Tim Russert, today, that he felt leaned on when Senator Pete Domenici and congresswoman Heather Wilson asked him about pressing charges against a Democrat running in a tight race. Iglesias should have filed charges-- against the senator and congresswoman-- for interfering in the judicial process. Domenici and Wilson should be criminally charged and should resign.
Iglesias tells Tim Russert he didn't even report Domenici, and Wilson, though, inappropriate and illegal as their efforts at tampering were, because of his "loyalty," Iglesias reports. Loyalty to Domenici, a mentor who helped him get the job? Yes. Loyalty to Heather Wilson, a fellow Republican? Yes, and also, to the Republican party? Probably. What about loyalty to justice? To the law? Iglesias is no innocent. He was fired because he just wasn't the total whore who put politics before the law that the white house wanted. He just violated the law a little bit. Yes. It was a part of his job as US attorney to report efforts to influence justice. He didn't do it. That was reason to fire him. His failure to act as a political hitman was not.
The fact is, as Tim Russert says, "in each of these districts a corruption investigation was going on."
Arlen Spector says that while firings are at the "pleasure of the president" bad reasons are not tolerable.
Bush, through Rove and Gonzales, arranged for the chief prosecutors to be fired, taken off the job, removed from heavy duty investigations of Republicans. This reason for firing is not "at the pleasure of the president" no way, not ever, never, even though this is the despicable lie that right wing echo chamber members keep repeating. Whenever you hear the words "at the pleasure of the president" you're hearing someone supporting the spin campaign being orchestrated by the whitehouse.
John McKay, another fired US Attorney, in answer to Tim Russert's question as to whether Gonzales can continue to run the Justice Department said that it's up to the President and AG Gonzales. What a weak, cover-his-ass answer. At least, he then said, "There is a cloud over the Justice Department and that has to be removed." It's clear he's afraid to tell the truth, that he knows the vicious way this administration will make his work future toast if he just says what he thinks about his fellow Republicans in the Justice Department.
Of course, Gonzales was just the trigger man for Bush. President Bush is the one who should be removed.
When we look at the history of the US. This horrendous abuse of justice will be ranked right up there with some of the worst, most criminal acts by a government official.
Mainstream Media Collusion in Preventing the Corruption Story From Being the Top News
It is time for the mainstream media to be making the criminal firing of these attorneys as the big news story, not the battle between Bush and the congress. That's the spin Bush wants. Every time the news talks about the conflict between congress and the President, Bush Wins.
The story is about the worst abuse of the justice system in recent history. Bush's failure to pull Gonzales just makes him more guilty. This WILL be the lynchpin that leads to Bush's impeachment. We better get to work on Cheney, or he could be Bush's replacement. Cheney has to go first.
Getting back to Meet the Press. Russert comments that three of the eight attorneys fired were among the top ten prosecutors in terms of convictions.
He asks Arlen Spector, about Gonzales--
"Do you believe he has the integrity, independence and candor to continue..."
Spector replies--
"Integrity-- lets see."
"Independence-- there's a real question... I want to hear from him directly, vis a vis the white house, what kind of independence he showed."
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There's much temptation to give in to wishful thinking these
days, but giving in to it doesn't mean it's not just wishful thinking. Even among those who detest Bush, it's insufficiently recognized that both the Congress & the media are every bit as corrupt as Bush is. In effect, they're all collaborating. If this weren't so, things could never have gotten to this point. The Friday vote on the war supplemental is a case in point: the Democrats gave Bush 99% of what he wants to continue the war. The US media is calling it a "victory" for the Dems, and a "step towards ending the war." In fact, what it is, is a victory for Bush, & a demonstration that both parties are united in supporting his basic Iraq goals. Just as the media continues to portray the Iraq War as the US "fighting terrorism" and "trying to establish democracy," it portrayed the incredible Democratic sellout & betrayal Friday as a "Dem victory, and a step towards ending the war." Both portrayals are Big Lies of similar magnitude, but serve definite political purposes. In an environment characterized by such complete corruption of both parties, the entire Congress, the media, as well as the executive branch, it's just dreaming to imagine that some of these powerful factions are about to turn on Bush-Cheney. The truth is that all of them are working together -- allies, for all practical purposes. Pelosi is openly protecting Bush by taking impeachment "off the table." This fact, as well as the Friday vote, shows that all elite political forces are working in near-perfect synchronicity. There is not going to be any significant breaking of ranks. There is in effect no significant opposition to Bush whatever, among official forces. The only opposition is among the nation's "common people," and they have no power. by Richard Mynick (2 articles, 4 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 1552 comments [255 recommended, 5 rejected]) on Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 1:16:46 PM  (0+)
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You're dreaming ...
Never, ever, in a million years will we see bush or cheney cop to anything - EVER! I hope I'm wrong and this isn't man's swan-song, but we shall see ... by Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 6:39:37 PM (0+)
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Watch the hand on the button
We have a sociopath as our president, if we press him too hard he may just decide to take us all out. Personally, I do not care to see 12 of our elected liers and thieves negociate Bush out of office. What I want is a platoon of honerable men, Marines most likely, to enter the White House armed with weapons and the appropriate paperwork, arrest the murdering swine and send them off to the World Court. (oh yeh, we'd have to actually JOIN the World Court). Not much chance of any of that...but there would be a lot of Americans dancing in the streets. John Freeman by Roger (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 465 comments [22 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 7:04:01 PM (0+)
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Reply: There are many different tunes
to dance to. The thing is to get the devil out of the control room. Well, yes, I know about the other devils pulling the strings of the devil in the control.. But we have to start somewhere.... by Rob Kall (952 articles, 4177 quicklinks, 374 diaries, 2087 comments [45 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 8:14:56 PM (0+)
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THE MARCH? NO WAY !
YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING! Spector talks, the 'big talk', but just look at his voting record. He was against torture, but ended up with the bill ( I forgot the name), that made any breaking of the torture law and Geneva conventions, retro-actively.....Okay....., go get them bushcos, torture, make preemptive and perpetual wars, built on lies, and spy on Americans, and BTW, you can skip the Habeus Corpus law. Watch, a few repubs, that are just getting by, in their districts, will vote with the dems. But........just not quite enough of them, to get a bill passed, or stopped, against bush and cronies. Why? because they know they will never have repub money to run, another campaign (not even for dog catcher) They have sold their souls to the demons of greed, power, egotism, envy, and all of the rest. So, don't count on them to make any march, that goes against this corrupt, repub regime. Impeachment is going to have to come from, we the people, and there just isn't enough, to 'get er done'. by LYNNE KRINGLER (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 70 comments) on Monday, Mar 26, 2007 at 12:24:19 AM (0+)
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Wishful thinking
I think this is just a little too pie in the Sky. Its looking worse every day for the Repubs, but I don't think they are gonna take that walk for a while. They will squabble a bit, but as long as they have any wiggle room they will keep him there and let the killing go on in Iraq. It keeps the money flowing to their War chests the Dems will prolong this as long as they can for the same reason. They need the malleable front man and his War profiteering straight man to stay in place until we have no chance of regaining any of our civil liberties. The cashless society and global free trade agreements are a priority. by Sleeper (1 articles, 1 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 312 comments [6 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:14:45 AM (0+)
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Iglesias tells Tim Russert / "Judgment at Nuremberg" revisit
Hello Rob Kall, I love your Article. When I read this statement: "Iglesias tells Tim Russert he didn't even report Domenici, and Wilson, though, inappropriate and illegal as their efforts at tampering were, because of his "loyalty," Iglesias reports. Loyalty to Domenici, a mentor who helped him get the job? Yes. Loyalty to Heather Wilson, a fellow Republican? Yes, and also, to the Republican party? Probably. What about loyalty to justice? To the law? Iglesias is no innocent. He was fired because he just wasn't the total whore who put politics before the law that the white house wanted. He just violated the law a little bit. Yes. It was a part of his job as US attorney to report efforts to influence justice. He didn't do it. That was reason to fire him. His failure to act as a political hitman was not." It reminded me of the Movie "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961). I'm thinking about the speech Burt Lancaster's Character makes right after the Defense Lawyer tries to Break Judy Garland's Character on the witness stand. Burt Lancaster (Dr. Ernst Janning - defendant judge) tells why they did what they did under the Nazi rulers. That they thought (and hoped) they could help others by staying in their jobs, even though they were told by superiors what to do. And even though they knew it was wrong. I think anyone who is interested in these current Judical events should see "Judgment at Nuremberg". The Movie is important viewing for seeing why and how these current problems with our Judical system can impact the future of our Freedom for ALL the people of this Nation. Those who fail to learn from History are Doomed to repeat it's mistakes. Thanks for your article. Chris the H. by Chris the H. (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Wednesday, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:51:50 AM (0+)
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