And for my 20,000th post, "What ever happened to...?"

[Walt Starr]

What ever happened to the Anthrax Assassin(s)? Here is a person or person who attempted to assassinate media figures and elected officials in the legislative branch of the federal government with weapons of mass destruction, yet there are no suspects nor any hopes of a suspect or suspects! What ever happened to fighting terrorism? What ever happened to the rule of law? What ever happened to this investigation?

What ever happened to the outting of CIA agent Plame? Here we have a federal felony committed under the auspices of the White House for political gain, yet no suspect or suspects, just a few media persons who did not write the story outting Plame in jail on contempt charges! Hell, even the "journalist" who outted the CIA agent still roams free to spew his reichwing bile, yet a federal felony was committed and nobody seems to give a shit. What ever happened to the rule of law?

What ever happened to Kenny Boy Lay? I thought he requested his trial begin before the election, yet not a peep and apparetnly, he's never going on trial. Here's a man who loaned his private jet to the boy wonder of the white house for his campaign, yet they throw a woman Democrat in prison for the appearance of impropriety! She wasn't even charged with the crime they claimed she lied about and yet, the jury could not be told this simple fact of the case! And Kenny Boy Lay walks free! What ever happened to the adults being in charge?

Add your "What ever happened to...?" posts as replies! This could be a fun thread!

[DireStrike]

1. Hmm. What ever happened to the military vote? Al-Qaqaa?

We never did hear about the vote.

And what about the weapons? They weren't used on election day, so I guess they're still waiting to blow up troops.

[Retrograde]

4. or the "send a dollar for Afghanistan kids" scheme

Remember back in 2002 - or was it late 2001? - when our beloved leader asked all the children in the US to send a dollar to the White House "for the children of Afghanistan"? Whatever happened to those lovely untraceable $$$$ - assuming anyone was foolish enough to send them in?

And in a year or so will we be asking here "whatever happened to Laura's gang programs?"

[Hugin]

2. What ever happened to Ken Lay and Enron....?

Thanks for making me part of your 20,000th post.

I agree with you... Especially since the attacks were aimed
at what RWer conventional wisdom labeled "Liberals". I've
never heard OBL had any problem with American liberalism
in particular. He's pretty non-discriminating about his dislike
of us.

[Virginian]

6. A little partisan law enforcement

I think it speaks volumns that Martha Stewart will have been tried, convicted, sentenced, incarcerated and released while Kenny Boy has not even been indicted.

Her crime of contributing to Democrats and kicking an SEC investigator out of her office was addressed promptly while his crime of getting rich with accounting scams that ruined the lives and fortunes of thousands has been treated as if it is no big deal.

[Alpharetta]

3. Whatever happened to the Plame investigation?

Doesn't the Justice Department want to defend our intelligence agents from politically motivated identity leaks?

[babylonsister]

5. Whatever happened to the rest of the 9/11 report

that was supposed to be released months ago?:shrug:
And congrats on all those posts, Walt!

[babylonsister]

17. Whatever happened to healthcare?

I have heard nary a word since 11/04, except from Mr. Kerry.

[SnoopDog]

7. Whatever happened to America....?

Every day that passes, this bush administration diligently chips away at our democracy, our way of life, our environment, and, well, our existence.

GW Bush is not only the 'worst president ever', he is the spokesperson for a group of traitors who are killing the United States of America.

What will it take, ladies and gentlemen, to have our nation wake up and take action against this group of people who 'want to bring us down'?

Maybe we are all waiting for the very real Global Warming just to kill off most if not all of the inhabitants of Earth. I guess thats what they want - so they can all go to heaven.

I would say to them - don't wait for us - you first.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. I like that!

"I would say to them - don't wait for us - you first." :evilgrin:

[MsTryska]

8. timely - I was just doing soem research on Whatever

happenned to those 4 special ops afghanistan vets that murdered their wives when they got back to Ft. Bragg.

[barb162]

9. congrats on 20,000! And whatever happened to the

supposed creation of 320,000 jobs per month which were supposed to result from the Bush tax cuts of nearly 3 yrs. ago.

[sabra]

10. What ever happened to * being a "recovered" cocaine addict...

I still never got that one?

[yella_dawg]

12. One of my favorites

What ever happened to the short-selling of stocks immediately before 911? Wouldn't those transactions (Billions USD) be easy to trace?

[SmokingJacket]

32. YES. I want to know this too. Very much. nt

[Furity]

52. me, too

First thing I thought of when I read the initial post. Great thread, Walt. Lots of questions that need to be answered.

[Stop_the_War]

13. The anthrax was made by the government

It's kinda obvious because the anthrax was planted in DAN RATHER's office. Seems like an neo-conservative plot to assassinate Dan Rather that failed.

[Hugin]

14. What ever happened to AWOL...?

Yeah, the documents may have been fakes, but, so were the
excuses.

[Hugin]

15. What ever happened to my trip to Mars...?

For Mike. :)

[yinkaafrica]

16. Whatever happened to the GAO investigation of the energy committee?

You know, the meeting held in secret where Cheney and
fiends (no Democrats allowed!) decided how they would fuck the world
while sipping long cool drinks.

[catzies]

47. YEAH! Where are the Cheney energy meeting papers?

This Californian-who-got-screwed-royally still wants to know.

[paineinthearse]

18. Whatever happened to Rep. Conyers' request to the FBI to investigate...

...election fraud in Ohio?

[Hugin]

19. What ever happened to the "Cake Walk"...? n/t

[Hugin]

20. What ever happened to the "mushroom cloud"...?

Man, oh, man... I could go on like this all day.

:)

[in_cog_ni_to]

21. Whatever happened to bin Laden?

Doesn't anyone find it strange that the man supposedly responsible for 911 is rarely mentioned in the "war on terror?"

[Hugin]

23. What ever happened to * saying OBL..."Wasn't a concern?"

Along those lines in_cog_ni_to.

[spanone]

22. Here's what happened: George Fucking Bush*

[catmandu57]

24. what ever happened to my cheap gas?

Damned hippie liberal morans, don't you know we're at war to spread democraties through the world?
What the hell happened to us? There was a time when all of this would have outraged John q. enough to throw the sons of a bitches in prison.
maybe it is going to take the chimp sodomizing a child on the whitehouse lawn before people wake up.

[Hugin]

25. What ever happened to AARP...?

Don't they sell insurance now or something?

[Chelsea Patriot]

26. Whatever happened to Zachariah Moussoui (sic)?

The 20th 9/11 hijacker.

He must still be in jail.

Will there ever be a trial?

[Hugin]

27. What ever happened to my vote...?

I know I cast it... But, it didn't seem to count.

[Hugin]

28. What happened to Rush's drug charges...?

If he did the crime he aughta do the time.

[Walt Starr]

30. Hey I'd like an answer to that one, too

Joe Shmoe in Hillsville West Virginia would be doing time over these charges!

[Hugin]

29. Where did Bill O. hide the falufalah...?

In his children's book?

Did he ever get his pipe up?

The world will never know.

[Hugin]

31. Clock forward to 2025...

Q: "What happened to my Soc. Sec. benefits...?"

A: You blew them all in 2006 "investing" in Vegas. Remember?

Alternate A: You blew them all on dog food... for a dog.

[Chicago Democrat]

33. What ever happened to Khalid Shiek Mohammed?

Oh he's being tortured by the US government or its agents.

[Berserker]

35. What ever happened

to the large cache of weapons at the Al Qakaa installation south of Baghdad?

[Walt Starr]

34. What ever happened to the lost $9 billion in Iraq?

That's a lot of scratch to leave lying around!

:shrug:

[paineinthearse]

36. Whatever happened with the Kucinich thread discussing this? n/t

[kcass1954]

37. Whatever happened to my tax cut? eom

[Walt Starr]

38. Some guy named "Kenny Boy" got it instead n/t

[VOX]

39. Whatever happened to KIA GIs whose Commander-in-Chief won't attend their..

funerals or memorial services? * still hasn't appeared at one. Not ONE.

[Zinfandel]

40. What ever happen to Harken?

The whole Harken story link: http://www.thetruthaboutgeorge.com/special/harken.html


The controversy centered around the fact that he sold the stock shortly before the company announced major losses; after that announcement, the stock's value dropped by more than half. Here is the chronology according to various reports:

* June 6, 1990: Bush (who was at the time on Harken's board and a member of its audit committee) received the company's "flash report," which according to the Washington Post, predicted second quarter losses in the neighborhood of $4 million.

* June 8, 1990: According to the Los Angeles Times, Ralph Smith, a stockbroker, placed a "cold call" to Bush offering to purchase his Harken shares. Bush said he would reply within a couple of weeks.

* June 11, 1990: Bush attended a meeting at which a representative of Harken's audit firm, Arthur Andersen, warned of a loss that "could be potentially significant." Although no amount was specified in the meeting, the auditors indicated that the losses would surpass the $4 million forecast in the "flash report." (In fact, Harken would ultimately report a loss of $23 million.)

* June 22, 1990: Shortly after getting the transaction approved by Harken's lawyers, Bush sold 212,140 of his 317,152 Harken shares for $848,560.

* July 10, 1990: Under SEC requirements, this was the deadline for Bush to publicly report his sale of the stock. He failed to file the report until March of 1991. For reasons Bush has not explained, although he signed the form, he did not date it.

* August 20, 1990: Harken publicly announced second quarter losses of just over $23 million. The stock, which had opened at $3 per share, closed at $2.37.

* August 21, 1990: Despite the losses reported the day before, Harken's stock price rebounded to $3 per share. However, the overall trend was downwards, and by the end of 1990 Harken's share price had dropped to $1. (Today, Harken's stock trades for about the price of a candy bar on the American Stock Exchange.)

Wow, that looks fishy. Did the SEC go after him?

The SEC did launch an investigation in 1991, triggered by Bush's tardy report. Ultimately, SEC investigators concluded that there was not sufficient evidence of insider trading and decided not to pursue the matter. According to a Los Angeles Times report, there were three reasons for this conclusion.

1. Because Harken's shares rebounded the day after the losses were announced, SEC investigators concluded they could not prove that the announcement, and therefore any previous knowledge Bush may have had, affected the stock price.

2. At the June 11 meeting, although Bush was made aware that a "potentially significant" loss was in the offing, the auditors said the amount was not "identifiable."

3. Bush consulted Harken lawyers before making the sale, and they raised no objection to it."

What about the fact that Bush was eight months late in publicly reporting the sale of his stock? Wouldn't the government prosecute him for that?

According to SEC reporting requirements, Bush had to file an insider trading form — known as Form 4 — by the 10th day of the month following the sale. Although Bush was about eight months delayed in filing this form, it was and still is common for insiders to file this form late.

(When questioned about the delay, Bush alleged a decade ago that the SEC had lost the forms he filed. However, a Bush spokesperson recently said that the filing delay was due to a mix-up by Harken lawyers.)

[Zinfandel]

41. Guess it comes down to: What ever happen to the media?

Most of these scandals/stories received little or no coverage, and even less investigation (if that's possible) by the MSM.

[Hugin]

42. Kick...

For standing up for Moms. ;)

[Cleita]

43. The anthrax assassin got elected to a second term. n/t

[Walt Starr]

44. .

[Greylyn58]

45. Whatever happened to shrub's "Compassionate Conservative

crap? I guess now that he has his "Mandate" and his "posse" in control he doesn't really care about hiding his agenda anymore.

He intends to rape, pillage, and generally plunder this country for everything he can squeeze from it. And the fundies who support this ghoul will just ignore his crimes because they want to be "Lifted up to heaven" and to hell with what happens to the rest of us.

:grr:

[EST]

46. Bush...is...simply...insane

n...shudder...t
Hi, Walt!
formerly: RevRussel

[kohodog]

48. The Plame Investigation?

Thought that might be the thing that brought them dowm. Now looks like a couple of reporters will take the fall instead to the vp.

[Hissyspit]

49. Whatever happened to being against 'Nation-building?'

or the U.S. being the police of the world?

[RBHam]

50. Whatever happened to....

the planned release of the Reagan Papers and all the unclassified documents pertaining to JFK's assassination???

9-11 has given the Fascists "closure" for their multi-generational coup d'etat...

[stevedeshazer]

51. Whatever happened to my $3000?

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 http://www.detnews.com/2003/business/0301/22/c04-65902.htm

Unemployed may get $3,000 under Bush plan
Money to be used for costs linked to job hunting

President Bush has proposed spending $3.6 billion over two years for states to create "re-employment accounts" of up to $3,000 for about 1.2 million people collecting unemployment compensation who are having difficulty finding jobs. The money could be used to pay the costs of looking for work, such as job training, transportation, child care and moving expenses.
Some economists praise the proposal as an innovative way to move people off the unemployment insurance system, thereby saving money. Others say the program might encourage people to accept jobs they normally wouldn't take.

[paineinthearse]

53. What ever happened to the Boston dirty bomb scare?

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