Our Highest Law Enforcement Officials are Criminals

[Octafish]

Gee. Who knew?

Our Highest Law Enforcement Officials are Criminals

Crime Blotter: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
CounterPunch March 19, 2007

While serving as President Bush's White House lawyer, Alberto Gonzales advised Bush that the president's war time powers permitted Bush to ignore the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and to use the National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on US citizens without obtaining warrants from the FISA court as required by law. Under an order signed by Bush in 2002, NSA illegally spied on Americans without warrants.

By spying on Americans without obtaining warrants, Bush committed felonies under FISA. Moreover, there is strong, indeed overwhelming, evidence that justice was obstructed when Bush and Gonzales blocked a 2006 Justice Department investigation into whether Gonzales acted properly as Attorney General in approving and overseeing the Bush administration's program of spying on US citizens. Also at issue is whether Gonzales acted properly in advising Bush to kill an investigation of Gonzales' professional actions with regard to the NSA spy program.

We are faced with the almost certain fact that the two highest law enforcement officials of the United States are criminals.

The evidence that Bush and Gonzales have obstructed justice comes from internal Justice Department memos and exchanges of letters between the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), an investigative office, and members of Congress. The documents were leaked to the National Journal, and the story was reported in the March 15, 2007, issue by Murray Waas, who also relied on interviews with both current and former high ranking DOJ officials. Ten months previously on May 25, 2006, Waas broke the story in the National Journal about the derailing of the OPR investigation.

CONTINUED...

http://counterpunch.org/roberts03192007.html

Besides, DU?

Mr. Roberts was an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Ronald Reagan, a republicon.

[mod mom]

1. Yep...treasonous thugs in the WH. We MUST hold them accountable to a war

crimes tribunal if the United States is ever to regain an ounce of credibility, imho. The crimes against the constitution, although major, are pale in comparison to the IMMORAL DESPICABLE WAR raged against the Iraqi people in the name of "democracy" but in reality to benefit the war profiteers.

Thanks Octafish-glad to rec'd.

[mod mom]

4. BTW, found this on HuffPo RE: Darth Cheney:

The lesson we should learn from Iraq is that some people are capable of starting a war in order to escape public humiliation. On 1/18/2002 Halliburton stock (adjusted for recent splits and dividends) was trading at $4.61 on its way to becoming worthless because of bad decisions made by Dick Cheney the former CEO. On 12/16/2003 the company filed for Chapter 11. On 1/3/2005 Halliburton resolved the bankruptcy issue by agreeing to pay about $4.5 billion in asbestos liability claims. Obviously this money came from privatization contracts made possible by the Iraq war. On 4/21/2006 Halliburton's stock closed at $41.29 - almost a thousand percent increase from the pre-bankruptcy low!

The lies we heard from the WH and still hear were the product of a desperate man doing his best to stave off total humiliation. See http://www.orderfromrandomness.com/halliburtonstockprice.html... for a graphic view of the way Cheney had to be looking at the world in 2002.

TRAITORS IN THE WH

INDICT
IMPEACH
IMPRISON
NOW!

[JDPriestly]

43. Bingo! This is the real reason for the War in Iraq.

Halliburton asbestos debt. I've been thinking about that for a long time, but always forget to mention it. YOU ARE SO RIGHT! Halliburton's purchase of Dresser Industries is the key. The Republicans tried to talk up tort reform but couldn't completely fool the public. War with Iraq was the alternative solution for Halliburton.

[Octafish]

12. Agree completely, mod mom.

These "people" created a most profitable war.
America is catching on because people are learing the truth.
And that is why they are so worried.

[annabanana]

2. Clearly a crime syndicate. Structured the same way. . .

Operates the same way. . .

It's the original "if it walks like a duck" crowd.

[Octafish]

13. It's - it's - it's - it's like they're an ''Empire of Evil.''

Everybody on the inside gets a "piece of the action."
They take a bite and pass on up the take.
The crook at the top gets the most.

[EVDebs]

45. RICO statute on the entire GOP ? Bush as 'Godfather' ....

http://www.ricoact.com/ricoact/nutshell.asp

[NewJeffCT]

49. And Gonzalez' nickname is Fredo

Perfectly appropriate, no?

[texpatriot2004]

3. RICO nm

[Octafish]

14. Know your BFEE: Obstruction of Justice R Us

Know your BFEE Log





Know your BFEE: Money Trumps Peace. Always.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x250447


Know your BFEE: They kill good soldiers like Col. Ted Westhusing for profit...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x126094


Know your BFEE: America’s Ruling Gangster Class

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2969845


Know your BFEE: Robert Gates did more than keep the doors open at BCCI

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2810465


Know your BFEE: The Fellowship ‘Preys’ for America

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2591203&mesg_id=2591203


Sink the BFEE: Foley gives us Congress. Condi sends 'em to prison.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2401056


Beat the BFEE: Poppy’s CIA warned about terror plots and did not stop them

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2418621


Know your BFEE: Los Amigos de Bush

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2214484


Know your BFEE: Neil Bush hangs out with Russian Mafiya Godfather

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2082945


Know your BFEE: Poppy Bush was in Dallas the day JFK was assassinated.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1946852


Know your BFEE: Nazis couldn’t win WWII, so they backed Bushes.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1547206&mesg_id=1547206


Know your BFEE: At every turn, JFK was opposed by War Party

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1366764


Know your BFEE: Lies Are the Currency of Their Realm

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1170858


Know your BFEE: Cheney & Halliburton Sold Iran Nuke Technology

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=928662


Know your BFEE: The Stench of Moussaoui Permeates the Octopus

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=757860&mesg_id=757860


Know your BFEE: Moussaoui Must Die for Bush and 'His' Government

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=602016


Know your BFEE: Alito is just another word for Mussolini

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=266685


What the heck, this belongs here, too:

BFEE Turd Daniel Pipes tied to DANISH CARTOONS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=417774


Know your BFEE: Like a NAZI

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=133897


Know your BFEE: The China-Bush Axis

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5333644


Know your BFEE: Bush and bin Laden Clans Together in Bed

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5280903


Know your BFEE: Libby Is the First Big BFEE Turd to Go Down

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5233814


Know your BFEE: WHIG (White House Iraq Group) made phony case for Iraq War

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5077403


Know your BFEE: The Secret Government

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5027094


Know your BFEE: Reinhard Gehlen

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4863411&mesg_id=4863411


Know your BFEE: Poppy Bush Armed Saddam

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4813493


Know your BFEE: Killer Businessmen who put Power and Profit before Country

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4401300


Know your BFEE: Nixon Threatened to Nuke Vietnam

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3953519


Know your BFEE: Corrupt Craftsmen Hoover and Dulles

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3908104


Know your BFEE: Poppy’s CIA Made Saddam Into the Butcher of Baghdad

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3853409


Know your BFEE: Hitler’s Bankers Shaped Vietnam War

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3832033&mesg_id=3832033&page=


Know your BFEE: Merchants of Death

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3743890


Know your BFEE: R. James Woolsey, Turd of War

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3699042


Know your BFEE: Sneering Dick Cheney, Superturd-Superrich-Supercrook

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3627538


Know your BFEE: Bush Lied America into War

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3601654


Know your BFEE: James R Bath – Bush – bin Laden Link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3571293&mesg_id=3571293&page=


Know your BFEE: War Profiteers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3493251


Know your BFEE: Dead Men Tell No Tales

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3389867


Know your BFEE: Bush and bin Laden Clans Together in Bed

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5280903


Know your BFEE: Rev. Sun Myung Moon OWNS Poppy Bush

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3355939


Know your BFEE: Homeland Czar & Petro-Turd Bernie Kerik

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2788428


Know your BFEE: American Children Used in Radiation Experiments

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3312956


Know your BFEE: Eugenics and the NAZIs - The California Connection

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2511192


Know your BFEE: The Barreling Bushes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2472759


Know your BFEE: A Crime Line of Treason

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2748315


Know your BFEE: How Smirko Got Rich

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2529964


Know your BFEE: George W Bush did "community service" at Project P.U.L.L.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2956067


Know your BFEE: Vote Suppressor Supreme, the Turd Bill Rehnquist

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2414083


Know your BFEE: George W Bush Knew 9-11 Was Coming and Did NOTHING!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2404049


Know your BFEE: Oliver North, Drug Dealer

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2396787


Know your BFEE: Pat Robertson Incorporated a Gold Mine with a Terrorist

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2397004



These aren’t labeled “Know Your BFEE,” but they’re meant in the same spirit:

Poppy Bush Involved in JFK Assassination -- BFEE's Spooked!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3274455


Vietnam and Iraq Wars Started by Same People

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3193142


JFK Would NEVER Have Fallen for Phony INTEL!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5501005&mesg_id=5501005


Plame Affair makes clear: USA is run by TRAITORS.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4200507

BFEE Is More than Capable of Bombing Their Own Countrymen

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4045149

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x46709


And for all those inhabiting the hard-to-reach areas of denial:

A Short History of Conspiracy Theory

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4086438

[DemReadingDU]

27. Bookmarked!

So many links, I will read later. Thank you!

[Tigress DEM]

38. UM, kind of dumb here.. What is a BFEE?

Also bookmarked to read later. Looks like lots of good info.

[Octafish]

41. Bush Family Evil Empire

The acronym is a useful mnemonic device to describe members of the nation's corrupted ruling elite. Of course, there are many more people than Bushes involved. And not all Bushes are bad. Based on the hijacking of the United States, their global empire is something not even Ian Fleming dared dream possible. Hitler and his henchmen, however...

[texpatriot2004]

40. And it is an EVIL empire. Octafish you rock! nm

[babylonsister]

5. Nom and concur! nt

[Octafish]

22. CIA covered up Nazi war crimes, documents show

How our Wall Street overlords got their muscle:

CIA covered up Nazi war crimes, documents show

Updated Tue. Jun. 6 2006 11:35 PM ET
Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The CIA kept quiet about the whereabouts of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the 1950s for fear he might expose undercover anti-communist efforts in West Germany, U.S. documents released Tuesday show.

The 27,000 pages released by the National Archives are among the largest post-Second World War declassifications by the CIA. They offer a window into the shadowy world of U.S. intelligence -- and the efforts to use Nazi war criminals as spies, sometimes to detrimental effect.

The war criminals "peddled hearsay and gossip, whether to escape retribution for past crimes, or for mercenary gain, or for political agendas not necessarily compatible with American national interests,'' Robert Wolfe, an expert on German history and former archivist at the National Archives, said at a news briefing announcing the document release.

In a March 19, 1958, memo to the CIA, West German intelligence officials wrote they knew where Eichmann was hiding. Eichmann played a key role in transporting Jews to death camps during the Second World War.

"He is reported to have lived in Argentina under the alias `Clemens' since 1952,'' authorities wrote.

SNIP...

Among the other findings:

* Former Nazi officers such as Heinz Felfe, who served in the "Gehlen organization'' -- the West German intelligence service which in its early years was sponsored by the U.S. army and then the CIA -- were typically hired by the Soviet Union to be double agents.
* The CIA routinely misled U.S. immigration officials in the mid-1970s about the role of CIA agent Tscherim Soobzokov and his connection to Nazi war crimes.
* The documents were among the latest released under a 1999 law -- resisted by the CIA -- that called for disclosure of government records related to war crimes committed by the Nazi and Japanese governments.

CONTINUED...

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060606/cia_nazis_060606/20060606?hub=CTVNewsAt11

It IS organized crime on a global scale.

[babylonsister]

25. All the crimes, it's way too much to absorb. And where to even start? nt

[EFerrari]

6. You bet they are. K&R

:(

[Octafish]

24. TRUST OR HUSTLE: The Bush Record

Gangsters, American Style.

TRUST OR HUSTLE: The Bush Record

David E. Scheim

BACKGROUND ON THE S&L BAILOUT. The failure of hundreds of U.S. Savings and Loans during the 1980s, as detailed in such sources as Stephen Pizzo’s Inside Job1 and Pete Brewton’s Untold Story,2 cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $500 billion.3 A U.S. House committee concluded that over three-quarters of all S&L insolvencies appeared to be linked to serious misconduct by senior insiders or outsiders.4 In 1988, the comptroller of the currency found that less than 10 percent of recent bank failures had been caused solely by economic factors.5

One indication of the role of criminal conduct in S&L losses was the workings of just one New York figure, Mario Renda, who worked in conjunction with the Mob, according to a sworn federal deposition.6 Renda brokered as much as $5 billion per year in deposits into 130 S&Ls across the county, all of which failed.7 As Kwitny noted, “many of these deposits were made on the specific condition that the S&Ls would lend money out to borrowers Renda would recommend, who turned out to be local Mafia people or strangers from out-of-state.”8

The Bush family’s dealings illustrate some of the ways this S&L loot was extracted. In some loan transactions, money was simply siphoned out fraudulently to outsiders under lucrative arrangements with bank directors; Neil Bush’s record illustrates these type of transactions. In other instances, as exemplified by Jeb’s S&L dealings, loans were made for speculative investments or ventures without attempts to secure repayment if they were not profitable. Political connections often helped protect S&L misconduct;9 in the Bush’s case, George senior’s record demonstrated laxity toward the perpetrators, several of whom were in his own social circles.

CONTINUED w/sources-n-links ...

http://www.campaignwatch.org/more1.htm

Today's the Fourth Anniversary of America's NAZI War, so I'm spitting bullets.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. OH GAWD...WHAT WILL WE TELL THE CHILDREN?

"Go forth with my blessing and rob, plunder and pillage at will my child, because everything has changed after 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11 9-11...the day that cavemen turned the most powerful and respected nation of laws, into a nation of outlaws.

Look at the example these neocon outlaws are setting for the younger generations.

[Octafish]

37. Leaving All Children Behind: Bush's Policy on Education Earns a Failing Grade

I fear for the kind of nation my kids and grandkids will live in, my Friend.

Leaving All Children Behind: Bush's Policy on Education Earns a Failing Grade

The National Board of Governors voted to label Bush's education program as an "unfunded mandate"

By Daniel X
Takeaways

Bush seems to want to cut funding for education to finance his war in Iraq.

Bush promised to raise Pell Grants to $5,100, but now he wants to cut the Pell Grants. In 2000, amidst the multitude of campaign promises, slogans, and other memorable one-liners that usually accompany a presidential campaign, Governor George W. Bush made a promise to the people of this country, by saying that he would increase funding for educational programs, so that he would “Leave No Child Behind”. As soon as he came into office, he made sure only to leave no millionaire behind, by delivering trillions in tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans. As for the children of America, who looked to him to make good on his word to enhance their education, and make their futures look brighter, the president decided to raise the testing standards for students, but never gave them the ability to meet those standards.

In his recent budget, he outlined hundreds of programs that would have their funding slashed or cut altogether, including social service programs, senior care, and education. He started with the Head Start programs, by freezing all new enrollment, so that over 40% of eligible students will never be able to attend Head Start programs. He even cut his own “No Child Left Behind” programs by more than $33 Billion. Bush also cut a program that gave education to children belonging to military families. His audacious cuts in education have angered so many states, that the National Board of Governors voted unanimously to label “No Child Left Behind” as an “unfunded mandate”. 22 states are even considering enacting laws to challenge Bush’s education policies.

Bush’s cuts in education programs alone account for more than one-third of his overall cuts in domestic programs. He has proposed getting rid of Perkins Loans, and failed to raise the maximum PELL Grant award to $5,100 as he promised to do during his campaign. This is typical of the agenda he has pursued for more than four years- one that neglects the disadvantaged in this country, only to give major tax breaks to the wealthy. Title I programs, which are education programs that help poor communities across the country, are facing hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts by the Bush Administration. Almost all higher education funding will be severely cut, as will most adult literacy programs in the country.

The hardest hit by these cuts are college students. While the loan and grant programs are being destroyed, since Bush became president, tuition has risen over 35% in community colleges alone. Students, especially those who are in the middle and lower classes, are forced to pay hundreds of dollars a year in more tuition, with money they don’t have. Many students have dropped out of school because they cannot afford to continue paying for their education. Even those who are receiving education loans are in danger, as the Republicans are considering making the interest rates on student loans variable rates, as opposed to fixed rates. Today, with interest rates on the rise, that would make students pay millions more in interest alone, and also create unnecessary concern in students during times of economic uncertainty, like during the current market situation.

The Bush Administration seems to live for today, without concern about tomorrow. While wasting away billions of dollars committing war crimes across the world, Bush finds himself unable to play War for too much longer, so decides to cut other programs to fund his lust for war. Meanwhile, the children of America are losing this war, as they find themselves out of schools they belong in- from Head Start to College. While funding a war may be fun at times, President Bush has shown his inability to see the bigger picture, and demonstrate a commitment to America’s long-term health. By cutting education, he is robbing not only the student, but America, from having a brighter future. Tomorrow’s leaders are being taught in broken down schools, and with bleak prospects for success in their futures. The president may not care what this country looks like in 20 years, because he’ll be living off an executive salary paid for by the oil companies who receive their funding from the taxpayers. So today, while he whittles away his time in office enjoying himself, he cares very little about his broken promises, or what tomorrow may bring for American and the world.

SOURCE...

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/4698/leaving_all_children_behind_bushs_policy.html

Wish I'd written that. Anyway...

Smirko has absolutely rotted out everything he's touched.

Fish rots from the head down. Same for drunken monkeys.

[Tigress DEM]

39. NO actual cavemen were involved in this fraud..forensic evi points to a Chimperor.

[H2O Man]

8. They have betrayed

America. They have done damage to the institutions of the federal goverment, which has taken a toll on every community in the country. They are the adversaries of our Constitutional democracy. Yes, they are criminals -- enemies of the state.

[Karenina]

29. WHAT will it take

for Americans to

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE???

[Toots]

9. All I can say is "Duhhh"

:shrug: It only took six years to notice, how observant we are these days...

[Hubert Flottz]

10. WE...knew it in 2000!

Didn't WE!

[Double T]

11. Congress MUST continue to dismantle and dissolve the bushco.........

crime administration, one crime member after another.

[suegeo]

15. "These crimes, father, they're organized."

as confessed by Mrs. Tony Soprano.

[bonito]

16. They put a stop to the FISA investigations

by not giving security clearances to justice dept. investigators.

[tex-wyo-dem]

17. Thanks, Octafish!

Nothing more than an organized crime cartel...the biggest, most powerful, most organized crime cartel the world has ever known.

BTW...apparently Delay has slimed out of his toad hole and gone on a little PR tour crying about the "criminalization of politics," and how now that the Dems are in power this is all you will hear about for the next two years <republicon talking point>...:cry: poor baby. Delay is a most loyal leiutenant...there is no level low enough for slime of his kind.

[KansDem]

18. Makes me wonder why I stop at stop signs, declare all my income, & take only the condiments I need.

I mean, what's to keep me from rolling through red lights, cheating on my taxes, and grabbing a couple pocketfuls of ketchup and mustard packets from food buffets, if the head honchos of this country so opening and willingly steal the nation blind?

Other than the prospect of getting caught...

[mikelewis]

33. Answers 1) Because you could kill someone, 2) because the IRS will use unconstitutional authority...

...to incarcerate you until you agree to be a "good American" and finally, I have no idea, I take extras for when we run out and assume you should too...

[Patsy Stone]

19. Yet, we at DU and other blogs seem to be the only ones who realize this.

Why is that? I think it's that the possibility that this could happen here is something people will not allow themselves to accept. No matter what happens, apologists for the regime and the uninformed, will find a way to justify the criminal actions, death, and destruction of the fabric of America by clinging to the illusion that they have the country's best interests at heart.

Hell, I still had a friend try and convince me that the NYT is a left-wing rag. The word is not getting out, the falsehoods still exist, the blinders are still on.

[OnyxCollie]

44. How would the populace react if it was proven God doesn't exist?

Pretty hysterical would be my guess. Knowing there is no safety net, no organization to protect from hurricanes, tornadoes, or bad men that want to kill you. Knowing you can be dragged from your house, imprisoned, tortured, tried without being present, and executed based on hearsay evidence. Knowing the U.S. will be mired in an endless war that will only succeed in creating more terrorists. It's a hard thing for people to accept. Hell, it terrifies me. It goes back to Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. People fear the state of nature. So, what do they do as a defense? Deny reality and enjoy the Matrix. Maybe there's something good on television...

[Patsy Stone]

51. Let's all watch and see...

Maybe Heather's leg will fly off. This has all become just a little too Running Man for me.

[goforit]

20. Yes convicts have hyjacked the White House!! The constitution did not

prepare us for this time.

We Just have to face the music and deal with these assholes.

Hancuffs are the only way!!!!

The entire country want these assholes OUT.

[lpbk2713]

21. A major part of the evil BFEE Crime Syndicate

They wouldn't be nearly as successful without DoJ to do the legwork for them.

[Jcrowley]

23. K&R n/t

[EFerrari]

26. Kick

[fooj]

28. Know your BFEE.

:grr:

[happydreams]

30. K&R! I just wish MSM would say something similar.

[mikelewis]

31. We should get the Justice Department to investigate this PRONTO!!! Oh wait...

Sorry, for a minute there I thought we were in the United States of America.

[leftofthedial]

32. and the highest members of our "government"

HATE our government and have actively worked to undermine it


Your capitalist system at work! :thumbsup:

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

34. In that case, why the hell aren't they being charged-n-tried?

:shrug:

Moreover, what about all the other crimes they've committed (i.e. War Powers Act, BC, etc. in addition to LYING about not only the war but long list of things)?

:shrug:

[Le Taz Hot]

50. Who's going to do it?

The "Justice" Department?

[bobthedrummer]

35. yep.

[heatstreak]

36. kick

[Kurovski]

42. Kick.(nt)

[The Backlash Cometh]

46. And the truth shall set us free.

I wish the White House were just the start. But I realize, we'll be lucky just to win this one for the people.

[riverdeep]

47. Now, if only there were a sex scandal

to break through the narcotic, glazed, consumer-driven attention of the American populace. If a scandal occurs in a forest, has it happened?

[Swamp Rat]

48. k&r

:kick: