Why Are ANY Of The Bushevik US Attys Still In
Power

post from My Left Wing - Front Page on 21 April 2009 05:49:15 PM. © My Left Wing - Front Page

Remember the US Attorney scandal? It's hard, I know, but try...It was a couple of years ago, and so may have passed from your recollection under the remorseless barrage of other horrors attending the slow, poisonous decline of the Busheviks--to say nothing of the latest homely/pre-pubescent singing sensations to sweep the nation.

A refresher: Various GOPuke Grand Panjandrums and High Functionaries called upon the Bushevik "Justice" Department to dismiss a number of US Attorneys in some seven (or 10, depending on who's being counted) venues and jursidictions for their evident and gallingly insufficient attention to the political needs of the incumbent GOPukes and the local parties to have brickbats to fling at the Dims in coming elections. Prosecutions were needed, and these seven (or 10) were apparently not producing them (the well-known, long-standing official prohibitions against bringing such prosecutions in the immediate proximity to and election notwithstanding).

These several USAttys--including New Mexico's David Iglesias--were judged by their GOPuke (political) superiors to have had insufficient zeal for politicizing their offices. Complaints flowed to Karl Rove--notably from two of New Mexico's most prominent legislators, "Pajama" Pete Domenici and "Leather" Heather Wilson, Domenici's lap-top and heir presumptive--to "Alfredo "Fredo" Gonzalez at the Do"J" that certain USAttys--including Iglesias--weren't "pulling their share of the loads" for the political purposes of fostering and sustaining the eternal GOPuke majority, and they had to go.

And go they did...
Seven (some say 10) were summarily dismissed for a variety of ginned-up, spurious reasons.

That left 83, or so, USAttys whose tenure was unaffected by the shake-up. And of those, as far as I know, very many if not most of them are still in the employ of the Obama/Holder USDoJ.

Perhaps under other circumstances, retaining the services of some remnants of the previous administration's appointments might make sense. But not now! Remember, these were people who HELD their jobs when others were being fired for not being political enough in their prosecutions! These are 'legal officials' who have demonstrated by retaining their jobs that they are willing to do anything they're told to do. These are people--officers f the Court, for chrissake!-- who are demonstrably lacking in honor, principle, and shriven of every scintilla of legal ethical perspective.

What, anyone with the tiniest sliver of conscience must ask, did these people DO to merit retention in the vast, deep, vile, murderous criminal enterprise known as the Bushevik "Justice" department? They followed orders, just like their colleagues in the CIA, and the FBI, and HSA, and (willingly or grudgingly, it is irrelevant) broke the law.

An apt example of the breed is provided by one of those still practicing USAtty craft in the new administration after demonstrating utmost fealty and devotion to the previous regime by railroading the governor of Alabama into prison on trumped up charges. That one, especially loathsome example is the execrable, feculent, reeking, foul creature called Leura Canary, of the Middle Alababma jurisdiction.

Thom Hartmann has taken up the cudgel to try to get Holder to dismiss Canary who, if memory serves, is the wife of one of Karl Rove's closest personal friends. He has invited listeners to phone Holder's DoJ to "request" that Canary be dismissed, forthwith. Hartmann believes Holder is "basically a nice guy," and that callers

"...ask Holder to remove Leura Canary from her position now. We should ask that all the Bush-appointed U.S. attorneys should be removed from office. And we should ask for the charges against Don Siegelman should be dropped. He said that Eric Holder is a good guy and that we should be polite and respectful when we call. He gave out the phone number: 202-514-2001. Thom said that Don Siegelman's case is the one that can most substantially lead to the prosecution of Karl Rove,"

according to a post on Mark Crispin Miller's NewsFromTheUnderground blog. You can find background on the Siegalman case here, also here, and there. I don't know that "request" is the term I'd use. I'd "demand." Public officials who object to citizens' "demands" are in the wrong fucking business. And I would also note that "politesse" does not preclude a certain degree of snark...

Holder risks looking like a butt-wipe of the Rightard fuckwitz if he can recommend setting aside Ted Stevens' conviction but makes no effort to do exactly same for Siegelman. I have as yet seen no reason to trust Holder (or much of the Obamanista contingent) on matters of justice.

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Fool Me Once ...

post from Talking Points Memo on 21 April 2009 05:41:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

The National Archives confirms that Cheney formally requested the release of classified CIA documents to prove that the intelligence gathering ends justified the torture means.Hmmm, Cheney using classified documents to buttress his political and[...]

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Bloomberg On Same-Sex Marriage: ‘Rudy Has A
Right To His Views,’ But I Totally Disagree With Them

post from Think Progress on 21 April 2009 05:40:00 PM. © Think Progress

In a New York Post interview published yesterday, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani sharply criticized the push to legalize same-sex marriage in New York state:

"This will create a grass-roots movement. This is the kind of issue that, in many ways, is somewhat beyond politics," said Giuliani, a two-term mayor who unsuccessfully sought the GOP presidential nomination last year. [...]
"Marriage, I believe, both traditionally and legally, has always been between a man and a woman and should remain between a man and woman," said Giuliani, who has been married three times.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stood by Paterson's side when the governor made his announcement about the marriage equality legislation on April 16. Today, ThinkProgress sat down with the mayor and asked him to respond to his predecessor's comments:

BLOOMBERG: You know, Rudy has a right to his views. I think the polls say that -- there's a new poll out today that says a majority of New Yorkers are in favor of same-sex marriage.
My personal view -- and I've had this for as long as I've thought about the issue -- is that it's not the government's business who you love and who you marry. And I don't think that it stands anybody in good interest to have the government involved. ... I do think that the more you believe in something, the more important it is to you that the government stay out of these social issues.

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A Siena poll released yesterday finds that by a margin of 53 to 39 percent, New Yorkers "believe the Senate should pass marriage-equality legislation introduced last week by Gov. David A. Paterson." The state Assembly has already gone on record supporting a similar measured introduced by then-governor Eliot Spitzer in 2007, but in the state Senate, several Republicans will have to switch sides in order for the measure to pass.

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Bloomberg On Same-Sex Marriage: 'Rudy Has A Right
To His Views,' But I Totally Disagree With Them

post from Think Progress on 21 April 2009 05:40:00 PM. © Think Progress

In a New York Post interview published yesterday, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani sharply criticized the push to legalize same-sex marriage in New York state:

"This will create a grass-roots movement. This is the kind of issue that, in many ways, is somewhat beyond politics," said Giuliani, a two-term mayor who unsuccessfully sought the GOP presidential nomination last year. [...]
"Marriage, I believe, both traditionally and legally, has always been between a man and a woman and should remain between a man and woman," said Giuliani, who has been married three times.

BLOOMBERG: You know, Rudy has a right to his views. I think the polls say that -- there's a new poll out today that says a majority of New Yorkers are in favor of same-sex marriage.
My personal view -- and I've had this for as long as I've thought about the issue -- is that it's not the government's business who you love and who you marry. And I don't think that it stands anybody in good interest to have the government involved. ... I do think that the more you believe in something, the more important it is to you that the government stay out of these social issues.

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Does anyone really think we're alone

post from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth on 21 April 2009 05:34:00 PM. © AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

CNN has a story about an Apollo 14 astronaut who is pitching the cause of UFOs and other life out there. The specific story sounds a bit odd but the bigger story about life beyond earth doesn't strike me as odd in any way. Are there people who really think there's no life beyond our little planet? It wouldn't surprise me if the knuckle-dragging religious right are terrified of the subject but beyond that, don't most people believe others are out there? Who knows whether there have been visitors or whether the sitings are simply military projects but either way it strikes me as possible. Why not? Of course living in the land of the Coneheads, maybe I don't get the controversy.

Mankind has long wondered if we're "alone in the universe. [But] only in our period do we really have evidence. No, we're not alone," Mitchell said.

"Our destiny, in my opinion, and we might as well get started with it, is [to] become a part of the planetary community. ... We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there."

Mitchell grew up in Roswell, New Mexico, which some UFO believers maintain was the site of a UFO crash in 1947. He said residents of his hometown "had been hushed and told not to talk about their experience by military authorities." They had been warned of "dire consequences" if they did so.

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BuzzFlash Mailbag for April 21, 2009

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Subject: NY Times doesn't have the punch any more

Dear BuzzFlash:

It doesn't please me that lately some Democrats, including Reps. Harman and Murtha are being scrutinized for less than exemplary behavior, but it doesn't surprise me, either. One big difference between the progressives and the braindead wacko right is that we call out our own people when they do wrong, unlike Repugs, who defend their people to the last ridiculous straw, and refuse to ever admit guilt in anything. It's actually to the Democrat's advantage that we try to keep our Congressmen and women honest, or we'd have a party that was completely corrupted and terrible, rather than a few bad eggs here and there. As for the potential damage Rep. Harman may or may not have caused concerning the wiretap cover-up, I doubt that story alone would have tipped the scales because the internet bloggers were all over it, and the influence of the NY Times has shrunk incredibly, like all print journalism. As much as I like newspapers, having worked for one for a time, as far as breaking news, they're out of it. TV cable breaks in constantly, internet news hounds are updating websites all day long, and even evening news programs on the "Big Three" are old news by the time the program airs. We're seeing a communications revolution, and the days of print journalism could be numbered if we don't rally around our local papers, for sports, editorials, the funnies, etc. I'd hate to see newspapers disappear, but as far as up-to-date news, they're already dead.

Scott Fayetteville, AR.

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BuzzFlash Mailbag for April 20, 2009

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Subject: I will never understand this

April 20, 2009 Maybe He Understands, But I Don?t He has lost me on this one and I don?t think he can explain it sufficiently for me. Yesterday, I heard Dick Armey say that he didn?t understand why the president released the memos if he isn?t planning to use them. I don?t often agree with Dick, but I do on this one. Dick also said Bush isn?t there any more so we should just forget it and move forward and the president agrees. Bush is not still here, but his enablers are. The president is caving to the GOP and I guess he is hoping they will help him on the economy. They won?t because they do not give they only take. "I know the last few days have been difficult," President Obama said. "You need to know you've got my full support." Take notice all you gang bangers, torture is in and we must just forget and move forward. The boss doesn?t approve, but he can forget and forgive anything and I mean anything. ?According to the declassified memos, waterboarding was used on alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Muhammed 183 times in March 2003. Suspected al-Qaida logistics chief Abu Zubaydah was subjected to the treatment 83 times in August 2002.? They committed the crime we have executed other leaders for doing to one man 183 in 31 days and still got zilch. That is an average of 6 times a day. They used it 83 times in 31 days on another person. Anyone who thinks this should be excused will never get another vote from me, nor do I want them teaching anyone I know Constitutional Law. "You don't get credit when things go good, but you sure get some blame when things don't," Obama said. Pausing when he heard an "amen" from someone in the crowd, Obama added, "I got an amen corner out there." He won?t be getting an amen from me, I can barely keep myself from blowing my own brains out. This can never be excused and allowing it to go unpunished is insane. What kind of a person waterboards someone and average of 6 times a day for 31 days without any kind of remorse? This is sadism at its worst. You have to enjoy doing what you are doing to do it 6 times a day. ?Rahm Emanuel, said this weekend that the Obama administration also won't seek prosecution for the Bush administration lawyers who wrote the memos approving the tactics.? Well good then do not under any circumstance tell any more leaders that they must punish human rights violations in there countries because Obama has just told the entire world that torture is not punishable in the United States. I don?t think I will be able to stop grieving until the next election. I could always say what Bush does is not my fault because I did not vote for him. I can?t say that now because this is partly my fault because I voted for this guy. Bush instituted torture and Obama is comforting the torturers and the guys who made it somehow legal. Whose constitution did Obama teach because it wasn?t ours? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_cia

I was so sure he would be better. We didn?t attend the conference on race relations because we must back whatever the hell Israel chooses to do to the Palestinians. NO one is allowed to say no to the Israelis or criticize anything they do, but we can insist that North Korea and Iran do what we say and pray they don?t do what we do to any of our kids.

So far the GOP should be really happy. They are getting what they wanted. No one is going to be prosecuted. Obama is telling us to get over it. This time it is part my fault because I voted for him.

Eight years ago, to the day, I was standing behind a sign in Austin, Texas that said, ?He is not my president? and I didn?t think I would be doing it 8 years later, but it looks like that is going to be the case. I couldn?t forget Bush stealing the election or starting a war for fun and profit or locking up people for 8 years without charges and torturing them and I don?t think I am going to be able to forget the guy who said ?I am on your side even if you did waterboard one guy 183 times in 31 days and I am on the side of the guys who somehow made it legally okay.

My president would not justify torture and hold the hands of those who did the torturing and leave those who wrote the memos on the bench who wrote those memos to judge the behavior of others.

I can?t even depend on my legislators and congressmen because they all believe lying about consensual oral sex is worse than a war based on cooked intelligence and torture. I didn?t vote for any of them, but I did vote for Obama.

I AM ETERNALLY SORRY FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE.

The democrats are going to forgive and forget, again, and the GOP will not now nor will they ever reciprocate.

Karen Webb, Moore, Ok.

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Supreme Court Limits Auto Searches Incident to
Arrest

The Supreme Court today decided Arizona v. Gant, the case many defense lawyers have anxiously been awaiting. And, it's good news.

The Supreme Court today sharply limited the power of police to search a suspect's car after making an arrest, acknowledging that the decision changes a rule that law enforcement has relied on for nearly 30 years.

In a decision written by Justice John Paul Stevens, an unusual five-member majority said police may search a vehicle without a warrant only when the suspect could reach for a weapon or try to destroy evidence or when it is "reasonable to believe" there is evidence in the car supporting the crime at hand.

The Court didn't completely overrule Belton v. Illinois, but said it has been misapplied by courts. [More...]

"Blind adherence to Belton's faulty assumption would authorize myriad unconstitutional searches," Stevens said, adding that the court's tradition of honoring past decisions did not bind it to continue such a view of the law.

"The doctrine of stare decisis does not require us to approve routine constitutional violations."

TPMtv: The Day in 100 Seconds

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Poisoned Waters Tonight on PBS

Quick commercial for PBS here — looks like this might be worth watching.

Poisoned Waters on PBS Frontline 9 - 11 pm est
On Tuesday, April 21st, 9 to 11 pm ET, PBS FRONTLINE will broadcast POISONED WATERS, a two-hour investigation and report card on two iconic American waterways, Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound.
But much of what is shown could be about the Great Lakes, the Everglades, America ’s great rivers, and GA waterways.

Thanks to Suzanne Arena for passing along the information. A two-minute preview of the show is available here.