Here we are, again...

Crimes of this sort will stop when the people choose, regretfully, to execute the perpetrators, thereby effectively communicating that such behavior will never be tolerated.

It is difficult to begin the healing while the infection still lives among us.

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"May the Universe visit upon he and other followers their well deserved rewards until their Karmic Debts are Fully Paid."

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For those who believe that history repeats itself, this must be welcome news. We're once again under George III (Washington, GHW Bush and now George the Turd). George III of the house of Hanover was known as the mad king, and Bush 43's sanity is questionable in view of his long history of crimes and antisocial behavior, his alcoholism and heavy drug use, and his delusions of divine commands to lie to the world, start wars and slaughter the innocent.

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1-20-09, Round up all the Bushies and their accomplices. Not to insinuate the Bushies et al are worthy of a 'knights templar' analogy, but the stradegy is sound.
Continuing this Regimes methods of 'extraordinary rendition' may be necessary. And certianly 'grandfathering ' the 'enhanced interrogation' techniques is Justified. continue the suspension of Habius corpus, Since these are Domestic enemy Combatants.
Frankly the majority of the people W brought with him to DC are dimwited Cow Pokes, so wasting too much time and money on them is not necessary.
We want the ones who have set the stage for W's reign over the last 40 yrs of Politcal corruption and Industrial treason. Cheney,Rummy & Wolfie
And Here another French King Reference...Louis 16,...Off with their Heads!
Let the rest live out their days in Gitmo, or one of the Contractual 'Black Prisons'...Years of Fun and Games.
I could live with 'mercy' towards those in BushCo, but not towards any in CheneyCorp.
Bush and his buddies were arrogant idiots, perfect patsies for CheneyCorp (reason Cheney chose W over Jeb)
Cheeny et al have spent decades undeermining the Constitution, embezzling from our Coffers and creating hostilities around the world...All for Profits and Power.
Nixon foreshadowed the ideology which We Now recognize as Kingship, when he let blurted out "when the President Does it, it is not illegal' and who's Presidency has epitomized that doctrine to a tee?Alberto was popping zits when this push towards Monarchial (dictatorship ) rule was concocted and began it's insideous infection into our democracy.
Once again CheneyCorp hopes we eill focus on the 'Frontmen' and fail to pull the shadowy curtain from behind them.
Nixon was clinically paranoid, and an ego maniac.
Ronny HAD alzheimers when he took office in his FIRST term- and obviously begiled by his own 'stardom'
HW was a minor player for Cheney Corp and Bill was pussy whipped by Hillary's Republican covert allegience (and his own Dick).
so needless to say there are Thousands of Players in this Epic Saga of American Treason, but there are some Main Characters who have been driving the tragedy, who see themselves as 'King Makers' and invincible....Their Heads need to be on Recycled paper plates.

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...But you can't tell him much (so goes the old saying).

Shrub graduated from Harvard Business School, Fredo from Harvard Law School -- and for all their smarts and their ethics, they might as well have attended one of those fly-by-night, mail-order trade schools which advertise so heavily on TV. Harvard should sue both of them for tarnishing the Crimson brand.

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Alberto also graduated from Rice in Houston. Money won't even buy you into that school and he received high praise.

He was a promising figure in Texas on his way to an outstanding obituary when the time came.

But first came Governor Bush and Gonzales willingly took the plunge into hell.

It is said the first step down a road covered with dung is the easiest and then comes the breaking of the horse. Albertos' first step was undoubtedly joining the Bush team but one could also say it was with this important act of misconduct as a legal counsel. from wikipedia "As counsel to Governor Bush, Gonzales helped Bush to be excused from jury duty when he was called in a 1996 Travis County drunk driving case. The case led to controversy during Bush's 2000 presidential campaign because Bush's answers to the potential juror questionnaire did not disclose Bush's own 1976 misdemeanor drunk driving conviction.[7] Gonzales' formal request for Bush to be excused from jury duty hinged upon that, as Governor of Texas, he might be called upon to pardon the accused in the case."

Then Bush had complete control of Gonzales as Governor of Texas and took a strangle hold when he was appointed President.

By then Gonzales had no problem with breaking any law or rewriting those he or Bush and team disagreed with.

The list of his misconducts are too long to list here but they are easily available in public forums.

My main point being Gonzales knew what he was doing was wrong and illegal but he chose to do it anyway.

He doesn't deserve to be called "poor little Alberto". Inmate is far more fitting.

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When only one or two scandals were enough for most of us to call for the head of any politician exposed as a crook? Where's the public outrage over the nightmare bush regime? In most other countries the White House or equivalent presidential palace would've been stormed, the "leader" there dragged out, and hung from the nearest tree or lamppost. I'm not advocating any such action here, just some LEGAL actions against the bush crime family, that's all. It is our DUTY as citizens, after all.

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poll showed a drop from 90 to 80 percent in the number of persons saying that they believed in God. USA Today polls are usually competently done. Did the Bush administration cause this? Who knows? That ultimately will be your decision. It certainly has the requisite contiguity in space-time.

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Regarding President-elect Obama and his possible selections of future Supreme Court Justice, I make the following observations:

First, we all must be concern that he has selected Eric Holder as his Attorney General. This is because the next Attorney General is the key to changing how the Federal and State Courts do or do not comply with their oath. This is because the evidence confirms that since Watergate, during the past 37 years the past Attorney General have worked with Chief Justice Berger, Rehnquist, and now Roberts, in violation of the mandates of separation of power and checks and balances to undercut the Rule of Law by the use cronyism to not enforce the laws to make official accountable for malfeasance. It was for this reason citizens have lost their fundamental rights under the IX Amendment vis-a-vis the Courts holding of unlimited government power, i.e. its ability to torture and conduct rendition, which occurred while taking my U.S. citizen 13 year-old Son form the US to a zone of war, see, http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=12313551&r=1; and,
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=12332481&r=1.

Second, related to the confirmation of future Justices Congress must revisit their delegation of authority to the Courts under the Rules Enabling Act, their permitting the organizing of a "vertical" court structure with secrete meeting under the Judicial Conference Acts, their granting of authority to permit the Supreme Court to have discretion to grant or not grant Cert Petitions (about only 75 cases a year are granted review of the 17,000 petitions filed), and permitting the Court to self proclaim "absolute judicial and ministerial immunity" for tortious and criminal acts. See my agreement in Martinez v. Lamagno and DOJ/DEA, 515 U.S. 417 (1995)(when a negligent DEA agent driving drunk and having sex caused an accident--DOJ asserted absolute immunity based on scope of employment , which I characterized as the "James Bond Defense." See also Organization JD Ltd. v. Assist U.S. Attorney Arthur P. Hui and U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2nd Cir. No. 93-6019 and 96-6145; and, Lopez v. First Union, 129 F3.rd. 1186 (11th Cir. 1997)(Litigations to hold accountably and stop financial institutions unlawful disclosing to DOJ of account information of all nonresident Hispanic bank accounts in the U.S.).

Third, the creation of State attorney disciplinary system which permit Judges to control the work product of independent attorneys. This is why during the 33 years of my practice of law there are fewer and fewer independent trial attorneys (i.e. see Petition for Impeachment, http://www.petitiononline.com/RDL/petition.html).

Again, as explained by former Senator Dennis DeConcini (Ret),

". . . the Courts in our judicial system have, in fact, become the lawmakers, when it is very clear . . . that our Constitution delegated that responsibility to the Congress of the United States and the State Legislatures . . . the legal profession has truly changed from being one of the premier professions in our society to a business where the number one objective or bottom line is financial profit . . . " The Fraternity: Lawyers and Judges in Collusion, by John Fitzgerald Molloy. St. Paul, Minn.: Paragon House.

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