Sunday, February 26, 2006

Grand Old Party

Entry for February 18, 2006Was Cheney drinking? We'll never know. The two-time DUI recipient was allowed to wait 14 hours before being questioned by police. Reporters were told that local authorities were informed they wouldn't be able to see him, but the local authorities claim they weren't allowed to see him. My question, "Would I receive a 14 grace period, if I were to shoot someone?"

Luckily we heard the real truth of the matter when Cheney appeared on FoxNEWS! Nothing like Britt Hume and the F-word network to get down to the truth behind this incident. As Jack Cafferty put it, "that's a little like Bonnie interviewing Clyde."

Recently, my mother mentioned how in war-time wire tapping doesn't bother her. I ask this, what war? Did we declare war on someone? By declaring a war on terror, this war never ends. Can they simply wire-tap forever? There are terrorists in every part of the world. Another question might be, at what point, do we worry? When should we be bothered by illegal wire tapping? Only when it directly affects us? Isn't this far too similar to McCarthy era thinking? How about Germany in the late 30's and early 40's? Don't forget we lost Coretta Scott King whose husband was considered a prime threat by the FBI. He was illegally wire-tapped for his radical thinking. Don't forget Bush announced famously on April 20, 2004, "[T]here are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way…"

By the way, what happened with Phase 2 of the Iraqi invasion inquiry? Wasn't that to be started over a year ago? Weren't the Democrats drug through the mud for daring to pull a closed door session to bring attention to this still yet to occur event? Wasn't it appalling to bring it up when it was to happen in two weeks? When was this? Three months ago? Oh, and, hmmm... it's been shelved again. (Just a reminder, Phase 2 is to look into how the inaccurate intel was used by the Bush administration)

To finish up today, here is the list of currently indicted GOPers:

GOP Under Investigation

26 September 2005 - gk - reactions

Just for fun, here are the following Bush Administration officials, GOP Officials, and GOP Machine Operators currently under investigation. This is is very incomplete, and it took way longer than it should have.

  • Karl Rove Deputy Cheif of Staff- Valerie Plame
    • Pending Investigation
      Special Prosecutor U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald
  • I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Chief of Staff to the VP - Valerie Plame
    • Pending Investigation
      Special Prosecutor U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald
  • Bill Frist (R-TN) Senate Majority Leader - Blind Trust
    • Ongoing Investigation
      U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, the SEC
  • Jack Abramoff Lobbyist/Machine Head - Slush Funds, Kickbacks
    • Indicted - 11 Aug 2005: 5 counts of wire fraud, 1 count of conspiracy (along with Adam Kidan)
      Federal grand jury, Fort Lauderdale
    • Pending Investigation (along with Michael Scanlon)
      FBI, Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department's public integrity section, the National Indian Gaming Commission and the Interior Department inspector general source
  • Ralph E. Reed, Jr. Director,Christian Coalition; Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
  • Tom Delay (R-TX) Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Conrad R. Burns (R-MT) U.S. Senator
  • Grover Norquist President, Americans for Tax Reform; Pundit
    • Ongoing Investigation - Allegations of co-ordinate lobbying against his own clients
    • Ongoing Investigation - Illegal Gifts
      US Senate Indian Affairs Committee
  • David Safavian GSA Chief of Staff - Illegal Kickbacks
  • Randy 'Duke' Cunningham (R-Solana Beach) Congressman

Future Probable Investigations Based on reports in the media, and investigation transcripts, the following should be considered "Persons of Interest."

  • Bob Ney (R-OH) Congressman - Perjury, Kickbacks
    • No Pending Investigations
      Connected to Jack Abramoff, possible perjury and kickbacks. (source)
  • Susan Ralston Executive Assistant to Karl Rove
Saturday February 18, 2006 - 04:16pm (CST)
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