If a state is unable or unwilling to prosecute itself for its crimes, isn’t it incumbent on the larger world community, at some point, to take action, as happened after WWII? Since the US has no interest in prosecuting itself for it’s blatant and egregious war crimes, are there any countries actively demanding justice?

"The naivete on this site is nothing short of astounding, sometimes."

I was just going to say how naive and clueless you are, and then to see you chastise others for their "naivete" is priceless.

There isn't a regular poster on this board "surprised" by Pres. Obama's action other than you. To broadcast your cluelessness to the world seems more like you've just awoken to a startingly revelation and you need to feel others share in your naivete.

You're in the wrong room. Being-Hit-on-the-Head lessons are down the hall.

I’m deeply confused about the need for a John Demjanjuk trial. Even if he was involved in enhanced interrogation of prisoners, that was over 60 years ago! Why is no one in Washington speaking out about the need to look forward?

"The correct role of the government is to do everything possible to make our financial sector as healthy as possible. That requires appropriate regulation and oversight, but it most certainly does NOT include LAMENTING PROFITABILITY."

-- wgsalter

If I "obtained" billions of dollars of US taxpayer money by having congress loot the US Treasury for me, can I count on you to congratulate me for my hard work and not be one of those naysayers who "lament profitability?"

"And the banks -- hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created -- are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place."

-- Dick Durbin (D-Senator Illinois)

It's hard to make that any clearer. The banking industry control Washington to the point of taking as much of the American people's money as they want (or "working hard to achieve profitability"). The lives of the American people don't matter enough to provide universal healthcare - leading directly to thousands or deaths each year - because it costs too much, but the banks are "too big to fail"?

I'm ready and waiting to hear today's podcast with Chuck Todd.

These podcasts need a new catch phrase. "Must hear podcast" doesn't have the same ring as "must see TV".

"Must catch podcast"?... No

"Must stomach pod lummox"?

Cable Catnip (definition): Issues too large for media stars to get their heads around so their eyes glaze over, much like a cat with catnip.

As someone who lives in a Feline Majority household, I confess I never give my cats catnip. The little monsters are crazy enough without my throwing any hallucinogens into the mix.

In an "ideal world" perhaps, Chuck, but not from "3,000 feet up". This is the "real world".

The bottom line to everything Chuck Todd and the media insiders believe is that our entire legal system needs to be designed to make Rush Limbaugh & Drudge happy. That's it. If they are arguing against it, it shouldn't be done - plain & simple. In other words, we all need to take massive amounts of Oxycontin so we can view the world from 3,000 feet up Limbaugh's ass.

The farcical notion of "political considerations" begin and end with one word - Limbaugh.

If the high priestess of getting high deemed investigations were warranted, suddenly there would be a "tidal wave of support" and complete change in Washington's "political considerations" and "real world" view. Media clowns love to mock pols like Lindsey Graham for taking their marching orders from Dr. Feelgood, yet they are just as beholden to his dictates as everyone in the GOP.

Only Daryn Kagan knows for sure.

While Dickipedia is certainly a cromulent source, I heard his Dominican Republic bust involved under-age boys. Inquiring minds want to know!

As with the death of Michael Jackson, I haven't had the TV on since Cronkite died because of the onslaught of nauseating bloviations that I have no doubt are occurring from Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams, et.al., but from looking at the online coverage it’s interesting to see how it was decided he was “best known for his coverage of the Kennedy assassination”. I guess because he showed emotion and it wasn’t controversial -- the sort of thing the media love (like Skippy’s “bullhorn in the debris” moment).

Of all the accomplishments of Cronkite’s career, to think his greatest was talking off his glasses, biting his lip, and saying that Kennedy’s death was official, is kind of odd. But then again, Bing Crosby is seen as nothing more than a Christmas singer these days..

Of course, at 30,000 feet, Barofsky's oversight would be ideal, but in the real world it would just become cable catnip.

I really wish you'd called me before posting this, Glenn.