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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
What I find intriguing about Bush giving pardons to all and sundry is that that would presumably make it next to impossible for said all and sundry to take the fifth when the questions get 'embarrassing'. It gets even better as I strongly doubt that Bush can issue a pardon against future offenses which means that when the witness does answer, the perjury laws will be in effect which should provide at least some incentive to tell the truth.
While true justice requires criminal prosecutions, getting the truth out there for the public and for historians via some sort of 'truth commission' is a consolation prize not entirely without value.
My concern is that by the time Obama is sworn in, the folks with something to worry about will have had roughly two months to destroy evidence and an appropriately worded pardon issued on the morning of the 20th of January would protect them from obstruction of justice charges. On the other hand, I've read more than a few news articles about whistle blowers who are just waiting for the 21st of January. I trust that they will appear with relevant documents in hand.
Sir,
The world is full of truth commissions that are toothless and meaningless. They usually don't prosecute or compensate the victims of their crimes. The US is the most highly respected exemplar for Human Rights and justice. Please do not dilute your standards for rights and justice by some rinky dink procedure. Use your law to destroy the shameful practices indulged in by the last administration. It will make people oppressed by a state that sees them as the other human again.
If Bush never stands trial.
Not enough intestinal fortitude among American politicians for these sociopaths to ever be punished. Also, there are too many people in Washington worried about how far the fallout for all this could spread.
Without the possibility of criminal investigations, it's all show. What these people did is inexcusable - or should be.
Amendment XXVIII
The power of pardon, in Article 2 Section 2, is limited to the pardon for Offenses against the United States that have led to conviction as a result of a speedy and public trial (described in Amendment 6).
Implication: you cannot get in the way of the justice system, and you cannot use a pardon to stop the truth from getting out. There are pardons that stain the transition from one president to another, such as Ford's pardon of Nixon, Bush's pardon of Casper Weinberger, and the eventual pardon of Scooter Libby by Dubya.
Starting an impeachment procedure before January 20th will strike terror into the hearts of the minority right-wing.
Even if the impeachment fails, it sets the tone for dealings with the right-wing republicans and bring them to heel.
We need a crushing Democratic majority to undo the damage of past 10 years of republican rule.
Dems have been conditioned to behave like underdogs and bed republicans for votes even when the republicans are a minority.
No More.
Sue them, charge them, indict every single corrupt one and convict the guy who leaked valerie plame's ID.
The Dems are now the government: with unlimited resources. Charge every single major republican starting with Karl Rove, Cheney, Bolton, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft and his stupid replacement.
Indict them. And get them convicted.
But leave Bush alone.
Let him be lonely. Feel the loneliness and fear when his supporter afer supporter goes to jail.
But never charge Bush with anything.
Am not saying this of altruistic intentions.
Not indicting or charging Bush is enough to keep the right-wing nut jobs down.
The current President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, ought to be THROWN on the mercy of a World Court.
Donald Gardner Stacy
Speculation, analysis and plotting for Obama to stick it to Bush makes for a great headline and stimulating debate, but let's jump back to real time and have a reality check.
It is 68 days and counting and NO ONE is in charge. President Bush..and he is still the only President...has packed his bags, dreams of Crawford and fills his days in search of a publisher for his memoirs. Members of Congress are either basking in the afterglow of the election or plotting their 2010 comeback. Paulson is running amok with NO oversight or transparency, no overdue reports filed. Wall Street is spiraling downward at accelerating speed in fear of the next wave of bad news...no credit, no confidence, no consumer spending, no jobs, NO PRESIDENT. The press is obsessed with Palin's whirlwind media blitz.
Let's get our priorities straight...68 days is more than enough time to completely destroy this country.
But to be ruthlessly mercenary about it, I have one recommendation regarding this so-called "investigation."
Use the same interrogation techniques on the perpetrators that they used on suspects. Save them for those identified, of course, and don't go after simply suspects like the retards in the last admin did, but once we've got a lock on these people, it's time to slap some bags over their heads and ship them off to a 'black site' for some very special "Hostel" treatment.
They wiped their collective asses with our Constitution. Its protections should not be available to them.
T
The creeps need to stand trial ASAP. On network television, Watergate-style.
Torture is just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much to investigate about the Bush administration that we could revive the global economy by creating millions of new jobs. First, we need a new federal department headed by a cabinet level position. Let's call it, the Injustice Department. The department will have to be the size of the federal government itself because who among us has not been tortured by Bush. We will have to contract out services as well and employ the aid of all of the countries in the world bringing about international cooperation and eventually world peace. There will also have to be interplanetary agencies to investigate what Bush has done to Mars and the rest of the solar system. But, we can't stop there. We must all pray for the second coming so that Jesus can testify against Bush as being the Anti-Christ.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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