Of course we noticed. And thanks for proving that Glenn doesn't have a forked tongue as troll legend suggests.-- ethics_professor

Yes the shape of Glenn's tongue seems normal enough but as an unlicensed non-practising acupuncture therapist (kind of the left's equivalent to Joe the Plumber) I find the color could be cause for concern. My initial diagnosis is that either Glenn is suffering from extreme heat due to yin deficiency, or he needs to cut back on the Jolly Ranchers.

If one were to look in other areas I would think that our own founding documents came close to their own expression of this, viz. "the laws of humanity" corresponds to "the Laws of Nature and Nature's God" and "the requirements/dictates of the public conscience" corresponds to "a decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind".

Very cool. I have to remember this.

I've been considering adding something like that to recognize either an (IMO) outstanding post or poster but I don't think I want to have it be a daily thing because, frankly, I neither wish to nor will I read every post, every day.

Maybe a Contributor of the Month thing would work. Then everyone can give the CoM the clap.

Glenn shouts at Jolly Reilly's, a jury foreman, who sports stylish pierced tongue,

which sparkles as Reilly talks. A gold chain jangles. A jury lady is belly stabbed,

and right through a belly button, at the end of the chain drags a pink ten-pin .

Ten pin bawling ball weds?

The ball is like a marriage?

Spouse pokes Reilly's rib-cage.

Glenn hears the courts snorers,

and GG screams: No ice creams!

O Reilly pokes, O I laugh nixies.

O go bowl with AG's Eric Holder?

I hope this is not anti R. Wagner.

Wagner composed music drama.

Ondelette: it wan't an Inquisitor but a bischop who said that, when the crusaders, approaching Béziers on their way to Toulouse (my home town), started getting bored and hungry for bounty. Since the entire population of Béziers sought refuge in the cathedral, the crusaders didn't know what to do or how to tell the difference between the catholic majority and the cathars. So the bischop said, kill them all, God will know what to do with their souls.

The Inquisition started two decades later.

(Just as a matter of interest.) There are, though, some really interesting parallels between the Albigense crusade and Inquisition on the one hand, and the "war on terror" on the other. It starts with war, ostensibly for a noble cause but actually with considerable economic interests involved (Toulouse in the 13th century was the richest city in France, but subordinate to Paris only in name. The spoliation of the Counts of Toulouse - faithful catholics all - was as much an aim of the crusaders, as control of Iraq's oil was an aim of the US military.) Following war, "justice", with torture, forced confessions and all, designed to force the resisting population to accept their new lords.

The real beauty, in terms of comparisons: when the Inquisition started in Toulouse, the rule was that any person who denounced a heretic, would receive that person's possessions. It took very little time for the Inquisitors to realize that they were getting phony denunciations by people who wanted their neighbors' homes or wealth. The policy was abruptly abandoned. The US in Afghanistan used a similar policy of rewarding anyone who denounced anyone else, but was apparently even more dogmatic than the Inquisition: it still hasn't sorted out which of the Guantanamo prisoners were arrested for no reason at all except money.

Thanks for the correction, I thought he'd been given that title when he was sent to "investigate".

Yes, the Albigensian Crusade has a lot we can learn from in the "war on terror", especially in the dehumanization of people to the point of torture and death, and how an institution that formerly championed the downtrodden turned and persecuted those it saw as an "existential threat". I don't think that many Americans are aware of it, that the Church turned on Europe itself in its rampage (although my understanding is that the King of France and the Earl of Leicester had much to do with it as well, something about the concept of ownership of land).

Eric Holder’s efforts with Chiquita demonstrates, if you know what I know, that he too is part of a massive criminal system some of which we’ve seen from what Abramoff and others have shown already. My view comes from being in a family for more than 26 years who is directly involved with what is known as “The Combine”, Shadow Government or better called “The Political Mafia”. The family’s job in this criminal system was to launder “Drug & Gun Running” money straight into property using high level admin officials in big banks to hide ownership with Mortgage fraud schemes. There were other options and others to launder as well. As told to me by the family, those involved in shipping in tons of cocaine were Chiquita, Drummond, Coke-cola and others. Chiquita is a Sun-times company and anyone reviewing the board members of these companies will be immediately impressed with the number of famous Neocons. Also, the family bragged about being a CIA Asset when questioned as to why they don't fear being prosecuted and further explained that other families are involved such as DuPont and others. Please realize that Chicago receives a weekly $1oo million dollar shipment of cocaine that is split with New York and Florida. Recent private investigations surfaced a fleet of >100 planes with CIA connections. My ex-wife’s family owned a few of them along with Clyde O’Connor who was busted in Mexico with Greg Smith with more than 3.5 tons of cocaine. Both are still at large however the families of the drug people in Mexico are complaining as to why ONLY those in Mexico are being pursued when there are many involved in the US and they are not being pursued. I personally know from the family that Chiquita has been involved for many years and yet they were allowed to slip away with only a slap on their wrist? WHY? Holder may have been their representative but he is part of a much larger system that still needs to be surfaced. Obama as an example was discussed in my family after meeting him at the law firm. It’s highly probably that Obama actually help setup the family’s new air distribution business with Clyde O’Connor in Florida. I personally was with Clyde and my brother-in-law when the two of them discussed starting this new business in the 90’s.

The drug system is in operation for a purpose! Knowing this will shock you! The drug system proceeds FUND “Black-Op’s”.

This drug system with laundering is protected by armies of security and protection people. The drug system is a World Wide Distribution system is protected by corruption from the point of origin all the way to each individual destination. The family often called this “The World’s Largest Criminal System”. When the family started in the later 70’s they were involved in laundering for Argentina’s Dirty War, another famous CIA operation was laundering for Iran/Contra in the 80’s. Check out Sebel Edmonds explanation of what she witnessed and I’ll tell you it involves some of the same people in the Federal area. Another area are links with Nuclear materials that the family talked about.

Obama, back then as told to me by the family was considered the criminal systems “Budding Shining Star”. Although the family squawked about his name, they were told by those involved (Rezko and the law firm) that he was their man and a solid TEAM member. My youngest son as an example is involved with Rezko to my dismay.

Recent International investigative reports explain that Clyde O’Connor’s tail number from the drug bust was the same tail number found to be flying CIA Rendition flights. In my opinion, Clyde should be considered a CIA Asset like the family brags about being as well. For a long time, I’ve made numerous attempts to encourage the family to get out of this mess, but they don’t seem to be interested at all. The reason should be simple since being a CIA asset excludes you from any criminal act even if it involves murder. There is so much to this that this letter isn’t able to explain it all but certainly my point is to make sure everyone realizes that what we are seeing aren’t separate situates. They are in fact part of a much larger situation. Beware.

A quick note about Abramoff--- in 1990 I was approached to fly to Florida and visit Gus Boulis who owned a series of successful sandwich outlets. I declined the offer. Gus also owned a fleet of Casino boats which is part of what brought down Abramoff. The family was approached by the criminal system in 1996 to purchase either partial or full ownership of Gus’s Casino boat business in New York but they really wanted his Casino business in Florida instead. Gus Boulis, to the criminal system and the family was considered a God when it comes to making money. Everything he did or said was sought after. If you remember, Gus was murdered in a MOB hit just prior to needing to go to court to resolve not being paid for his sale of his Casino business. I’m lucky I didn’t follow through with the family’s offer.

In my opinion Gus’s Casino boat business was stolen from him because they wanted what he had. And in the end, he was murdered because he wanted his money but they didn’t want to pay him. Sad isn’t it, but I can tell you of other murders linked to this criminal system and even introduce you to witnesses and people affected by their corruptive ways. Many will be more than shocked to learn what this is. This isn’t just about Holder, it’s about what he is part of!

As I said earlier, there is a lot more that still needs to be explained.