Letters to the Editor
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And yet...
We still have Alberto Gonzales
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Good riddance to bad trash; yet...
..is this a higher rate of attrition than any other lame-duck admin has seen in its last 18 months?
After all, the time to snag a juicy lobbyist/"consultant" gig is now, when your ex-boss is still the sitting prez. And by Jan '09, there's a good chance even GOP'ers won't want to touch anyone reeking with the Taint of Bush.
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Why not?
It's a do nothing job in the first place.
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Appropriate title
Alberto Gonzales' tenure as Attorney General has been one big departure from justice.
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I cant imagine why...
all theses people would want to leave.
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Departing Justice
See...all of these people leaving means that Ali G. has finally figured out how to manage Justice. He told Congress he would stick around and manage it right...and by Dick Cheney he has. Suck on that all of you doubters!
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Gonzo
can't really resign , he is to far up Bushis butt.
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And another one gone...
and another one gone,
Another one bites the dust!
Yeah, we're gonna get you too,
Another one bites the dust.
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The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel of the State Bar of Texas ( OCDC)
Besides the crimes and misdemeanors that Attorney General Gonzales may have committed, there is also the obvious violations of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct that he has engaged in by his mendacity before the United States Congress. A "Grievance" is an allegation of Professional Misconduct by a lawyer. "Just Cause" means that a reasonable person ( and who is not reasonable?)believes that an attorney has committed an act of professional misconduct. Based on these Texas Bar Association definitions and the acts committed by Attorney General Gonzales, the OCDC should have launched an investigation months ago, but since the President of the Texas State Bar Association is from the same law firm from which sprang Ali G, I doubt if the OCDC will do anyhing until Ali G is convicted of a crime. Then they may spring into action.
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Senator Kennedy has it Right
Friday,August 24, 2007, Senator Kennedy (D-Mass) stated:"Too many officials ( of the Dept. of Justice)have resigned to evade the accountability that is to come for the disastrously flawed policies of this administration." While it may be true that the Civil Rights head is gone as well as the No.2 and No.3 jobs at DOJ, the AG is still there and accountable not only to Congress but also to the OCDC. And that is the State Bar of Texas Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel who is suppose to regulate all members of the Texas Bar including the Attorney General of the United States.While it may pose some difficulty in proving that the AG committed criminal acts, the standard for proving professional misconduct is much lower: that a reasonable person believes that an attorney committed an act of Professional Misconduct. Rule 8.04 of the Texas Rules includes decit or misrepresentation or obstruction of justice. Any reasonable person would have to believe that the AG engaged in Professional Misconduct when he appeared several times before Congress and gave testimony that no one believed.
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Cresit where credit is due.
I get the impression that Alberto Gonzales is "doing a heck of a job"
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Another Departure from Justice
Now that Gonzales has resigned, I wonder how many have been forced to resign or retire due to the politics that have taken place in the Justice Department. At one time this country had a good Justice Department but due to the politization of it with Gonzales, it has really gone down. Now that we know that the US Attorneys who were fired were fired due to politics and not their job performance as Gonzales tried to say. How many highly qualified personnel from the Justice Department have departed is unknown but what is going to happen to the departments they were in now that they are gone???
From everything I have heard, the current administration is the most corrupt administration in the history of our country. I hear more and more about no-bid contracts in all government agencies, civilian firms charging outrageous prices for very inexpensive parts, civilian firms in Iraq and Afghanistan charging, again no-bid contracts, excessive prices for services performed, and on and on and on. And let's not forget the loss of thousands and thousands of weapons that were sent to Iraq to arm the Iraqi police and military but ended up God knows where. And, I do not hear of any investigation into any of these companies, perpetrators, etc. From what I can gather, there haven't been any investigations since the head of the companies have been friends and/or former co-workers with the "powers that be" in Washington, D.C.
I hope that the Justice Department will, someday in the future, be able to return to a department that the American people can have confidence in and know that justice will be served.