Duty Calls In Hottubistan..?
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 6/14/2006
Jun 14, 2006
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- Name: Patrick J. Fitzgerald
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Think Globally Prosecute Locally - I grew up in Flatbush, kept my nose clean, went to law school. Now that I am in Chicago and D.C. I have found that the rampant graft and corruption to be a travesty - a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. ---Favorite quote --- "Conditional love is an oxymoron." - Yours truly
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Fitz!
Fitzmas soon please!!
Fitz, eat well and relax your beautiful self :)
Well, maybe this'll give ya a little hope...
FRIST under Federal Investigation for Insider Trading..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060614/ap_on_go_co/congress_disclosures_5
you could call it...
A coming FRISTmas I suppose..
Yes! Mother and adore him!
I mean Fitz, not Frist Jan...
But he may need that soon too.
This story would be hilarious if it weren't so pathetic. Wait, it is hilarious!
Get off the drugs Tom, before you end up like your old pal, McChimp.
We can hardly stand the wait.
Please Fitzmas, don't be late.
The Mythical Little Chipmonks.
Notice how people get confused when they lie so much they can't remember. As for Dr. Quack aka Sen. Frist is so deep in corruption he can't remember what he did anymore.
Fitz and his team have worked so hard with all the cases their working on now. I remember Fitz said he was running and listening to music on his IPOD. I brought Peaches an IPOD would some one let me know how to put music in the little bugger.
It appears as if DeLay is smoking that hemp off the WH lawn...
Tom and I were smoking that hemp soaking in a hot tub while in one of the Castro Street bath houses in SF when he recorded that message.
Bush speechwriter leaves post after 7 yrs.
Gerson told The Washington Post that he had been talking with Bush for months about leaving but waited until the White House political situation had stabilized somewhat.
Gerson started working for Bush in 1999 in the early days of his presidential campaign, and he became one of his most trusted aides. He had a West Wing office, unusual for speechwriters in recent history.
Some of Bush's most-repeated signature phrases, such as "the soft bigotry of low expectations" or "the armies of compassion," were Gerson's handiwork.
Maybe now Dubya will write his own, no that would be some funny stuff.
(Snip) Sanctions were critical to preventing Iraq from acquiring equipment that could be used to reconstitute banned weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs.
How odd. If cutting Saddam's allowance was the purpose, then sanctions, limiting oil exports, was a very suspect method indeed. The nature of the oil market (a cartel) is such that the elimination of two million barrels a day increased Saddam's revenue. One might conclude that sanctions were less about WMD and more about EPS (earnings per share) of oil sellers.
In other words, there is nothing new under the desert sun. Today's fight over how much of Iraq's oil to produce (or suppress) simply extends into this century the last century's pump-or-control battles. In sum, Big Oil, whether in European or Arab-OPEC dress, has done its damned best to keep Iraq's oil buried deep in the ground to keep prices high in the air. Iraq has 74 known fields and only 15 in production; 526 known "structures" (oil-speak for "pools of oil"), only 125 drilled.
And they won't be drilled, not unless Iraq says, "Mother, may I?" to Saudi Arabia, or, as the James Baker/Council on Foreign Relations paper says, "Saudi Arabia may punish Iraq." And believe me, Iraq wouldn't want that. The decision to expand production has, for now, been kept out of Iraqi's hands by the latest method of suppressing Iraq's oil flow -- the 2003 invasion and resistance to invasion. And it has been darn effective. Iraq's output in 2003, 2004 and 2005 was less than produced under the restrictive Oil-for-Food Program. Whether by design or happenstance, this decline in output has resulted in tripling the profits of the five U.S. oil majors to $89 billion for a single year, 2005, compared to pre-invasion 2002. That suggests an interesting arithmetic equation. Big Oil's profits are up $89 billion a year in the same period the oil industry boosted contributions to Mr. Bush's reelection campaign to roughly $40 million. (snip)
http://www.alternet.org/
waroniraq/37371/
And remember how helpful Mr. Baker was at telling America Junior did in fact, win the election of 2000 not Al Gore. Pttt!!
Truthout sticking by Jason and story.
Expect to have additonal info on Monday
http://forum.truthout.org/blog/
What if we just set up our own government? The one we have doesn't seem to be working so well. And we do have experience at setting up a democracy. We could start all over again, learning from the mistakes we've made along the way. Move all the politicians to Kansas. Whaddya think?
What if we just set up our own government?
And call ourselves the Confederate States of America.
Truthout sticking by Jason and story.
When in fact they should be washing their hands after shitting themselves.
Seriously, this is up there with finding out the Piltdown Man was a hoax. Instead what they should have said is that they were going to start investigating why their sources felt compelled to share apparently bogus information. That's where the real story is now.
http://www.senatemajority.com/node/380
Yesterday was a mixed bag for Karl Rove. He got the news that he won't be charged in the CIA leak case, but got a not so warm welcome in New Hampshire last night, where a swarm of New Hampshire residents were less than pleased with his visit and the circumstances surrounding it.
Last night, Rove was the guest of honor at the New Hampshire Republican party's annual dinner/fundraiser. The special guest was invited in an effort to boost fundraising efforts to pay the party's phone jamming legal bills. (MORE)
Karl's day wasn't as good as we thought.
Yo, anon. I live in Kansas. Only if you drive out the crusty, crooked ones here. FYI, Kansas can be, how should we say....different.
Not really, I've lived here most my life--rumor has it (is this true?) Bush is building a 'super-highway' out my back-door. Literally.
What would Bush run up from Mexico?
Good, people who specialize in setting up other folks to have bad days, really need to know how it feels. That empathy thing...
Well, the Hammer must have smoking that weed when he said that! Morthern California... The state is far different from Virginia...Yup, Chimpcoulter, my nickel is riding on DeLay making those frequent visits to see the Gerbil, bringing a small plastic bag to place his goodies to bring home, and bringing his wrapping paper for him and the Gerbil and chilling out on the lawn.
Final posting:
More about the Gerbil's blunder with the blind person today. Here is an excerpt:
But even though the sun was behind the clouds, Wallsten still needs the sunglasses because he has Stargardt's disease, a form of macular degeneration that causes progressive vision loss.
The condition causes Wallsten to be sensitive to glare and even on a cloudy day, can cause pain and increase the loss of sight.
Wallsten said Bush called his cell phone later in the day to apologize and tell him that he didn't know he had the disease.
And his only complaint is that the president didn't answer his question at the news conference.
Wallsten, who is the author of a book coming out next month titled "One Party Country: The Republican Plan for Dominance in the 21st Century," had asked about White House credibility now in the aftermath of top aide Karl Rove having been cleared in the CIA leak investigation.
But Bush said he wouldn't comment with another top White House aide still facing prosecution in the case.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/14/bush.apology.ap/index.html
Well, there you go! Must have been the weed! Good night! Signing off!
Teak, I just found this. Holy sh*t! What is this? Do these people just sit around and think about all the ways they can profit from the destruction of our country? I need to read more to understand this, but it feels so very wrong! God Almighty! Maybe a fence needs to be built around Kansas (no offense).
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=15497
Okay, I need to tell you guys this. Most of you are very e-knowledgeable. You know where to get your news. But the rest of the people out there, the majority, have no clue what's going on and depend on their TV news - that awful bastion of liberal corruption- (unless it's Fox) - to tell them the state of things.
So understand this - Rove is a brilliant PR guy and Marketing guy - and he just won a major battle, possibly war. These guys, you have to give it to them, are far more canny and intelligent then whoever is doing the DEM equivalent.
So for the most part what people are hearing is Rove is "unindictable" and that Bush's ratings are climbing.
Some people are wondering? Did Fitz just not find the way in to get Rove? or worse...what happened?! How did Fitz lose this one? Do you really think if he can't nail Rove, he's going to get to Cheney, who is far more powerful? It doesn't sound like Fitz to me, to let a bad guy go, to get a worse guy. I thought he worked his way up. I will appreciate hearing your comments, fellow bloggers - I have no party affiliation but I will say this administration is the most corrput in history.
Anon @ 12 whatever
Respectfully suggest you do some reading on your own and try to answer for yourself some of the questions you have posed. You might then be in a good position to educate some of "those who are wondering," about just how duped they've been and just how corrupt our current government really is. You surely must have formed your stated opinion about how corrupt our government is upon some information sources of your own. How about reviewing those? And, lots of sources on the last few threads here to get you started.
Anon 1:07,
I do read the blogs, like most of us here, but I think that the majority of Americans don't.
I'm really searching for more of a solution to fight the machine. I am not siding with Rove andBushCo. But who is matching them on the side of right? Fitz can't do it alone. The blogs have information, but what is happening with that information? What if they take total control of that, which some suggest is already happening? I wrote that merely to get your thoughts, not to diss bloggers.
"These guys, the Architect, Rove, they are incredibly devious and sinister (and intelligent) and the DEMS better get their brightest minds NOW to combat them before it's too late."
hello,selamat ja, UFOs? I have wondered if some of the people in government might be aliens. But seriously, UFOs. Thank you for the sources, going to the website now since I can't sleep. "Something happenin'here"
Anon- 1:07 A.M.
Read:
Sharon 7:10 P.M.pm from the previous post "No Shame...."
What ever you know, how do YOU deal with that kind of folk? The are brainwashed and taught NOT to think...information and knowledge do nothing.
Let me qualify that - information and knowledge do nothing to change that type of mindset...so what does?
Anon 2:03-04 All one can do is be patient, observe and listen carefully for potential teachable moments, and attempt to facilitate the learning. And do so without attachment to the outcome, no way to know what that might be, or if a seed planted ever grows. Then move on. Live, breathe, connect with others working for positive change and get busy. That's about all any of us can do, oh, except for keeping a sense of balance and humor.
Have any of you seen your local channels or PBS channel doing disaster stories? Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, "raging wild fires"? The programs are telling how to protect your house and property.
Did HAARP fall into the wrong hands? Should we be expecting disasters? I am only half joking about HAARP, oh yes...we do google.
Karl Rove will have a credibility problem from here on out. Oh, they may cover it up in public, and act like all is hunky-dory, but just what was his testimony to the GJ, testimony that required five, count them, five appearances. Rove can still throw some lighter fluid on the charcoal, but his usefulness as a tool and an operative is coming to an end. He knows it. We know it, if we would stop and think a little.
These people are manipulative, scheming, and have a certain criminal cleverness about them, but there are always, always fatal flaws in the cohesiveness when this much bad stuff is going on. (Unless this whole show really is being directed by aliens) Corruption is ultimately mindless and parasitic. Just watch. Somebody will turn on somebody, or somebody will get too greedy, or too arrogant. There will be internal grabs for power and much, much, much deceit and dissembling. There will be implosion, and the role of the SP as one of the detonators is not finished yet. (Of course attempts will be made to disarm him, burn him, and render him powerless to do his job - think Karl Rove with a can of lighter fluid.) We all need to hang in, it will be one hell of a ride.
hey t---
If you heard Bush yucking it up this morning, I'm thinking he is already writing his own speeches. That's okay...he's making some serious slips on national tv.
Old Rove and Bush can be as arrogant as their narcissism permits, it will bite them in the ass, truth and life always has an answer. Megalomania..the BushCo. era.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.
info/article13607.htm
Terrorism is a tactic, not an entity, and it is a tactic used by people who have a political grievance. Therefore, if you want to eliminate terrorism, you have to address the political problems that gave it birth.
President Bush has made no effort to do this. He has aggravated the situation and made it worse. He's created a virtual factory for terrorists.
Roger, I read all that earlier---are you citizen? I followed the trail on the DU, too.
http://barkbarkwoofwoof.blogspot.com/
Scroll down and check out the pics of Bartlett and Snow. LOL.
Teak,
One thing Bush and Rove cannot spin "the truth never changes".
That picture of Tony and Danny being "really, really scared" was sooo funny. Those cowards, I just laughed and laughed at their stupid "the things we do for Bush" expressions...
Elees,
Try this for your Ipod, it's a PDF document download. You'll need some conversion to MP3 software too.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/download-now-the-free-ipod-book-and-back-to-school-guide/
Again...
http://www.ilounge.com/
index.php/news/comments/
download-now-the-free-ipod
-book-and-back-to-school
-guide/
Give me liberty.
lib·er·ty Audio pronunciation of "liberty" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lbr-t)
n. pl. lib·er·ties
1.
1. The condition of being free from restriction or control.
2. The right and power to act, believe, or express oneself in a manner of one's own choosing.
3. The condition of being physically and legally free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor. See Synonyms at freedom.
2. Freedom from unjust or undue governmental control.
3. A right or immunity to engage in certain actions without control or interference: the liberties protected by the Bill of Rights.
4.
Idiom:
at liberty
1. Not in confinement or under constraint; free.
2. Not employed, occupied, or in use.
[Middle English liberte, from Old French, from Latin lberts, from lber, free. See leudh- in Indo-European Roots.]
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Good Morning Justice Bloggers,
Teak
That photo of Laurel & Hardy is hilarious...
Anon @ 12:20 & selamat ja
Thanks for info on the NASCO Corridor...I was unaware...but this sneaky, conniving, evil, snarky, graft-infected WH is the absolute worst in history...and now they want to control the Internet too
Is that Jan reading the dictionary again? LOL You need to send that to the WH & Congress, girlfirend. Good Morning to you...
ChimpCoulter,
Good morning to you too ;D
This House War Debate sounds like a Rove idea...I hope it backfires in their faces like Cheney with a shotgun...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wpdyn/content/article/2006/06/
14/AR2006061402180_pf.html
This attorney's blog had some interesting points on Rove not being indicted...but I feel there is more to it than this...
http://sethabramson.blogspot.com/
2006/06/why-rove-wasnt-indicted-criminal.html
Roger 2:58 AM,
I'm trying to follow your analysis. Do I need another cup of coffee? I'm not getting what your saying and I really want to
Good Morning all -
To Jan,
Why do you often have "D " at the end of your posts or even in the greeting portion sometimes? Just curious. Is it a blogger thing that I am unaware of?
More thoughst on Rove at
The Next Hurrah
It's supposed to look like a big smile but I guess you can't see the eyes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5888466,00.html
U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Reach 2,500
Thursday June 15, 2006 3:31 PM
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon Thursday confirmed that 2,500 U.S. troops have died in the Iraq war since it began more than three years ago. The grim milestone was announced just hours before the House was to begin a symbolic election-year debate over the war, with Republicans rallying against calls by some Democrats to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
While there were no details on who it was or where the 2,500th death occurred, it underscored the continuing violence in Iraq, just as an upbeat President Bush returned from Baghdad determined that the tide was beginning to turn in the war, which began in 2003.
Of course, this could be one of the reasons for Bush's hasty trip to Iraq, another milestone in the war.
*****
One day, I hope we might find out the true details of the Battle of Baghdad Airport...without any diversion from any side, ala Jessica Lynch---another victim of propaganda and lies via the Pentagon.
Roger rancourt I am well aware of what is happening in the CIA case. So much propaganda by the WH makes it hard for some to stay on track. The only person talking is Rove's attorney and he's spinning the truth.
I also read about our troops that have died. Nothing's changed in Iraq or Afgan. We're told everything is going great as we see continuing bombings. Even Tony Snow is using former President Carter ( a Nobal Peace Prize winner) vs Bush the worse President in the history of America. Snow got some laughes when he said Bush was a better President then Carter. The only question I had was were the jornalist laughing at Tony or with Tony.
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening Folks!
Happy Thursday!
Anon, thanks for passing along the article on the the next hurrah. I will read that later on today.. Also, yesterday was June 14, Flag Day! And you notice that the Gerbil-in-chief was silenced on that day. I don't think the Gerbil has a clue to what the American flag really stands for!
Forgot to putthis piece of news for today.
From Thinkprogress:
Yesterday, the Senate voted unanimously to “force President George W. Bush to submit a budget for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars instead of financing them in emergency bills that are pushed through Congress with minimal scrutiny.”
Folks,
Mad Dog Cheney's dirty laundry is airing out big time:
Newly released emails suggest Army Corps lied about Cheney role in Halliburton contract
New documents obtained by a conservative watchdog group suggest that the US Army Corp of Engineers may have publicly lied regarding the involvement of the Vice President's office in awarding a 2003 multi-billion dollar, no-bid contract to Kellogg Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, RAW STORY has learned.
The newly released emails show the Army Corps attempting to deflect attention from Cheney's office by distributing talking points that would mask Cheney's purported role. The Corps could not immediately be reached for comment.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Documents_suggest_Army_lied_about_Cheney_0615.html
Here is the email exchange:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2004/030503.pdf
And 74 pages of documents:
http://judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/halliburton-docs.pdf
"Laura still has marriage in question..WMD"
Hmmm.. Weapons of Marriage Destruction... We will know the outcome of the the Stepford Wife/Gerbil/Girl Friday saga on the next episode of: THE SIN AND THE SINFUL.
I hope the next episode to solve the mystery of which one of the Gerbil's loves will end his love affair with the bottle! The suspense is killing me!
Folks, I had to pass along these two articles from TPMmuckraker:
1. More on Hookergate:
Hookergate Limo Co Involved in Grand Jury Investigation
By Paul Kiel - June 15, 2006, 12:31 PM
Some news from the House Homeland Security Committee's hearings on Shirlington Limousine's $21 million contract with DHS. Shirlington, you'll remember was the company reported to have run lawmakers and hookers to and from Brent Wilkes' "poker parties."
Justin, who's at the hearing this afternoon, just called to say that Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the chairman of the subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, said in his opening statement that "we also invited the president and vice president of Shirlington Limousine to appear today, but they declined because of a federal grand jury investigation."
2. This too funny aboutBoehner:
Boehner Pees at Casino, Comes Back with $2,700
By Paul Kiel - June 15, 2006, 12:21 PM
We got a number of emails from TPMm readers in Michigan about today's item in the Daily Muck about Majority Leader John Boehner's (R-OH) lucky break at the slots. According to Boehner's spokesman, he won this money at a "rest stop" when he stopped off to go to the bathroom - his aide told The New York Times he gambled "to pass the time at a rest area while waiting for a colleague."
But there's a problem.
There are no rest stops with gambling in them, our intrepid readers pointed out. If you want to gamble in Michigan, you either go to Detroit, where there are three casinos, or to the numerous Native American casinos throughout Northern Michigan.
At the very heart of U.S. Middle East policy, from the war in Iraq to pressure for regime change in Iran and Syria to the spread of free-market democracy in the region, sits the 39-year-old daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney. Elizabeth "Liz" Cheney, appointed to her post in February 2005, has a tongue-twisting title: principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs and coordinator for broader Middle East and North Africa initiatives. By all accounts, it is an enormously powerful post, and one for which she is uniquely unqualified. (snip)
(snip)With the unspoken support of her father, Cheney has kept a hawk's eye on Iraq policy within the department, intimidating opponents of the neoconservative axis within the administration. And, less visibly, according to former officials who've worked with her, she has made her influence felt in choosing officials, selecting (or blocking) the appointment of ambassadors and other foreign service officers, and weighing in on other bureaucratic battles at the department.
http://alternet.org/story/37490/
Much more there.
Isn't Lynne Cheney on or was on some neocon think tank? Those Cheney girls are chips off the old blocks...cute grandbabies though.
Now, are the Cheneys connected anyway to Dyncorp?
Reading the news tooday,I am reminded of another Fitz clue from a very long time ago. Follow the money. With the influence he welded in all directions, Cheney will leave office many times wealthier than whne he arrived.
Unless legal bills leave him much poorer. (Is it true the Pres and VP can't be indicted? How about after they leave office?
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/
Internet_neutrality_may_be_dead_Republican_
0615.html
Roger,
I just read your link about Randall Samburn. i think a lot of people are trying to read between the lines of Randall's "no comment" comment to assume that the case is being shut down. This case is not being shut down. As Fitz said from the beginning that this case is in secrecy. And there is a reason why this caase to be in secrecy. When you are dealing with a corrupted, graft, and mafia type of Administration, the case needs to be tight lip.
Regarding your question about Gonzo, well Fitz was entangled with Gonzo on the missing emails that Gonzo refused to turn over. Gonzo says it is "national security" reasons.. Yeah right.. In addition, he worked with Gonzo and other prosecutors on the recent and a large child pornography case. I have no idea even they are been seen recently since Fitz is very secretive to his whereabouts. But, I will say that Gonzo has been quiet lately since the immigration issues and the FBI search on William (Dollar Bill) Jefferson's home...But, I think a lot of people and the media are really jumping to the wrong conclusions about this case and agreeing with Luskin's distorted spin of the story.
Jules,
If my memory is right our VP Aaron Burr was indicted for murder. But there was never any trial.
"Now, are the Cheneys connected anyway to Dyncorp? "
Teak:
Yes! Connection to Cheney-Halliburton
From a na rticle that I found:
How did Halliburton receive a no-bid contract to repair Iraq's oil wells?
Halliburton has an exclusive contract with the Army under what is known as the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP). Under LOGCAP, a single company acts as consultant to the Army to plan for war or crisis-time logistics support. The program was formalized in 1985 and tested in 1988 during Operation Desert Shield in Iraq. In 1992, then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney contracted a company named Brown & Root to study the ways in which the private sector could integrate its services with the military. Later that year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers developed LOGCAP as it is used today with a single company as contractor. The first company to receive the LOGCAP contract was Brown & Root.
Brown & Root, now Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR), held the LOGCAP contract with the Army until 1997 when the General Accounting Office found significant cost overruns during the conflict in Bosnia. One often-cited example involved KBR charging the military $87 dollars to fly in sheets of plywood from the U.S. worth only $14. DynCorp held the LOGCAP contract from 1997 until 2001 when it was again awarded to KBR. KBR is a subsidiary of Halliburton, where Vice President Cheney served as CEO until running for office in 2000.
http://www.topplebush.com/article85_recpres.shtml
I find this comment posted about Mr. Fitzgerald...I took it as a compliment.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The major problem we have is Patrick Fitzgerald is a special prosecutor, not an independent counsel.
He is only required to report any crimes committed, and he has too much integrity to do anything else.
If he were an independent counsel, his job would be to get all the facts, and report them.
Iran/Contra and Whitewater were 500 page reports.
Can you imagine what would happen if we still had an indepedent counsel law and it was Patrick Fitzgerald.
We'd be talking about the total destruction of the neocons.
http://www.needlenose.com/node/view/2205
We should pray for truth and justice, and keep the faith we have in Team Fitz.
WH is Desperate and Shameful
From Truthout: Feds Sue States Seeking Phone Companies' NSA Records
"The federal government sued the New Jersey attorney general and other state officials Wednesday to stop them from seeking information about telephone companies' cooperation with the National Security Agency.
The unusual filing in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., is the latest effort by federal authorities to halt legal proceedings aimed at revealing whether and how often AT&T, Verizon and other phone companies have provided customer records to the NSA without a court order."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061506E.shtml
SPB, I was thinking that what if Fitzgerald already indicted someone in the Administration(Cheney or other) and the admin is trying to keep it seal until after the Nov election. If what i'm saying sounds stupid, please forgive me, I don't know anything about the law.
I was talking in regards to Seal vs. Seal.
Anon @ 11:07
thank you for Next Hurrah link. Very interesting read...
"I think--but am not sure--that Rove has the goods on someone else leaking to Novak (probably, but not definitely, Libby), and that Fitzgerald is hiding those goods for the moment."
I believe Fitzie is hiding quite a few goodies at this time. Just wish I was a fly on the wall of his brain...
Anon.--you are not being silly, I thought that too with Bush gloating yesterday...some of what he said was downright disgusting. Maybe he lives in drunken denial of facts coming out about him, his cabinet and his buds.
"SPB, I was thinking that what if Fitzgerald already indicted someone in the Administration(Cheney or other) and the admin is trying to keep it seal until after the Nov election."
Anon, Fitzgerald is not trying to keep the sealed document until after November election. This has nothing to do with politics or about the November election. Only Fitzgerald is the one that decide when he is ready to call another press conference to indict the next person involved in the case. As Fitzgerald says that this case is still an ongoing investigation. Law has been brought in this leak case and he will bring down the individuals invloved in this case to justice.
Teak brought a good point from the article that she passed of the difference between a Special Prosecutor vs. an Independent Counsel.
Here is the definition of a Special Prosecutor:
A special prosecutor is a lawyer from outside the government appointed by the attorney general or Congress to investigate a federal official for misconduct while in office. (which is Fitzgerald)
Versus
Independent Counsel :
United States Office of the Independent Counsel was an independent prosecutor — distinct from the Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice — that provided reports to the Congress under 28 U.S.C. § 595.
(which was Ken Starr in the Clinton scandal)
Here some facts:
Starr spent more than $7 million between last October 1998 and March 1999, a six-month period that included the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton, according to a General Accounting Office report. In March 31, 1999, Starr had spent a total of more than $47 million on his inquiries into the Whitewater and Monica S. Lewinsky matters and related issues, just short of the record for independent counsel spending.
Yet, in its first 15 months, the CIA Leak investigation cost $723,000 which is nothing compared to Starr's cost.
Folks,
What was Tony Snowjob thinking when he made this statement?
From Thinkprogress:
Snow on 2,500 U.S. Fatalities In Iraq: ‘It’s A Number’ »
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow was asked this afternoon if President Bush had any reaction to the death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq reaching 2,500. Snow responded: “It’s a number.”
Now, try telling that statement to the families of the dead soldiers..
Bluewild:
It is really bothered me when Snowjob that. There human beings that that when to a country on false pretenses. But, to call these soldiers "just numbers" is highly disrespectful. But, then again, look who are talking about: an administration that are dumb like doorknobs. And Snowjob? Everytime Snow opens his mouth that he sure as hell let out his ignorance! I don't think Cindy Sheehan or Nick Berg's dad or any other families find Snow's comment really amusing. You are right, Bluewild, the Gerbil Administration on cares about the dinero!
Offbeat news:
Bill Gates will step down as CEO:
Gates announces retirement from Microsoft
Founder and CEO of Microsoft Bill Gates intends to step down in two years, according to today's Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Gates, 50 years old, started Microsoft in 1975 with childhood friend Paul Allen. Mr. Gates served as chairman and CEO until 2000, when Mr. Ballmer took over as CEO. In 2000, with his wife, he formed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose assets now are $29.1 billion.
The company announced that Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie will immediately assume the title of chief software architect, a role Mr. Gates has held for several years.
Funny how Bush called the journalist he made fun of who was blind to apologize but he has never called the family or been to a funeral of any of the 2500 soldiers killed in Iraq.
Snow and the rest think just like Henry Kissinger:
"....Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy."
"What a contrast between the character and soul of Gates, and anybody associated with BushCo."
That's so true, Bluewild! Bill and Melinda Gates has done so much for their foundation and helping others globally. They have a heart of gold. They are far different than the GerbilCo. Bill and Melinda earned their money, respect, and leadership. Daddy Bush brought the Gerbil a stolen Presidency ticket to the WH. Bill and Melinda give. The Gerbil takes, steals, and lies. Mr. Gates will still be around his empire but not as CEO.
Anon at 5:41 pm:
I agree with you. Very good point!
Bill Gates? How many start up companies did his greed squash? Hundreds? Thousands? He rivaled the oil and mining robber baron tycoons of the Teddy Rooseveldt days! Could this philanthrophy be Melinda's doing.
Besides, he writes it all off anyway. Maybe he did some soul seaching and he needed to imo. What incredible greed!
Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate put it well...
"You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse; grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God... and where can you go from there?"
"And as we're straddling from one deal to the next, who's got his eye on the planet, as the air thickens, the water sours, and even the bees' honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity? And it just keeps coming, faster and faster. There's no chance to think, to prepare; it's buy futures, sell futures, when there is no future."
Sorry Gates fans but the business I'm in is competition to his worldwide so i am predjudicial.
Folks,
Here is a bit of information about Arlen Specter:
Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald
Specter falsely denied proposing amnesty for the Administration's illegal eavesdropping
Last Friday, Walter Pincus of the Washington Post reported that Sen. Arlen Specter had proposed legislation which included blanket amnesty for anyone who has violated FISA, i.e., a "provision that seems to ensure that no one would be held criminally liable if the current program is found illegal under present law."
I have now obtained (with the help of the ACLU) a copy of Specter's marked-up proposed legislation which makes quite clear that Specter simply was not telling the truth when he denied proposing amnesty to the administration.
Section 801 of Specter's legislation is entitled "Executive Authority," and it specifically amends the criminal punishment provision of FISA (which is Section 109(a), (50 U.S.C. 1809(a)), as follows:
(1) General . . .
(B) FISA. -- Section 109(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1809(a)) is amended --
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting "or under the constitutional authority of the executive" after "authorized by statute"; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting "or executed under the constitutional authority of the executive" after "authorized by statute."
(2) Retroactive effect -- The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall be construed to have the same effective date as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Currently, Section 109(a) of FISA provides that "A person is guilty of an offense if he intentionally - (1) engages in electronic surveillance under color of law except as authorized by statute . . . ." That means that anyone who eavesdropping on Americans without complying with the warrant requirements of the statute (FISA) is committing a felony.
http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/06/specter-falsely-denied-proposing_15.html
Here is Specter's marked-up proposed legislation
http://texas.hippie.googlepages.com/JEN06588_SpecterSubstitute5-11-06.pdf
Bah...
"Bill Gates is rich enough to build his own Microsoft "campus," call many of his actual employees temps so as to avoid paying benefits, work both permanent and temporary employees so hard they never leave the office, contract out work to India and the local state pen, assemble a team of marketing gurus working 24-hour shifts to force a shoddy product onto an overwhelmed universe, and still have time left over to build (well, have someone else build for him) a palatial, subterranean compound on Lake Washington. No wonder he thinks he doesn't have to pay taxes. Well, he's right. However...
You don't have to pay taxes, either. Here's how: set up a subsidiary of yourself. File incorporation papers. Then relocate a portion of your personality to, say, Cuba or Iraq or Medina or Mercer Island or some other foreign country outside U.S. tax jurisdiction. The precedent, courtesy Chairman Bill, is clear: the baser elements of your personality are responsible for earning all of your income. They're somewhere else. Somewhere far away. The nice part of you, the part that's cooperating fully with the law, is really just a corporate shell. Or a holding company. It's demonstrable, and, what's more--always a happy bonus when transnational corporations are figuring out ways to deceive the public--it just happens to be true! The part of you that earns the rent really is debased! What could be easier? Call today; your tax professional probably already has the full details."
Hey Bill!
"Reset 5.02" and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
More to come too.
Great work SPB!
"Specter falsely denied proposing amnesty for the Administration's illegal eavesdropping"
I always thought he was speaking with a forked tongue on the NSA eavesdropping...
Chimpcoulter,
I knew Specter was full of it! He is in the backpocket of the Gerbil. It is time for Specter to retire from his position and call it a day! Right now, he is worthless! Just nothing but a spinless jellyfish! BTW, I checked your bio.. A Porkrind statue? Well, I hope that statue is located either near a fire hydrant where dogs can take a leak or near a park where the pigeons can do their business on the statue!
SPB
It will be near a fire hydrant covered by pigeons in the Arizona desert... we will melt that Porky Dough Boy...
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And Arizona would have one hell of environment issue if that happens, Chimpcoulter! You don't want to stink up the state Arizona with that statute. In fact, why don't we donate the Doughboy statue full of turd and ship it to the Crawford Ranch to our friend, the Gerbil. Just place the statue on his ranch with a note saying: "To: President Bush with love and kisses from Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. Remember to say 'no' to graft. Cheers!"
"I'm curious now about Gate's competition - your biz..."
"Also, is that really true about the tax info?"
Bluewild, one of Gates' competition is Google, its search engine, and its software. I have read articles where he is competing against Google. Of course, Gates is 50 and the founders of Google are in their early 30's. And the founders of Google are in the Forbes 500 for youngest billionaires. Regarding Gates's tax info. Here is his financial information for 2005 for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A lot of Gates' tax break comes from the foundation. Here is the link:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/nr/downloads/financialreports/2005FinancialStmts.pdf
I read a lot of books that talks about what the wealthy businesses pay less taxes year after year (I am not talking about Cheney or some the Gerbil's friends)/ Some books to recommend to read is:
1. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
2. Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
3. Millionaire Next Door
I have read Kiyosaki's book several times especially the Cashflow Quadrant.
I remember seeing a seminar on Kiyosaki some time ago where he says the employee and self-employee work for money and the big businesses and investors (like Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Howard Schultz, etc.) make money work for them.. It is worth reading.
elees,
Go to your profile to make changes:
http://www.blogger.com/profile/25523432
Then click to edit your profile. Then go to photograph and cut and paste the JPG picture that you want to put in. Then, click to save!
Hi All, Looks like Fitz and staff are busy these days.
I know "the world can't wait"!
We are completely behind them and will support them all the way through.
Did anyone mention the Watergate investigation took 2 and half years
Current military and former intelligence officials remain concerned about a US-led strike on Iran, despite the recent appearance of diplomacy on the part of the US State Department and the offer of an incentives package to Iran.
Officials point to new developments, such as a recent meeting in Rome between an Iranian arms dealer and controversial neoconservative Michael Ledeen and the March creation of the Iranian directorate inside the Pentagon, as examples of recent events similar to the lead up with war in Iraq.
rawstory.com
Did you guys see this? I had to lie down awhile and geez, this was the first thing I saw.
Ladeen is getting quite a name. Some might consider that a traitor to their country.
At some point, if and when legal remedies have been exhausted, the custodians holding all of the facts about the Plame case and the larger anti-American conspiracy, will spill. After all, whats to lose when the nation is so imperiled?
Keep in mind, the cons overreached with Plame and were not prepared for any resulting variance to divert or interrupt their timetable.
The neocons have been planning the subversion of our nation for over thirty years, beginning with Wolfowitz's earliest college delusions, but that does not mean they are now prepared for any contingency, particularly if the teeth of the beast-the military commanders-are informed and ready to jump ship and fight for their country against the fascist mob.
But that is worst case. Ideally, I'd like to see People v. do a neocon slow roast such that everyone becomes informed. And that would be the propagandists' worst nightmare.
One way or another, the facts will out, with disastrous consequences for the neocon subversives. A Neofascia....
http://www.light-to-dark.com/neofascia.html
...is not in our future.
My best to all patriots.
Stephen,
I enjoy your art and your thoughts.
I concur with them. Say a blessing prayer for Fitz and staff.
Chimpcoulter, the new picture is hilarious!
Jan, where did your Lucky Charms picture go?
On Gates--he has Andrew Carnegie Syndrome. Screw the workers but give to philanthropies so that one will be remembered as a philanthropist, not as a robber baron. Carnegie was an awful, awful person to his workers and competitors but most people do not remember him for that at all. Gates is not stupid; he knows what he is trying to do.
Hi guys thanks SPB for keeping me up dated with today's news. First I am speechless on Tony Snow's comments about our troops. When you think this group can't sink any lower they do.
As for Bill Gates I can only say he earned his money unlike Bush/Cheney/Rummy who stold their money.
Fitz it's time for a new posting but make sure you have a balanced dinner with veggies smile.
Well, it looks like it is time to send the folks at Homeland Security to bartending school so they can pick out a fake ID:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/12/dhs.fakeid/index.html
I had to go find something funny (i.e. the fake ID). I am too angry to say anything about Tony Snowjob's comments about human beings as numbers. Maybe he is up for the worst government employee stupid remarks award next to Mike 'Brownie' horse trainer Brown and his wardrobe.
I am also irritated that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s papers are going to be sold to the highest bidders at auction. I do not like our history sold to rich people (hey, maybe Gates can buy them then DONATE them).
Speaking of money, "Who killed John O'Neill"?
Google the video and watch it. More cover-up or the truth? The people have questions.
Rep. William $90K-in-the-Freezer Jefferson is losing power. Check out the story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13348896/
Senator Durbin in the background with Pelosi looks like he is about to cry again. Geez, "there's no crying in baseball" and there should be no crying in the Senate. What's with the orange and green tie on the blue suit, BTW? Jackie--tell Fitz just say 'no' to that color combination.
;-)
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Jackie:
I agree with you on what Tony Snow said. It just baffles me that this Administration thinks people are just numbers! That is just not right! We, the people, pay the salaries of those that think that! Errrr!!
Bluewild,
New software development that competes with MS gets crushed by them in any way possible. Anti trust suits are generally overlooked here or intentionally tied up by the best attorneys. In Europe this is not the case...a big lawsuit is on them right now by the EU.
I DO give them credit for the progess in IT they created. In fact I'm on Windows right now...just my own private "safe" hackers version they can't peek into and peek they will :D
When I lived in the Seattle area, I worked for Microsoft, at the Redmond campus. I was on their legal team, Law & Corporate Affairs, and I worked with 7 very sharp attorneys! It was a great place to work and I loved it there!
Oh very true they have loyal people. A professional like you SQ did well I am sure. Nothing wrong with that.
It's things like this below that that are just the tip of the iceberg when comes to big IT companies. Jeez I could post similar cut and pastes all night night but this below is recent...even old Win95 had hidden files that kept a record of everything you did on your PC, and very hard to find and delete for the average user. "we like to know what our customers preferences are".
Microsoft Admits WGA Phones Home
Friday, June 09
Source: Beta News---------------------------------------------
Microsoft acknowledged reports Wednesday that its latest update to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), an anti-piracy program implemented to detect counterfeit copies of Windows XP, phones home to the Redmond company on a daily basis. News of the occurrence surfaced this week after privacy advocate Lauren Weinstein confirmed Internet murmuring that a connection was being made to Microsoft's servers even after WGA had validated a Windows system as legit. Microsoft quickly responded to the issue, saying the feature was a "safety switch." WGA, which was made mandatory last July for downloading updates from Windows Update, is still considered a pilot program to Microsoft. It says the "call home" functionality was designed to enable the company to shut down the program in case of a problem, such as an influx of false positives. The addition came as part of a WGA notifications program rolled out in April. The expansion would cause users running counterfeit versions of Windows to be notified directly on their desktop that their operating system was not legitmate...
http://www.hackinthebox.org
/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file
=article&sid=20427&mode=
thread&order=0&thold=0
Folks,
In the news:
The missing file?
Duke" Limo Letter Disappears from Files
Convicted former Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham urged the Department of Homeland Security to give a $21.1 million contract to a controversial Washington limousine company, but the letter has mysteriously disappeared from DHS files, members of Congress were told Thursday.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/06/duke_limo_lette.html
Yeah right, missing? Don't they mean shredded? Smells like conspiracy to me...
"What's with the orange and green tie on the blue suit, BTW? Jackie--tell Fitz just say 'no' to that color combination." Is he trying to dress up like a clown? That's sounds like he fell into a coat of paint!! I know that I try to dress sharp at at times. But, I have a pet peeve about people that think they look good yet they dress like slobs, their pants are too tight where the spare tire of the stomach is hanging out from their belt buckle, they look like clowns, they look like Barney the dinosaur, worst color combination, and so on. There is nothing worst of looking at the professionals, politicans, and even attorneys who have the money yet dress like buffoons! Thank goodness that I ask my girl for advice on business attire and ties!!!
Yes, cjt, there is a huge problem with piracy and the counterfeiting is a major problem worldwide. It costs companies, like Microsoft, great losses. Well, some people say, Microsoft makes enough money, they can afford those losses. However, it is their product that is being stolen...and that isn't right. The bottom line is.. stealing is stealing, no matter what. Microsoft has to do what they can to protect themselves.
Well, I no longer work there but I did enjoy working there. It was very interesting and fun. :)
LOL SPB! That guy did look like a clown. I wonder who dresses him? He certainly isn't a sharp dressed man!
I guess some people don't have any fashion sense at all. :)
Fitz,
I had one of the kids add a picture that represents me. I was clueless. So i got help. Let me know what you think.
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Final comeents!
S-Q, and Night Owl!
From looking at Durkin's tie, he looks like he is either celebrating X-mas or Kwanzaa! He looks sad. He should ask his state of Illnois for either donations for a decent dress attire or a clothing drive! And to be Senator dress like that? Where does he spend his money on? It sure wasn't his attire! He should panhandle money from Congress since Congress got a raise this year! Fitz, help the brother out with his attire!
Good night! Signing off!
Folks,
I was about to turn off my computer until I came across another running up from the worst Senator dress attire! You thought Durkin was bad. Check this out. Hold your laughter. And somebody please contact the fashion police on Santorum! Good night folks! Enjoy!
http://www.wonkette.com/politics/rick-santorum/santorum-either-celebrating-seersucker-thursday-or-hiring-peter-wallsten-to-dress-him-181110.php
OK, I get to play Jan's arch-nemesis, Spelling Troll. The senator from Illinois is Durbin. The lawyer from the Chicago area defending some greedy city workers who dresses even *worse* is Durkin.
I said it before, some men in Illinois are just fashion challenged!
And for further spelling clarifications, the dude that Roger Rancourt keeps mentioning, would that be Al Rogers or Al Rodgers?
OK, now I remember, the pretty in pink senator looks like a less sparkly version of Steve Martin's televangelist character in "Leap of Faith."
No class
No style
Very untrustworthy looking
http://www.elequity.com/files/IncorporatingAmericanMinds.pdf
http://waynemadsenreport.com
RR- That's right-do NOT be afraid of them.
Do your own "psyc-ops" or misinformation campaign if you are think you are under surveillance or tapped. If you are, its probably illegal!
Think about your political activities-or if you talk smack about Dubya to your friends on the phone(I do).
Russ Tice (NSA whistleblower) is trying to tell congress the NSA spied on potentially millions phone calls. And if you made an overseas call-count on being swept up in the NSA net.
It will be fun-just operate within the bounds of the law. Should you run into a problem, I wouldn't trust a fed law enforcement unless Fitz himself told me I should-call your local police for assistance.
Keep those letters, emails and phone calls coming into your reps offices. Political pressure committees are the best.
Make an appointment to go in to your rep, armed with questions. Tell them firmly and politely you want answers and will continue to return until you get them!
Remind them MOST people are fed-up and they won't all be as nice about it as you, if the public doesn't start seeing some work out of them! They support a culture of death, not life and they must be held accountable!
OK, I'm getting down off my soapbox for the day;-)
Really looking forward to a new posting.
I think this thread is dead.
No thought....
...no word, no meaning, no date, no effort, no stone is left unturned or is too insignificate,
too inconsequential, to escape the scrutiny of a good, academic, legal, mind... gone astray.
This: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWM1MjU5MzA3YTM3ZjdkOTA1ZjczN2MxMjY2YWEwNDc=
is a very intimate, rare view of human endeavour, effort, emotion and thought
at it's most darkest, hideous moment. It personifies, exemplifies and exonerates
the Bush regime and America's most vile, perfidious elite. And it comes from within.
This is your true enemy. And he is a constitutionalist. So am I. And we are at war.
He will stop at nothing. Nor will I, to stop him.
NRO provides a service, a window, where, very rarely, the curtains are open, to study and
prepare for past, ongoing and upcoming atrocities, from minds... gone astray.
Here the complete link to my previously posted comment:
http://article.nationalreview.com/
?q=NWM1MjU5MzA3YTM3ZjdkOTA1ZjczN2MxMjY2YWEwNDc=
...one last effort to provide a working link:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=
NWM1MjU5MzA3YTM3ZjdkOTA1ZjczN2MxMjY2YWEwNDc=
S-Q,
Copywrite protection is a valid concern but so is the a fair market place.
The cut paste and paste last night was a privacy concern actually.
MS just can't tolerate competition and the means they go to in halting any are unprecedented in history. WalMart is doesn't even come close. A good product comes out and time and time again MS will buy up and kill it off and introduce some inferior copycat. This halters the progession of the information age greatly.
The first article on this page is a good synopsis...
Gald you enjoy your employ there... I could be envious! : )
http://microsuck.com/
cjt:
Yes, I knew you were talking about the privacy concerns. However, I just wanted to point out the problems companies like MS have with their products being counterfeited.
Don't be envious...I was just lucky! :)
P.S. My interview for that position was an all day event! Literally, 7 1/2 hours spent interviewing with 7 attorneys...one hour with each one...and 1/2 hour break! LOL
What a great site »
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