Open Thread...
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 6/27/2006
Jun 27, 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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This is not a Conspiracy folks...
It really isn't!
AP Formally Accuses Gerbil of Ignoring Laws
It's real and happening on Prime time...A Despotic Oligarchy is happening!
Hi guys I read the previous posting nice. Now I'm gong to say something that might sound strange. If Rush gets away with carry drugs after his conviction of another drug charge this might be precedent for future cases and drug users. Now as for the blue pill being viagra well it has to be tested.
Now to the Boyz in the hood aka terrorist. I watched Jon Stewart's video it was funny. With all the spying and easdropping this is the best Gonzales can do. As for the use of the race card I don't think that will be necessary as black or white or green these guys are stupid and no card will help that. I wonder what the world thinks of our home grown terrorist who aren't muslin nor do they know anything about Bin Linden. Notice they had no plan, bombs, uniforms, shoes, guns or an army to take down the US. Only one of the 7 had been to Chicago. Now the real terrortist know just how dumb the US is on this so called war on terror. What country would follow the US lead when all they have to show is 7 bible talking wannabees who know nothing about terrorism.
(to Mary had a little lamb)
When o'when will indictments roll in, Oh when Oh when will it be?
So we can breath free air and we won't be oppressed,
...so hurry its Fitzmas we need!
Did you hear about the lamb that Mary had which had albino fleas?
"Mary had a little lamb, its fleas were white as snow."
Miss Jackie, it would be best if Rush was carrying drugs instead of messing with young girls (underage) in another country. He's a vile man, if you followed those links. A pedophile is a pedophile no matter what country you are in or how much you pay.
As for the race card, sometimes it is curious what shows up on our local news to "promote" the national news. I'm more worried about the racists getting all riled up about these kids in Florida. This country needs to stand together and not fight each other, especially at this time. BushCo. wants to divide the country, look how well it has worked since he has taken office.
teak,
Exactly, that's how the Gerbil has been able to pass his policies that have given him unheard of powers in the history of this Country.
Divide and Conquer is as old as the hills..
He's surpassed Nixon..
Speaking of the Gerbil, let's review our history folks:
Gerbil 101: Yearning for the bottle
George Bush, Alcoholic - Part 1
Posted by Patrick Moore
on Mon, Jun 26, 2006, 2:40 am PDT
"In 1999, responding to questions about his use of drugs and alcohol, George Bush told the Washington Post, "Well, I don’t think I had an addiction. You know it’s hard for me to say. I’ve had friends who were, you know, very addicted…and they required hitting bottom [to start] going to A.A. I don’t think that was my case." Having observed the president’s behavior in office, I wonder if he might be wrong. Perhaps not only the president, but also his administration, suffers from alcoholism. After all, arrogance and the inability to take responsibility for one’s actions, classic alcoholic traits, have become trademarks of the Bush presideny. George Bush’s problems are not only personal. By necessity, they have become the problems of our entire country. And our country is like the family of an alcoholic, devastated by the drinker’s actions but powerless to stop them."
Hmmm.
"Many will consider it a cheap insult to call the president an alcoholic. But recovering alcoholics, with steady doses of humility and rigorous honesty, can become extraordinary human beings. It is no insult to be an alcoholic. However, an alcoholic who simply controls his drinking, without taking the time to examine the many defects of character that fueled his destructive behavior, only grows more dangerous. There is a term for this unhappy creature - dry drunk…."
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/theprinciples/90/george-bush-alcoholicpart-1;_ylt=AgZkQapBuBN8K_WiuvNuod5Tis8F
"fleas as white as snow" Good one, anon ;-)
Teak and Jackie, Did you see this about Rush? File it under "entertainment news" Friends of Liberty
ST. LOUIS MAN CLAIMS RUSH LIMBAUGH AFFAIR
Dec. 8, 2002
A 46 year old music store owner from the St. Louis area, Elliot Sanders, is claiming that while a college student at Southeast Missouri University in 1971, he had an affair with Rush Limbaugh. Sanders claims that he and Limbaugh, the well known talk radio star, had an affair that went on for about 3 months in the fall of 1971...
Sanders stated that he met Limbaugh in a class he was taking, but it was only after meeting his sister, who was openly gay at that time, that he found out Rush himself was gay. "Rush was a charming man privately," says Sanders, "I met him in a class I was taking, and got on a first name basis with him. I didn't realize he was gay until his sister came to visit him. She was gay, and like, we hit it off, and she seemed shocked that I didn't know Rush was gay as well. When I found out I was like ... wow!"
The criticism of this Admin is growing by the day. It's pervasive on talk shows, and eventually it will dent their bully pulpit. Our country has been through this before and survived, it will again.
As for Limbaugh and his little blue pills, well, I had to laugh. Which is worse, abuse of prescription painkillers or national coverage of your "problems."
Biloxi,
That's kinda funny, I just finished reading that a minute ago...
Incredible..we must be on the same wavelength...
kit neill,
There's one major difference now...
The Globalists weren't as powerfull then as they are now and we didn't have all those laws that nullify almost every part of the Constitution...
Big Diff..
I am an adult child and ex-wife of people of questionable alcoholism. They didn't think they had a bad enough problem either, Al-Anon saved my life with those 12 steps and helped break the co-dependent cycle for myself and most important, my children. It also helped in the end, the very people who never really "hit bottom".
(Why should GWB? 30% of the country props him up, or enables him.)
SO...maybe Rush went to see young boys and young girls in the Dominican Republic? Hmmm...where is "Dateline"??
s-q,
I'm thinking he was going to get some cheap and readily available meds to bring back with him.
He reminds me of OJ Simpson always looking for trouble and temping the law...
I don't know which one is dumber...
*roflmao*
Global Evildoer Fighter:
I had that same thought as well, however, FEDEX or UPS would be faster and cheaper! I think he was up to something else...
"Incredible..we must be on the same wavelength." Cracked me up Global evildoer fighter. And you know that the Gerbil has been yearning for the bottle since 1999. and when Katrina hit and people were blaming the Gerbil, he reached that bottle as his comfort! Maybe his staff members were afraid to talk to him about Kartina. they may have thought that he may go postal on them. The Gerbil may have a sign on his door that says: Enter at your risk! So, the staff just frisbeed the videotape of Katrina! The only legacy that the Gerbil will be remembered for besides stealing the elections twice is his consistant yearning for the bottle for two terms!
Teak I wish those 30% would stop enabling him to help himself to this country's treasure and military.
I can't believe they are wasting time debating flag burning when there is a WAR going on.
Q for attorneys: If an American appearing flag is Made in China-is it still technically an American flag?
Biloxi,
hee hee hee..
Reading the history of the Bonesmen however it lists them as a dry society(in other words no liquor).
So if a Bonesman is caught Drinking, I would think he gets thrown out or punished somehow ?!
Especially a Bonesman that's caught in the sack with an African American Female.
Such an Elite Ivy league Order would frown at such a thing...
Although, nothings proven yet, it's all media speculation on that Gerbil/Shug accusation for now..
But Dumbya's fight with the bottle is a hard fact. I suspect there's alot of liquor flaunted in all those prestigious Globalists engagements he attends...
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SHANGHAI, June 27 -- The Chinese government disclosed $1.1 billion worth of fraud at one of the country's largest state-owned banks this week, underscoring the risks confronting foreign investors as they seek big stakes in China's precarious banking system.
China's National Audit Office on Monday announced that an examination of records at the Agricultural Bank of China -- one of four state-owned giants -- uncovered 51 cases of criminal wrongdoing involving 157 people in 2004. The state audit also found evidence of $1.8 billion in improperly handled deposits and $3.5 billion in illegal loans.
rawstory.com
Hmmm, interesting. Wonder if we will be seeing more of this going on around the world?
With Rush not having his name on the bottle, he probably already got that mail order, or else the docs need their butts in slings right next to him, as explained by Basheert. Forget Dateline, go send Geraldo to figure out what he was up to with the trip.
I see Pakistan is sending 10,000 troops to the Afghan border. I already predicted an appearance by OBL right before either the 2006 or 2008 election. Hmmm, with all that, I bet he will be pinched right before the 2006 election, say October. Some folks here seem to be obsessed with a Bush family/ bin Laden family reunion that goes back decades. Well, just because some family members are buddies does not mean all of them are buddies. Also, friends change. And lastly, never underestimate the ability for Bush to sell out friends anyway, starting with Heckofajob Brownie.
Nightowl,
That might be Roves pure smug confidence in sealing the 2006 elections...
"The capture or killing of OBL..."
hmmm...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060627/
pl_nm/security_leaks_dc_1
Senator Pat Roberts of KS, I so wanta know why he is such a lapdog for the Bushes. Doesn't he have a Phase II report to get out? I wanta see it, don't you?
That's right-where IS that report? I was told "soon" by my congressman office in Dec.2005 (maybe he did see it)
Thanks for reminding me about that Teak-I'll have to bring that up next time to their faces, in DC.
What is wrong with Salon? They attempt to discredit Loose Change 2, with "the facts" - but one of the sites they cite also thinks the original tale is bunk. G'Night
Selamat JA, are you channeling Tom Cruise?
What is all that?
I can't handle channeling...
Some spirits are evildoers..
Good Night All...
SPB:
What will be in the "Sin and Sinful" Soap opera tomorrow?
S-Q,
The Sin and Sinful is everyday! It's like CNN: 24 hours!
Final posting:
I know that someone made a comments on this:
Senator Wants IRS to Chase After Pimps
"WASHINGTON (AP) - Pimps and sex traffickers could soon find themselves being chased by tax collectors, not just the vice squad.'
"Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, wants the Internal Revenue Service to chase after pimps and sex traffickers with the same fervor it stalked gangster Al Capone for tax evasion."
The Senators need a reality check. Congress and the entire Gerbil and companies are more like pimps then the real pimps out on the street! they need to chase Congress first! And SweetDaddy Gerbil certainly pimped all of us taxpayers in this country and turning this country into a subsidary of China or the Saudias! Signing off! Super Biloxi man is hanging up his tights! Have a good evening!
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Goodnight Super Special Prosecutor Biloxi Man!
And, goodnight Fitz, wherever you are! :)
Ann Coulter ROCKS!!!! Rove and Cheney are the men and Fitz has plenty of time for afternoon naps.
Conservatives Rule!!!
Rove and Cheney have no dicks.
They are *not* men. Real men don't lie and are not cowards.
I know about 2 real men, altogether, in all of America.
Cheney and Rove are putrid excuses for manhood, as is Limbaugh, and all Republicans.
Kathleen
Kathleen, I hate to inform you but Cheney is a "Dick". Shows what you know. Republicans rule! Undoubtedly you are attracted to girly men.
No new target letters, no indictments or black Tuesdays for Neocons. Fitz has more and more free time for his afternoon naps. Ain't life grand?
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that Israel wouldn't balk at "extreme action" to bring home a soldier captured by Palestinian militants.
The prime minister, who spoke after Israel launched a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, said the incursion would continue in the coming days but that Israel did not intend to reoccupy the coastal strip.
"We have one objective, and that is to bring Gilat home," he said, referring to Cpl. Gilad Shalit.
Shalit, 19, was taken captive on Sunday in a Palestinian attack on a military post in southern Israel.
"We won't hestitate to carry out extreme action to bring Gilad back to his family," Olmert said at an awards ceremony at the prime minister's residence.
Anon@ 6:23 and 7:17
Your dear leader's numbers are in the dumps, the media is starting to pay attention to his and his cronies' criminal activity, the snowball that is the dissatisfaction of the American people is becoming more and more vocal and is growing, and change WILL be implemented starting in November.
The indictments can come when Fitz has what he needs to ensure that this group will be powerless for a long, long time.
We can be patient.
Watch out, karma's a bitch.
Hey Al!
Take a look at this!
http://release.theplatform.com/
content.select?pid=
wFqAFdDjdv2AhOv0KF0sPaImQ2Vydiy0&
UserName=Unknown
I love when the talking heads get it.
Kentucky woman said: "Watch out, karma's a bitch."
And we will be here watching when karma knocks the crooks & liars off their @sses and deposits them in the slammer...Amen
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What's happening with Hookergate these days? I am convinced that it leads all the way to the WH, but I am sure they are thwarting any investigating that they can.
Good Morning Justice Bloggers...and I am all Viagra-joked out today...luckily for you...
Kentucky -- I watched Crier's report -- excellent...she is one smart corageous woman!
Now how do we light a fire under the MSM's pants to pursuade them to start covering this issue more seriously? I know I am going to take time to email and write news outlets...
Their is soooo much corruption these days it's hard to pick just one area to work on...but I think we all need to ratchet up our voices on the Voter Fraud...one of Roger'specialty areas
My favorite line was about the US being no more than a Banana Republic...
I hope they really can block these Repugnants...
From CNN:
Democrats: No raises for Congress until minimum wage is increased
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A week after the GOP-led Senate rejected an increase to the minimum wage, Senate Democrats on Tuesday vowed to block pay raises for members of Congress until the minimum wage is increased.
"We're going to do anything it takes to stop the congressional pay raise this year, and we're not going to settle for this year alone," Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said at a Capitol news conference.
"They can play all the games the want," Reid said derisively of the Republicans who control the chamber. "They can deal with gay marriage, estate tax, flag burning, all these issues and avoid issues like the prices of gasoline, sending your kid to college. But we're going to do everything to stop the congressional pay raise."
The minimum wage is $5.15 an hour. Democrats want to raise it to $7.25. During the past nine years, as Democrats have tried unsuccessfully to increase the minimum wage, members of Congress have voted to give themselves pay raises -- technically "cost of living increases" -- totaling $31,600, or more than $15 an hour for a 40-hour week, 52 weeks a year, according to the Congressional Research Service."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/
06/27/congress.wage/index.html
I hope the Dems can pull off that vote too.
Doesn't seem the min wage has changed much since when I was in HS, a hundred years ago. 5.15 per hour?The repugs scream "Business doesn't want this" Of course they don't.
Businesses want illegal immigrants here-they work cheaper-no minimum wage, no benefits, no nothing.
Eventually allowing the rest of us to be exploited in a more equitable manner. Sigh.
From Rawstory.com:
Terrorist funds-tracking no secret, some say
"There have been public references to SWIFT before," said Roger Cressey, a senior White House counterterrorism official until 2003. "The White House is overreaching when they say [The New York Times committed] a crime against the war on terror. It has been in the public domain before."
Victor D. Comras , a former US diplomat who oversaw efforts at the United Nations to improve international measures to combat terror financing, said it was common knowledge that worldwide financial transactions were being closely monitored for links to terrorists. "A lot of people were aware that this was going on," said Comras, one of a half-dozen financial experts UN Secretary General Kofi Annan recruited for the task.
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As I had said yesterday, more BS from the WH -- I think the Repugs are just trying to get their base all riled up for the elections... in Rove-speak that is "We Hate the Liberal Press" so let's sue them...
ChimpCoulter...
Agree, great to see Dems fighting Congress on the Minimum Wage increase and "Fat Cat" pay raises.
SPB...
LOL! Well said, BushCo Thug Pimps should clean their own HOUSE first.
I'm reading the New York Times again, as they are no longer under the spell of the "BushCo Media Voodoo".
CC- That was a really good video, thanks! Very hopeful.
Good Morning fellow Justice Bloggers, what will we find today ;-)
T is taking suggestions to solve our Ohio problems...the Gov refused to resign even though 86% of Ohioans wanted him to. He plead guilty to misdomeaners.
From ABC The Note
Ohio:
The ethics scandal surrounding Ohio's GOP widened to include 13 individuals yesterday with the news that four more Republicans will follow in the footsteps of embattled Gov. Bob Taft (R-OH): Lucas County Commissioner Maggie Thurber, Toledo City Councilwoman Betty Shultz, former Toledo Mayor Donna Owens and former state Rep. Sally Perz have each been charged with failing to report donations given to President Bush in 2004 as part of an illegal funneling scheme devised by GOP donor Tom Noe. The AP's John Seewer has the story.
Senator considers suit over Bush law challenge
June 28, 2006
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Arlen Specter, said yesterday that he is ``seriously considering" filing legislation to give Congress legal standing to sue President Bush over his use of signing statements to reserve the right to bypass laws.
Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, made his comments after a Judiciary Committee hearing on signing statements, which are official documents that Bush has used to challenge the constitutionality of more than 750 laws when signing legislation .
Bush has issued more signing statements than all previous presidents combined. But he has never vetoed a bill, depriving Congress of any chance to override his judgment. If Congress had the power to sue Bush, Specter said, the Supreme Court could determine whether the president's objections are valid under the Constitution.
DeLay's political mapping in Texas:
SCOTUS News Link
I do not like gerrymandering of any kind. Folks should just draw simple, logical maps for voting.
June 20, 2006
xxxx xxxx
, Kansas 6
Dear xxxx,
Thank you for contacting me with your views on raising the
minimum wage. I appreciate hearing from you.
I am concerned that raising the minimum wage will have a
negative impact on those just entering the workforce. Study after
study has shown that raising the minimum wage rate does not
improve living standards or increase the spending power of
low-wage workers. In fact, mandating a higher minimum wage
will actually reduce job opportunities for minimum wage workers.
Ninety percent of economists surveyed by the American
Economics Association agreed that raising the minimum wage
increases unemployment among young and unskilled workers,
primarily teenagers and entry-level job seekers.
By creating an unwieldy burden on businesses, the increase
in wages will result in a reduced number of jobs. Therefore, a
wage hike may hurt the very people it is intended to help. For
these reasons, I oppose another increase in the minimum wage at
this time. However, I do support decreasing the tax burden for
those in lower tax brackets, effectively giving them more take
home pay.
It is important that I hear from you. Please feel free to
contact me again with comments or concerns on matters that are
important to you.
God Bless You,
?
God Bless You,
Jim Ryun
My reply from "Mr. Sweetheart dealman Jim Ryun" who left out the details about all the remodeling on his townhouse that got for such a bargain price because it had "damage".
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
archives/week_2006
_04_02.php#008096
teak:
Why do you think that Limpballs went to the Dominican Republic after young girls?
It's much more likely he's into the little boy sex trade. He certainly is semi-out of the closet far as I can tell.
Viagra isn't ONLY for heterosexual sex.
basheert, Ugh. That is what a friend of mine (who has done lot's of Rush research) said too.
If Rush is messing with kids, he is done for good. As we can see, PeeWee Herman's "comeback" isn't going so well!
I have a list of repugs who have messed with children-it's four pages long! Repugs=Childmolestor?
When this war is over, I am applying for a grant to study these gouls.
Selemat ja, Chimpcoulter,
No problem! I appreciate the recognition, I need the hope video's like this provide as well!
I am constantly pouring over the blogosphere, while listening to the various talking heads on the 24-hour channels. I do not miss much.
I am a voracious reader (400 - 500 pages a day), with excellent reading comprehension skills (not bragging if it's a fact! ;} ) and I am keeping my finger of the 'pulse' of the mainstream media.
As wonderful as the blogosphere is, we still need a national voice, and as I find video's and articles, that the bad guys can't blame the "liberal media" for, I pass them around to folks that need the hope, and can continue spreading the word.
Looks like Mr. Stewart and Mr. Colbert are finally getting a little help!!
God Save America!
Wonder if the rumours about Poppy are true and heck, even Cheney? They sure were around back in the Franklin Credit Union scandal. Rummy?
How about that poor Afro-American young woman that committed "suicide" that said Jr. raped her? Hmmm, press didn't report that one either...I read she filed lawsuits on him.
I"ll dig.
"can't believe they are wasting time debating flag burning when there is a WAR going on. "
And, y'know, any flag that people hold up and say "People died for this flag" it was probably made in CHINA.
Maybe the Senate will waste time on gay marriage again next week. Wtf.
Glad Little Rushie Limbaugh got busted again.
jamie in ny
The Tin Man is the winner of this week's funniest post.
I knew this was coming and I waited for someone else to write why the Miami 7 got so much attention, and here it is below. This is the first section of an article that is really long. Other groups are probably paranoid by now, wondering if they have an informant in their midst, and we all got a big laugh out of hearing about the Miami 7. Thanks FBI!! That was a two-for one deal!
"This report may be distributed or republished with attribution to Strategic Forecasting, Inc. at www.stratfor.com."
"The 'Miami Seven': Disrupting the Network
By Fred Burton
Recent reports about a homegrown terrorist cell -- now being referred to as the "Miami Seven," in reference to several arrests in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood on June 22 -- have excited considerable attention in the United States. The seven men arrested have been accused of plotting to bomb Chicago's 110-story Sears Tower and wage other attacks inside the United States, and federal agents say they were attempting to forge contacts with al Qaeda. Most of the arrests came after federal agents raided a warehouse that was used as a "temple" by an organization called the "Seas of David" -- a self-styled "Muslim group" that also appears to have incorporated bits and pieces of Christianity, freemasonry and Eastern mysticism into its beliefs and practices.
At first glance, the group's charismatic leader, Narseal Batiste, and his followers appear to be almost comical -- another example of apparently bumbling clowns or "Kramer jihadists." In a press conference, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole noted that the men were "more aspirational than operational," and media outlets were quick to focus upon the group's ineptitude, with a few referring to the suspects as "kooks." They were found out when one of the contacts they had made, in search of plugging in to al Qaeda, reported them to the FBI. And so unthreatening do they seem, in fact, that some commentators have speculated the arrests amounted to nothing more than a public relations stunt to prove that the FBI was doing something to combat terrorism.
There may indeed be cause for skepticism about statements made when the FBI, or any government law enforcement agency, for that matter, calls a press conference -- especially in light of the competition between agencies and histories of self-promotion. However, two things stand out when the Miami Seven case is examined in detail. One is that, even with its eccentricities, the Seas of David cell closely resembles a number of predecessor groups that have been involved in terrorist attacks and plots in the United States; perhaps the only missing link in this case was a bona fide connection to the international network of jihadists. The other is that, regardless of whether the Miami Seven cell is viewed as a serious threat or a troop of clowns, the bureau's highly public announcement of their arrests serves a genuine tactical purpose: It was, in a sense, an act of psychological warfare that could sow doubt and distrust in the minds of other potential terrorists."
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