Off Topic · Bush reelected :-( (page 123)

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Back in NY for the month

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Posted by BasketballJones:

Posted by Silverfuel:

This is hilarious. Bush and bald people:









More pictures at http://www.rense.com/general63/bushm.htm

[Edited by - Silverfuel on 12-07-2007 11:15 AM]

Interesting.

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damn, Matt does not miss a day.

Posted by Silverfuel:

damn, Matt does not miss a day.

there's no i in matt.

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I'll take a day off in 46 weeks.

hahhaa...I don't know what I will do when this thread is gone.

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[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=zXoXSyU1M-c[/youtube]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[Edited by - MaTT4281 on 12-25-2007 01:31 AM]

Fantastic, a countdown to socialism and having the United Nations run our country.
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Let us all pray a Republican wins the White House in 08.

I'll start praying right after Jesus answers my prayers for a David Lee for Brian Scalabrine trade.

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Posted by majorleads:

Fantastic, a countdown to socialism and having the United Nations run our country.
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Let us all pray a Republican wins the White House in 08.

are you joking or just plain stupid? Your post is so completely stupid I should have just ignored it but I couldn't let it go. The evil that is in power is corrupting our society, taking away our freedoms, telling us to live in fear and killing our soldiers for oil. Stop buying into the scare tactic that we are going to become a socialist country if the Democrats win. We wont. It hasn't happened and wont happen. And even if it somehow does, I would rather it was a socialist UN than the pure EVIL running our country.

[Edited by - Silverfuel on 12-26-2007 3:57 PM]

NY Times article

The Work Remaining

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/opinio...

It has been nearly a year since the United States attorneys scandal broke, and much has changed. Many people at the center of the scandal have fled Washington, and new laws and rules have been put in place making it harder to use prosecutors’ offices to win elections. Much, however, remains to be done, starting with a full investigation into the misconduct that may have occurred — something the American people have been denied.

The primary responsibility for giving the public the final answers about what happened, and assurances that it will not happen again, lies with Attorney General Michael Mukasey, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Over the course of the year, considerable evidence emerged that the Bush administration did what seemed unthinkable: it used federal prosecutors, who are supposed to be scrupulously nonpartisan, to help the Republican Party win elections. As many as nine United States attorneys were fired, apparently because they brought cases against powerful Republicans or refused to bring cases that would hurt Democrats.

When the scandal broke, important players either refused to testify before Congress — like Harriet Miers, a former White House counsel, and Karl Rove, the presidential adviser — or professed ignorance. Then these officials began to slink away. The list of people connected to the scandal who resigned their jobs includes Ms. Miers; Mr. Rove; Kyle Sampson, the chief of staff to then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Monica Goodling, the Justice Department’s White House liaison; and Mr. Gonzales himself.

Reforms were instituted. Congress passed a law taking back the power it had unwisely given the president to appoint United States attorneys without Senate confirmation. That should make it harder for future presidents to put political operatives in these sensitive posts. More recently, Attorney General Mukasey issued new guidelines restricting contacts between the Justice Department and the White House, which appears to have been the conduit for the orders to politicize prosecutions.

These changes are important, but are not enough. Congress must hear from all of the major participants. The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Joshua Bolten, the White House chief of staff, and Ms. Miers in contempt for ignoring Congressional subpoenas. The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to do the same for Mr. Bolten and Mr. Rove. The full House and Senate should affirm those votes and refer the witnesses for prosecution if they still will not cooperate.

The attorney general also must do more. There is evidence of impropriety in several recent prosecutions, including that of Don Siegelman, a former governor of Alabama who is serving a lengthy prison sentence. Mr. Mukasey needs to investigate Mr. Siegelman’s case and others that have been called into question to ensure that no one was wrongly put in jail by his department, and that anyone who acted improperly is held accountable.

The integrity of the Justice Department is precious. The fair application of the law is the cornerstone of American justice and American democracy. A halfway resolution of this scandal is not enough. It needs to be investigated vigorously and completely.