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Dick Cheney Is Not Going to Prison
Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales have been indicted by a grand jury for illegal detention practices! Time for some celebratory terrorist fist jabs!
Not so fast, champ. Cheney and Gonzales have been indicted in a South Texas county, and it has nothing to do with Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, or black sites. Cheney was indicted because he invests in the Vanguard Group, which holds financial interests in private prison companies that run holding pens for illegal immigrants in South Texas. (This is a booming business in the Lone Star state; we've written about it before.) Gonzales was indicted because he allegedly used his position while in office to stop a 2006 investigation into abuses at one of these privately-run prisons.
Conditions at these places are pretty awful, but that doesn't mean Cheney and Gonzales should somehow end up in jail. The always-delightful Will Bunch gives us all the reasons:
Dick Cheney is not going to jail, not any time soon, at least, and not because of the bizarre report that the vice president of the United States has been indicted in a small, obscure county deep in the heart of South Texas in a scandal over federal prison and detention abuses there. Aside from the obvious fact that a Willacy County, Texas, grand jury lacks authority over federal actions, the indictment of Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other is not even signed by a judge, and the result of a wacky -- controversial wouldn't do the man justice -- renegade lame duck DA. It's almost not even worth noting that Cheney's alleged tie -- investing his millions in Vanguard mutual funds that are major owners of publicly traded federal prison contractors -- is weak beyond belief; by the grand jury's reasoning, one could surmise that others with Vanguard 401K plans (example: journalists at the Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer!) could be charged as well.
The lesson? You shouldn't give a law degree to just anybody. This prosecutor and Alberto Gonzales both prove that.
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Cheney is and always will be a dark and sinister creature. By the stroke of a magic wand ? POOF and he's gone! I'm just hoping and wishing that "somehow, somewhere" it'll all catch up to him. For crimes against humanity, I would love to see Cheney punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Cheney is and always will be a dark and sinister creature. By the stroke of a magic wand ? POOF and he's gone! I'm just hoping and wishing that "somehow, somewhere" it'll all catch up to him. For crimes against humanity, I would love to see Cheney punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Dang.
shucks
The other - more important lesson - you shouldn't give a position of power to people like W or Cheney.
What happened to the man Cheney shot?
The fact is that connecting an investor to a crime committed by his investments is weak if not out and out specious. Oooh. I got use a cool word just then. I'll do it again. Specious. Too cool for law school!
This Shucks! I was so looking forward to seeing them in prison.
These prisons were for all, I know that the Texas dept of Corrections also used these facilities.
Beyond the fact that America just WASTED 8 crucial years for global warming action, international co-operation against terrorist activities, and getting OFF the foreign oil that ironically Bush said that we were ADDICTED to, it also appears that the Cheney/Bush Mafia will escape any real punishment for their criminal actions!
Not only is this a true injustice, it also sends a message to the next bunch of gangsters who gain power by lying to the American electorate that they need not follow the law either.
One of the main items that separates a democracy from a dictatorship is the "Rule of Law"! If elected officials are above the law then we NO longer have a free democracy.
These abusers must be put on trial and if found guilty under the "LAW", must be punished according to the "LAW"! Otherwise America is nothing more than a glorified Banana Republic in which the rich and powerful may do anything they wish without fear of punishment under the "LAW".
Consider those facts...... while members of the "American Gangster Administration" scurry back under their rocks camouflaged by the smoke and ashes from the destruction they have perpetrated upon the citizens of a weakened and staggering "democracy"!
BE A SUCKER FOR POLITICAL GANGSTERS.............VOTE REPUBLICAN!
Cheney is and always will be a dark and sinister creature. By the stroke of a magic wand POOF and he's gone! I'm just hoping and wishing that "somehow, somewhere" it'll all catch up to him. For crimes against humanity, I would love to see Cheney punished to the fullest extent of the law.
SCANDALS!
SCANDALS! SCANDALS! SCANDALS!
SOME OF THE WORST CASES OF RACIAL PREJUDICE IN WORLD HISTORY!
The American people are thrilled to have their first African-American president.
Speaking of Barack Obama—Barack Obama is a racial-minority individual and does not like racism:
And Michelle Obama is a racial-minority individual and does not like racism:
WORLDWIDE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO SCANDALS:
(I) I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed atrocious, racist, hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention. Many people know what Bush did. And many people will know what Bush did—even until the end of the world. Bush was absolute evil. Bush is now like a fugitive from justice. In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
(II) It is opined that Bill Clinton committed terrifying, racist, hate crimes during his presidency, and I am not free to say anything further about it. ‘Be sure your sins will find you out’ (Numbers 32:23).
(III) What if basically all racial-minority people would subscribe to the interpretations that George Herbert Walker Bush committed monstrous, racist, hate crimes while he was the President of the United States? It will eventually come out: it is only a matter of time.
(IV) I know it may be hard to believe. However, Ronald Wilson Reagan committed horrible, racist, hate crimes during his presidency.
Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
(There are thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the contents of (I), (II), (III), and (IV). For example, one can go to Google right now, type “George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism,” hit “Enter,” and readily find 1,000 or more copies indicating content of (I). For example, one can go to Msn right now (14 April 2009), type “It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it,” hit “Enter,” and readily find more than 460 copies indicating content of (II). For example, one can go to Msn right now, type “George Herbert Walker Bush committed monstrous, racist, hate crimes,” hit “Enter,” and readily find more than 210 copies indicating content of (III). For example, one can go to Msn right now, type “Ronald Wilson Reagan committed horrible, racist, hate crimes during his presidency,” hit “Enter,” and readily find more than 180 copies indicating content of (IV). The contents of (I), (II), (III), and (IV) exist very extensively in all major search engines. And there are thousands of copies in very many countries around the world. For example, there are countless copies on the Internet in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, etc.)
“BAD NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES: ON THE RACIST HATE CRIMES AND ETERNAL INFAMIES OF GEORGE W. BUSH, BILL CLINTON, GEORGE H.W. BUSH, AND RONALD REAGAN” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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‘If only there could be a Ban against invention that bottled up memory like scent & it never faded & it never got stale.’ Off the top of my head, it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.