Saturday, June 30, 2007
Insult To Grumpy Americans
McDonald's and other fastfood chains have the Happy Meal, Star Meal, et cetera for kids. So how come equal attention is not given to all the members of the Grumpy-American community? When enough grumpy activists ask for the Grumpy Meal at each visit to any chain outlet, we will be given our due – a fastfood meal with OUR name on it!
Monday, May 21, 2007
George W. Bush Über Alles
Well, maybe there won't even BE an election in 2008.
On 9 May 2007, President Bush signed a directive giving himself the power to run the entire U.S. government, single-handed.
Yup, you can call it the 'Dictatorship Enabling Act of 2007'.
The official title is "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive {N.S.P.D.-51 and H.S.P.D.-20}" and the link below is to the White House's oh-so-very-quiet press release.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html
What can you do about this? One option is joining the Working Minds 'Boycott W-9 Project
http://www.boycottW9.org
On 9 May 2007, President Bush signed a directive giving himself the power to run the entire U.S. government, single-handed.
Yup, you can call it the 'Dictatorship Enabling Act of 2007'.
The official title is "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive {N.S.P.D.-51 and H.S.P.D.-20}" and the link below is to the White House's oh-so-very-quiet press release.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html
What can you do about this? One option is joining the Working Minds 'Boycott W-9 Project
http://www.boycottW9.org
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
WMail #70: "The Cage"
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
World Trade Center Conspiracy Disproved
All that conspiracy talk about the attack on Sept. 11 by two hijacked airplanes on the World Trade Center in New York City – about how the Twin Towers could not have simply collapsed from the planes, that jet fuel does not burn hot enough to melt steel – is completely disproven by the tanker truck that burst into flames on the approach road on the Bay Bridge in Oakland, California around 4 a.m. on April 29th. Heck, it was just plain gasoline/petrol and not even jet fuel!
Apply enough heat for a long enough time and steel melts: the Bay Bridge collapsed and that proves that the same is easily true as well for the W.T.C.
Apply enough heat for a long enough time and steel melts: the Bay Bridge collapsed and that proves that the same is easily true as well for the W.T.C.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Who Killed Julius Caesar?
George W. Bush has committed hundreds of crimes while in office as President of the U.S.A. Aside from the Oil War and the obliteration of Constitutional law, perhaps Bush's most heinous single criminal act was ordering others to reveal the identity of a covert agent of the C.I.A., Valerie Plame Wilson.
Bush's co-conspirators include Karl Rove, VP Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby, Richard Armitage, Ari Fleischer, and Alberto Gonzalez – all are guilty of conspiracy and-or treason. Several journalists were involved – Bob Woodward, Walter Pincus, Judith Miller, Robert Novak, David Gregory – and their individual culpability ranges from bystander/victim to traitor.
The neo-fascist P.N.A.C. machine forced Armitage to confirm in September 2006 that he had revealed Plame's identity to Woodward in June 2003 and to Novak in July 2003, and thus he was first, though he may not have known that Plame was a covert agent. (Armitage is now a board member at the ConocoPhillips oil company, and also a lobbyist.)
The spin-meisters then spread the bogus excuse that since Armitage was the first conspirator to reveal Plame's identity, none of the other conspirators committed any crime.
Wrong. Very wrong.
(It is beyond tedious to have to refute each and every lame 'my dog ate my homework' excuse put forth from the P.N.A.C. machine, one after the other, ad infinitum, ad nauseum – but reality must be defended from the never-ending propaganda onslaught. These thousands of dastardly crimes demand prosecution.)
Caesar's Assassination
The assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar is the proper analogy for the outing of Plame.
The story that is taught as Official History is that Caesar was acting a lot like Dubya – they both match the definition of tyrant – and so about 60 members of the Roman Senate surrounded Ceasar and stabbed him to death on the Ides of March in the year 44 B.C.E. Historians seem to agree that Caesar's body sustained 23 stab wounds.
If there was a 'C.S.I.-Ancient Rome' team to examine the evidence, they would have had a tough time pinpointing which stab wound caused the death of Caesar. However, trying to name the one toga-draped politician who murdered Caesar is both futile and needless.
The fact is that each of the 23 politicians who were successful in stabbing Caesar committed an act of first degree murder, and the other 37 Senators aided and abetted (at minimum).
Back To Bush and PlameGate
Each and every neo-fascist string-puller or puppet committed an Act of Treason when they spoke the name of an active covert C.I.A. spy to any person who had neither proper security clearance nor a legitimate (U.S. national security-related) Need To Know.
• Plame's career at the C.I.A. was stopped dead in its tracks.
• Her brass-plate front company Brewster Jennings was closed down on the day that Novak's mentioned her name & job in his widely-syndicated column.
• Once the name and purpose of Brewster Jennings became public, foreign agents were tortured and killed, and others were placed in fear of discovery and subsequent execution for treason against their own country.
• Most significantly, Plame's operation for gathering intelligence on nuclear weapons and W.M.D. in the Middle East evaporated overnight – a boon to the war-mongers who reap profits from the Oil War in Iraq.
Who committed treason in the PlameGate event?
Dubya gave the order to Cheney, who passed that order on to Libby – per the memo in Dick Cheney's handwriting entered as evidence in the recent trial that convicted Libby of perjury. Armitage was merely the first to obey that order. Rove committed multiple acts of treason by speaking about Plame with several reporters. Novak committed treason twice: in revealing Plame's identity and job on 14 July 2003, and then again in revealing the existence and purpose of Brewster Jennings on 10 October 2003. (Miller and Pincus kept their mouths shut; both have had their reputations damaged; Miller lost her job.)
Just like the stabbers of Caesar, they all did the deed: Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, Armitage, Novak, Gonzalez and any other government official who gave out classified information for political retaliation against Ambassador Joe Wilson and his C.I.A.-agent wife.
Impeachment is way overdue.
TreasonGate Timeline at Working Minds website
Bush's co-conspirators include Karl Rove, VP Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby, Richard Armitage, Ari Fleischer, and Alberto Gonzalez – all are guilty of conspiracy and-or treason. Several journalists were involved – Bob Woodward, Walter Pincus, Judith Miller, Robert Novak, David Gregory – and their individual culpability ranges from bystander/victim to traitor.
The neo-fascist P.N.A.C. machine forced Armitage to confirm in September 2006 that he had revealed Plame's identity to Woodward in June 2003 and to Novak in July 2003, and thus he was first, though he may not have known that Plame was a covert agent. (Armitage is now a board member at the ConocoPhillips oil company, and also a lobbyist.)
The spin-meisters then spread the bogus excuse that since Armitage was the first conspirator to reveal Plame's identity, none of the other conspirators committed any crime.
Wrong. Very wrong.
(It is beyond tedious to have to refute each and every lame 'my dog ate my homework' excuse put forth from the P.N.A.C. machine, one after the other, ad infinitum, ad nauseum – but reality must be defended from the never-ending propaganda onslaught. These thousands of dastardly crimes demand prosecution.)
Caesar's Assassination
The assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar is the proper analogy for the outing of Plame.
The story that is taught as Official History is that Caesar was acting a lot like Dubya – they both match the definition of tyrant – and so about 60 members of the Roman Senate surrounded Ceasar and stabbed him to death on the Ides of March in the year 44 B.C.E. Historians seem to agree that Caesar's body sustained 23 stab wounds.
If there was a 'C.S.I.-Ancient Rome' team to examine the evidence, they would have had a tough time pinpointing which stab wound caused the death of Caesar. However, trying to name the one toga-draped politician who murdered Caesar is both futile and needless.
The fact is that each of the 23 politicians who were successful in stabbing Caesar committed an act of first degree murder, and the other 37 Senators aided and abetted (at minimum).
Back To Bush and PlameGate
Each and every neo-fascist string-puller or puppet committed an Act of Treason when they spoke the name of an active covert C.I.A. spy to any person who had neither proper security clearance nor a legitimate (U.S. national security-related) Need To Know.
• Plame's career at the C.I.A. was stopped dead in its tracks.
• Her brass-plate front company Brewster Jennings was closed down on the day that Novak's mentioned her name & job in his widely-syndicated column.
• Once the name and purpose of Brewster Jennings became public, foreign agents were tortured and killed, and others were placed in fear of discovery and subsequent execution for treason against their own country.
• Most significantly, Plame's operation for gathering intelligence on nuclear weapons and W.M.D. in the Middle East evaporated overnight – a boon to the war-mongers who reap profits from the Oil War in Iraq.
Who committed treason in the PlameGate event?
Dubya gave the order to Cheney, who passed that order on to Libby – per the memo in Dick Cheney's handwriting entered as evidence in the recent trial that convicted Libby of perjury. Armitage was merely the first to obey that order. Rove committed multiple acts of treason by speaking about Plame with several reporters. Novak committed treason twice: in revealing Plame's identity and job on 14 July 2003, and then again in revealing the existence and purpose of Brewster Jennings on 10 October 2003. (Miller and Pincus kept their mouths shut; both have had their reputations damaged; Miller lost her job.)
Just like the stabbers of Caesar, they all did the deed: Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, Armitage, Novak, Gonzalez and any other government official who gave out classified information for political retaliation against Ambassador Joe Wilson and his C.I.A.-agent wife.
Impeachment is way overdue.
TreasonGate Timeline at Working Minds website
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
WMail #69: "Summer Solution"
the latest issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
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the topic of the last issue was "The Distinction LOYALTY", and the April issue will be on the topic "The Cage"
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the topic of the last issue was "The Distinction LOYALTY", and the April issue will be on the topic "The Cage"
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Coming Soon: Martial Law!
The Bush administration suspended posse comitatus (preventing use of the military as law enforcement inside the U.S.) shortly after Sept. 11. They snuck suspension of habeas corpus into the Dept. of Defense Appropriations Act of 2006. And, oh yeah, Halliburton is building U.S. concentration camps. These changes are part of a plan for martial law and Der Führer Bush’s self-appointment as P.N.A.C.’s ‘unitary executive’ as soon as he starts World War III.
{Bush defenders: What other conclusions can be made as to the purpose of these subversions of the U.S. Constitution?]
{Bush defenders: What other conclusions can be made as to the purpose of these subversions of the U.S. Constitution?]
WMail #68: "The Distinction LOYALTY"
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Friday, February 02, 2007
President John McCain
On 29 January 2007, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's lawyers admitted into evidence a note in Dick Cheney's handwriting stating that 'The Pres' gave the order to reveal covert C.I.A. agent Valerie Plame's identity.
{Déjà vu: Bush & Cheney & Rove & Libby & others committed crimes (including treason), and then botched the cover-up !!}
As Congress moves closer to voting to issue a multi-offense Bill of Impeachment:
First Option:
Bush 43 resigns in disgrace, and Cheney becomes President #44; Cheney appoints boot-licker Sen. John McCain as VP; Pres. Cheney then resigns, setting up President #45 McCain to run in 2008 as incumbent.
Second Option:
Cheney resigns in disgrace, and Bush appoints boot-licker McCain as VP; Bush 43 then resigns, setting up President #44 McCain to run in 2008 as incumbent.
NOTE 1: Candidates for McCain's VP include 'Traitor Joe' Lieberman, Condi Rice, and Mitt Romney.
NOTE 2: McCain won't be able to wait until after the November 2008 election to pardon Bush, Cheney, Rove et al, and doing so before the election will deliver the Presidency to the Democrat.
{Déjà vu: Bush & Cheney & Rove & Libby & others committed crimes (including treason), and then botched the cover-up !!}
As Congress moves closer to voting to issue a multi-offense Bill of Impeachment:
First Option:
Bush 43 resigns in disgrace, and Cheney becomes President #44; Cheney appoints boot-licker Sen. John McCain as VP; Pres. Cheney then resigns, setting up President #45 McCain to run in 2008 as incumbent.
Second Option:
Cheney resigns in disgrace, and Bush appoints boot-licker McCain as VP; Bush 43 then resigns, setting up President #44 McCain to run in 2008 as incumbent.
NOTE 1: Candidates for McCain's VP include 'Traitor Joe' Lieberman, Condi Rice, and Mitt Romney.
NOTE 2: McCain won't be able to wait until after the November 2008 election to pardon Bush, Cheney, Rove et al, and doing so before the election will deliver the Presidency to the Democrat.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
WMail #67: "The Distinction POWER"
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the topic of the last issue was "Cooling The Planet", and the February issue will be on the topic "The Distinction LOYALTY"
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the topic of the last issue was "Cooling The Planet", and the February issue will be on the topic "The Distinction LOYALTY"
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Calling All Patriots!
Patriots despise George W. Bush because he has shredded the Constitution. Your children and grandchaildren are no longer free, and I don't mean because of the skyrocketing National Debt. America ceased to be a democracy (or even a republic) on the day that G.W.B. became the President. The United States of America is run by an insane, neo-fascist cabal and this former bastion of Freedom has morphed into a non-benevolent dictatorship.
http://www.boycottW9.org
http://www.boycottW9.org
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
WAR NEWS: Iraq oil give-away
The Iraq oil fields are now producing at 55% of pre-invasion levels. Meanwhile, U.S. & British oil companies are pushing legislation thru the Iraq parliament that gives them a tax-free, no-bid, 30-year irrevocable deal to exploit the Iraq oil fields.
Mission accomplished !!
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2132574.ece
Mission accomplished !!
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2132574.ece
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Solution To Local Gang Problem
Valencia County News-Bulletin
Saturday 30 December 2006
Opinion / Letters [page 5A]
Churches must take a stand against gangs
The crime rate in Valencia County is the result of widespread tolerance of the gang ethos. There is not one clergyperson in the county, for example, who has taken a real stand against gang members (beyond verbal tsk-tsk-ing).
Virtually all the churches here are Bible-based, and the First Commandment states that no one shall have any allegiance higher than the Judeo-Christian God. Allegiance to a gang is in conflict with the First Commandment.
When the pastors and priests of Valencia County enforce a policy that no one holding allegiance to any gang can participate in, say, communion or confession, then the gang problem will be gone.
Gary E. Nordell
Belén, New Mexico
Saturday 30 December 2006
Opinion / Letters [page 5A]
Churches must take a stand against gangs
The crime rate in Valencia County is the result of widespread tolerance of the gang ethos. There is not one clergyperson in the county, for example, who has taken a real stand against gang members (beyond verbal tsk-tsk-ing).
Virtually all the churches here are Bible-based, and the First Commandment states that no one shall have any allegiance higher than the Judeo-Christian God. Allegiance to a gang is in conflict with the First Commandment.
When the pastors and priests of Valencia County enforce a policy that no one holding allegiance to any gang can participate in, say, communion or confession, then the gang problem will be gone.
Gary E. Nordell
Belén, New Mexico
Saturday, December 30, 2006
WMail #66: "Cooling The Planet"
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the topic of the last issue was "Being Thankful (Post-Election)", and the January issue will be on the topic "The Distinction Power"
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the topic of the last issue was "Being Thankful (Post-Election)", and the January issue will be on the topic "The Distinction Power"
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Thursday, December 07, 2006
WMail #65: "Being Thankful (Post-Election)"
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the December issue will be on the topic "Cooling The Planet".
the October issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the last issue's essay topic was "The War In Iran", and it is posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay64.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#64
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the December issue will be on the topic "Cooling The Planet".
the October issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the last issue's essay topic was "The War In Iran", and it is posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay64.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#64
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
Xmas Gifts For Republicans
The Republican Party may have gotten its collective feelings hurt from the election, so we should take care this holiday season to give them distinctive and personally relevant Xmas gifts.
★ G.O.P. Party Mix: a colorful mix of OxyContin, meth & Viagra in a large brandy snifter
★ A personal paper shredder, useful at home and in the office
★ A book on international extradition law
★ "I'm really a Democrat" bumper sticker
★ The book "Federal Prison On $50 A Day"
★ A drug/alcohol rehab media kit
★ Audio tape of "A Book of 1000 Excuses"
★ PhotoShop graphic (8" by 10") of the giftee shaking hands with Bono, and another with an arm around Al Gore
★ T-shirt set: on the front of each is either the Enron or Halliburton logo or the Iraq flag or the G.O.P. elephant, and on the back of each it says "I'm with stupid"
★ The book "Oversight For Dummies"
★ G.O.P. Party Mix: a colorful mix of OxyContin, meth & Viagra in a large brandy snifter
★ A personal paper shredder, useful at home and in the office
★ A book on international extradition law
★ "I'm really a Democrat" bumper sticker
★ The book "Federal Prison On $50 A Day"
★ A drug/alcohol rehab media kit
★ Audio tape of "A Book of 1000 Excuses"
★ PhotoShop graphic (8" by 10") of the giftee shaking hands with Bono, and another with an arm around Al Gore
★ T-shirt set: on the front of each is either the Enron or Halliburton logo or the Iraq flag or the G.O.P. elephant, and on the back of each it says "I'm with stupid"
★ The book "Oversight For Dummies"
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Martial Law?
Whether today's national election restores Constitutional rule or not may be moot.
If the Democrats win enough seats in Congress to reorganize with themselves as the majority party, there is still something like 60 days before that happens.
Dubya has enough followers behind the fascist P.N.A.C. agenda that he might be fool enough to declare martial law across America before January. Whichever way the election goes: if the Dems win, Dubya is in a corner; if the G.O.P. wins, the fascists have free rein. Any excuse, such as an airplane hijacking or truck bombing, up to Pearl Harbor Three, is all Dubya needs – as his only possible escape from impeachment and charges of treason, illegal spying, war profiteering, embezzlement, and a string of further felony crimes.
The key element here is Karl Rove's promise of 'boots on the ground' during the 72-hour lead-up to Election Day 2006. Rove reported sending 13,000 loyal 'field workers' to deliver Republican voters to precinct sites in Montana. Someone on progressive talk radio remarked yesterday that Montana doesn't have that many hotel rooms!
So what if 'boots on the ground' is literal? Let us not forget the Halliburton-built concentration camps: good locations for housing and feeding – and arming? – a legion of brownshirt minions. Scattered across America, some in every state, ready to fan out once martial law is declared.
Sure hope that this prediction fails to come true ...
However, "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance," and America has not been vigilant.
see Halliburton-K.B.R.'s smug press release dated 24 January 2006
If the Democrats win enough seats in Congress to reorganize with themselves as the majority party, there is still something like 60 days before that happens.
Dubya has enough followers behind the fascist P.N.A.C. agenda that he might be fool enough to declare martial law across America before January. Whichever way the election goes: if the Dems win, Dubya is in a corner; if the G.O.P. wins, the fascists have free rein. Any excuse, such as an airplane hijacking or truck bombing, up to Pearl Harbor Three, is all Dubya needs – as his only possible escape from impeachment and charges of treason, illegal spying, war profiteering, embezzlement, and a string of further felony crimes.
The key element here is Karl Rove's promise of 'boots on the ground' during the 72-hour lead-up to Election Day 2006. Rove reported sending 13,000 loyal 'field workers' to deliver Republican voters to precinct sites in Montana. Someone on progressive talk radio remarked yesterday that Montana doesn't have that many hotel rooms!
So what if 'boots on the ground' is literal? Let us not forget the Halliburton-built concentration camps: good locations for housing and feeding – and arming? – a legion of brownshirt minions. Scattered across America, some in every state, ready to fan out once martial law is declared.
Sure hope that this prediction fails to come true ...
However, "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance," and America has not been vigilant.
see Halliburton-K.B.R.'s smug press release dated 24 January 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Rumsfeld sold nukes to North Korea
Donald Rumsfeld, current U.S. Secretary of War, was on the board of the company that contracted for two light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea in 2000. He left that position to join the Bush administration. The company is A.B.B., headquartered in Zurich; the contract was for $200 million; the reactors are capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium.
www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,952289,00.html
Dubya gave North Korea $95 million in April 2002 for their nuclear program, and at the same time waived inspections that were agreed to under the 1994 Agreed Framework, as set up by the Clinton administration.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1908571.stm
www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,952289,00.html
Dubya gave North Korea $95 million in April 2002 for their nuclear program, and at the same time waived inspections that were agreed to under the 1994 Agreed Framework, as set up by the Clinton administration.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1908571.stm
Monday, October 09, 2006
WMail #64: "The War In Iran"
the October issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the essay topic is "The War In Iran", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay64.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#64
the November issue will be commentary on the election results.
the last issue's essay topic was "Bush & Blackmail", and it is posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay63.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#63
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMessays.htm;
the quotations are posted by author –
at http://www.working-minds.com/WMquotes.htm
sign up for the free WMail ezine via email here
the essay topic is "The War In Iran", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay64.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#64
the November issue will be commentary on the election results.
the last issue's essay topic was "Bush & Blackmail", and it is posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay63.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#63
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMessays.htm;
the quotations are posted by author –
at http://www.working-minds.com/WMquotes.htm
sign up for the free WMail ezine via email here
Monday, October 02, 2006
FoleyGate: The Beginning of The End
While hoping to celebrate passage of the un-Constitutional 'Detain War Protestors Whenever We Want To Act' last Friday, the Republican Party has instead been forced to blow sanctimonious smoke at the American people over long-covered-up sex crimes within the Congressional Page Program.
A.B.C. News revealed the existence of a months-old complaint by a Congressional page about emails and instant messages from Congressman Mark Foley [R-FL]. The texts by Foley include explicit sexual content; the page is a 16-year-old male.
Congressman Foley immediately resigned from Congress early Friday. This leaves open his seat in Congress as well as his seat as co-chair of the House Caucus On Missing & Exploited Children {no kidding!}.
The emails were reported to Congress in July, then to the office of the House Speaker, then to the F.B.I., then to two Florida newspapers [St. Petersburg Times & Miami Herald], who all did nothing about the matter; finally, ABC reported the story at the end of September.
House Majority Leader John Boehner [R-OH] admitted that he was told of the problem six months ago; he reported the matter to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert [R-IL], who already knew about it at that time.
Nobody in Congress informed the police or the F.B.I. about the crimes, which are felonies.
Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington forwarded copies of the original emails to the F.B.I. in July 2006; the F.B.I. took no action.
It was policy at Congress for at least five years to warn new pages about Foley's practice of being 'overly attentive' to teen pages.
The F.B.I. has begun an investigation, and several politicians have already asked for an independent investigation by the U.S. Attorney General. (Cynics suggest that as soon as any investigation begins, the culprits will be 'required' to refrain from further comment 'because of the on-going investigation'.)
There are reports of recent checks for up to $100,000 paid to the R.N.C. or R.C.C.C. by Foley, which look a lot like a bribe to keep quiet.
Besides the actual crimes by Foley, he and Hastert and Boehner are liable for Federal charges of conspiracy (before and after the fact). Others already known to be involved include Congressmen Thomas Reynolds [R-NY] & chairman of the Page Board John Shimkus [R-IL], and Rodney Alexander [R-LA], who sponsored one of the page victims. Hastert, Boehner, Reynolds, Shimkus & Alexander are already given the title 'The Foley Five'.
The actual purpose of the cover-up was to retain Foley's congressional seat for the G.O.P., at the cost of further exploitation of under-age boys. (Other victims have come forward already.)
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