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Not All the DOJ Missing Emails Are Missing
Hylas sends us to Democracy Now for a newscast on the missing emails, an interview with investigative journalist Greg Palast. Here's Palast talking about the fired US attorney from New Mexico, David Iglesias: "Iglesias believes the real reasons for the firings are in what are called the missing emails, emails sent by the [White House political advisor Karl] Rove team using Republican Party campaign computers, which Rove claims can't be retrieved. But not all the missing emails are missing. We have 500 of them. Apparently the Rove team misaddressed their emails, and late one night they all ended up in our inboxes in our offices in New York City." This story has had zero play in the US media; it's been being carried on the BBC.
We did revolt against economic control by the wealthy who control the federal government. Half the country tried to leave. We lost because we were out-manned and out-gunned. Put up a hell of a fight though. If I walked down the street today with my 1851 Colt Navy in a holster (which was completely legal to do prior to the failed revolution), I would be harassed and probably jailed before released because it is still not a crime. If I walked down down the street today with the same weapon that the current armed forces use, I would be in jail for a long time.
There used to be two options:
1) Armed revolt.
2) Stop paying taxes until the government collapses for lack of funds.
Armed revolt is no longer possible, because we aren't armed. Cutting off the money is no longer possible because the very wealthy will continue to fund the tyrant, because he is good for business.
The US is done. Europe is not far behind.
The masses are the crack whores of religion.
If Karl Rove emailed his mama and said he wanted to fire all you useless socialist democrats it still wouldn't matter. The President can and does- every freaking term- say "Fire them". And again, democrats provide no proof of wrong doing. Just saying the Karl Rove guy doesn't know where every email went does not make him guilty of killing 700 million people in your beloved communist shitholes across the world. Bush lied People died! You fucking cockroaches have no memory. Every country including ours said they were packing. I'm no fan of Republicans either, but you democrats are some serious pussified pieces of shit. When the revolution comes, and you cowering bitches are hiding in metro areas- You'll be the first to eat it.
It brings out all the closet ignorant right wing assholes who should stay hidden and not let anyone else see what 20 year old morons they are.
I mean seriously, if a Clinton had done even a 1/10th of what these assholes have done we'd see an army of redneck militiamen driving truckbombs into the white house. So they can pull all this shit and the little (r) after their name gives 'em a free pass? I don't think so.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
Does no one else find it not only weird, but downright scary
In 2007? Not weird anymore. Still scary.
In my home, it's a few minutes of local "news" and weather and then the MythTV box gets pointed at full-screen BFM stream from Paris. Wife's gotten into it too. His and Hers dictionaries on each end of the sofa. If we're going to get lied to (I think maybe a little less), we can at least do something useful at the same time like learn a language. A person could also pay for BBC news video stream. Or maybe your public television has a half hour of BBC world news like ours.
I just won't watch U.S. network news. I respect myself enough to know I deserve better. What is network news now? 10 minutes of fiber and pharma ads, 10 minutes of half-truth slanted into lies and 10 minutes of baby pandas and inspirational blind quadriplegics carried up Everest and the like.
Palast, on the other hand, is always worth reading. Anyone who has had the life experience to write a chapter, "My Mother was a Hypnotist for McDonalds" has decades of world-class cynicism that has to be respected.
I have seen (at least) one of the videos — it was rather unconvincing... Even worse than Michael Moore's drivel.
When interviewing an official, the guy would make completely asinine accusations leading the interviewee to storm out. Their reaction is then taken to imply, the asinine accusation is correct.
Is it? I thought, it was stolen by the Supreme Court... Oh, well, getting a story straight is always a problem, is not it?
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
Grandparent is modded as flamebait and the parent is modded as Informative? Sheesh... the liberal pukes are definitely running the show here at Slashdot.
Oh, so trying to speed something up means "interfering", I see. Nice word-play — I'll be claiming, my boss "interferes" with my work all the time from now on... No, dear, when one says "interfering" in this context, the implication is loud and clear — it means "impeding".
Having a corrupt official re-elected is bad. You seem to imply, a DA can not be bothered to speed-up an investigation — but I can't see anything wrong with it. And no one else would — unless they are already convinced, that any and all pressure on him was undue...
The most "improper" thing in Iglesias' opinion in the quoted excerpt is, apparently, the fact, the lawmaker hung up on him... "Possible obstruction of justice" comes from Pagast's own sensationalism — but even he inserts the "possible" in there...
Hot theatrics with no substance.
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.