Another incursion behind enemy lines

[doctorhugo]

Makes for interesting reading as the pot calls the kettle black once again regarding presidential pardons. These jokers have a short memory indeed:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/38428

They've got some petitions going that open my imagination up to some wonderful possibilities. Reportage to follow.

[doctorhugo]

...May as well start off the New Year raising some Hell. Register and join in the fun. My post should crank them up some:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/march ... ent-226040

[doctorhugo]

My latest newsletter from the enemy camp. Interesting agenda they have:



Bush Speaks Tonight - We Speak Today

After spending 8 years destroying everything he touched, Bush will give his final TV speech tonight.

The only question is whether he will use tonight's TV speech to announce his blanket pre-emptive pardons for everyone who tortured and wiretapped - or whether he will wait until Tuesday morning just before President Obama is sworn in when (he hopes) no one will notice.

Before Bush speaks tonight, let's all speak for ourselves today with 3 quick actions for a Special Prosecutor:

1. Vote for the "Constitutional Slate" on Change.org

Change.org is an independent progressive website that will pick 10 issues to promote through grassroots and media organizing.

We're supporting two proposals to restore the Constitution:

* Appoint a Special Prosecutor for the Crimes of the Bush Administration (now #15)
* Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties (now #10)

Click "Vote Now" under the tally on the left and it will prompt you for a quick login. (You must click the email confirmation, then click "Vote Now" again.) Make sure your vote counts - after a second or two, "Vote Now" should change to "Voted."

Voting ends Thursday 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT so please vote right now!


2. Sign our Petition to Eric Holder for a Special Prosecutor

Our friends at Docudharma wrote an excellent petition to President Obama's nominee for Attorney General, Eric Holder. Obama answered our Special Prosecutor question by saying Holder would be the "People's Lawyer" and would help Obama decide whether to appoint one. We have over 15,000 signatures - please add yours:

http://www.democrats.com/special-prosec ... war-crimes


3. Urge Senate Democrats to Ask Holder About a Special Prosecutor

Eric Holder's confirmation hearings in the Senate begin today, and we'd like one Senator to ask Holder: "will you appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate the gravest crimes of the Bush Administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping?"

Call 800-828-0498 or 800-473-6711 or 202-224-3121 and ask one or more of these progressive Democratic Senators to ask our question:

Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Russ Feingold (WI)

We're thrilled to be working with the Center for Constitutional Rights, People's Email Network, and Docudharma. Together we can swamp their phones and send a great message!

Thanks for all you do!

Bob Fertik



_______________________

Inaugural Events in Washington DC

Are you coming to Washington DC for the historic inauguration of President Obama?

There are dozens of progressive events taking place:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/inauguralevents

And if you live in the DC area, there are even more progressive events throughout January:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/january

Some of the most committed Democrats.com members and friends marched in Washington DC wearing death masks to remind Congress about the victims of America's wars. Bill Moyers discussed the march on his PBS show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efm9uAnUU00

Together we're making a difference!
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This last guy mentioned is a hypocrite of the grand order and I reserve a special place of contempt for him in my hallowed halls of enmity. I'd like to take this opportunity to nominate Bill Moyers, that wonderful advocate of free speech if you agree with his Hate America views, for the position of new President of the CPUSA. For the unaware that stands for the CommunistPartyoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica. I've strained some over this, flatulated and given rise to this unofficial nomination as a "good thing". After all if it talks like a commie, acts like a commie, hides behind tax shelters like a commie, writes like a commie, produces like a commie it's a pretty reasonable position to take that states...HE IS A FRIGGIN' COMMIE!

I'll always remember the TV retrospective he did years ago on Maya Angelou, she who has made a career and cottage industry out of 'perceived' racism and assigning that Mark of Cain to any and all with whom she disagrees. Her claim to fame of being raped by a white as a youth has, for her, justified everything and anything she wants to say. Our boy Moyers was only too glad to stroll down that dusty road and dingy environment and drag his crying towel along her trail of tears. I'm amazed at how I was made of sterner stuff in those younger days as I was able to endure the entire show and didn't upchuck once. I could not view it again today with the same compusure.

I believe there is a God in heaven, but he likely would not listen to my entreaty towards a speedy and just end to the life of Mr. Moyers. In poetic dedication to Ms. Angelou I would like to see them reprising that special Moyers did many years ago and as they crossed the road to the old shanty she once lived in trying so hard to enrapture that traditional sense of white guilt among viewers this would occur.

A drunken, black, disabled, homosexual dwarf who was AWOL from the Navy would run them down with an 18 wheeler carrying a flatbead load of 15" steel construction angle that he'd stolen while it was parked out in front of the local NAACP chapter. He would be arrested and tried for criminally negligent manslaughter and found not guilty, because he was a "victim" and couldn't help himself. Then an investigation of Moyers' activity in abusing the tax-exempt status of radio and TV he enjoyed, to rake in huge profits for himself personally would ensue. This would result in a govenment tax lien actual and punitive penalty damages being applied against his estate. This would be possible only, because he missed his legal appointment at the offices of Doc Ford the week before, whereupon Doc was going to draw up a will for him. As a result of Mr. Moyers' irresponsibility and neglect, he died "intestate"* and his heirs are irrevocably engaged in a life and death struggle for his residual assets, but must await the resolution of the tax lien. This would provoke anger among them and all would refuse to make arranegemnts for and internemnt of the late Senor Moyers. On the way to Potter's Field for burial the illegal Medxican driving the rusty, old pickup would get lost and to cover his *ss just unceremoniously dump the Moyers cadaver in a drainage ditch off the side of the highway. For sure...There is no joy in Mudville.., Mighty Casey has struck out. That, dear hearts, is the joy I've been contemplating. A pipe-dream to be sure, but enjoyably self-indulgent to the point of sheer vindictive ecstacy in the mere contemplation!

*Does not mean 'without testicles'

[rmmpe]

Pesonally, I believe Bush to be a basically good person. A bit misguided...perhaps.

Consequently, after allowing Slick Willy to get away with what he has, persecuting Bush would be akin/tantamount to consciously allowing a rapist to escape while apprehending a prankster.

'Nuff said from here.

[doctorhugo]

I actually believe him to be the same, but terribly flawed in his outlook for America's sovereignity AND future place in the world and and that claptrap he called Compassionate Conservatism. Bending towards the leftist afflicted demonRATs only made him fall on his a**! And when he fell they beat up on him. It's that McCain 'capitulate in compromise' I'm always talking about. The other side rarely concedes anything significant, because they have seen the pattern of drift towards them by the current version of the GOP, so why concede diddlely-squat?

Now we have the spectre of The False Messiah fawning over them (the RINOs) and seducing them to his cause in the name of coming together. In that coming together the left always gains and the middle and right always lose. If this version of the GOP doesn't out and disown McCain and his protege, Linseed Oily Graham(RINO-SC), the GOP is finished in my perception. They have got to take a stand now and the current battle for the RNC chair will tell. The best of the bunch I see is Michael Steele, intelligent, well-spoken, media-savvy, experienced and NOT prone to dealing from weakness. For those of racial concern he just happens to be the "right color" for this society as it is now, but will act blind to racial identity. One of the few good men, based upon actual history, I see now.

[Doc Ford]

The cool thing about Democrats is that they don't use their brains. A former head of state has sovereign immunity from prosecution for any acts performed within his scope of authority - which is why the founding fathers allowed the legislative branch to have impeachment authority (while the president is still in office).

I would call them dodos, but dodo birds had a valid place in the evolutionary chain.

[rmmpe]

Correct about the Dodo birds. It's just too bad they didn't take the left with them.

Goodnight Mrs. Callabash, wherever you are.

[doctorhugo]

...I just found Bill Moyers Journal online. Too bad for him:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/ ... oetry.html

I wonder if it will last out the day?