Greasy Grimy Government...
A few minutes before I headed over to Red Mountain Monday afternoon to talk about the Siegelman, Scrushy case on the radio with Frank Mathews, I put up the headline on the news page telling the story of how President George W. Bush commuted the sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, allowing him to escape a 2 1/2-year prison term for obstruction of justice - just hours after a federal appeals court panel had ruled Libby could not delay his prison term in the CIA leak case.
This is odd timing, coming on the heels of the "excessive" sentence handed down in Montgomery by a Republican judge and the fast-track jailing of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy.
What conclusion can be drawn from this? Absolute power corrupts absolutely. And for those who have all the money and power, there is also arrogance of the highest order.
Somebody in the press and the Senate better bring this Bush monarchy down before it destroys democracy once and for all.
Where are the people? Where are the protests? Where are the marches?
On the eve of the Fourth of July 2007, perhaps we should cancel the fireworks shows and all go to Washington instead. The White House needs to feel some heat, people. As long as Karl Rove and Dick Cheney feel like they can get away with stomping on the Constitution - what Bush calls "just a piece of paper" - they will continue to trample it into the ground.
As I have said before and I will repeat again, apparently King George Bush II has a corporate mandate as president. What is it? To prove "big government" doesn't work and hope the people will go along with privatizing the running of the country by the board of directors at Exxon-Mobile, State Farm and Wal-mart.
Remember what ole Fob James said about Alabama government? The government should work like the Waffle House.
Personally, I would rather avoid the greasy, grimy eggs and bacon - and the putrid smell of rotten government.
Give me a locally grown tomato sandwich on homemade bread any day - and a government that works for the people as well as the corporate bastards.
You?
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I agree from the "bottom of my heart", in what you said. People wake up!!
We need to let the Bushes and friends know that we the people make up this United States and we know that this trial on Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy was as "corrupt and unfair as they get"...
While we are supposedly enjoying the July 4th, these men are sitting in prison for something that is NOT a crime.
Why can Libby be treated the way he is, compared to Siegelman and Scrushy? Appears to be a politicial party matter to me!
Speak up people, DO NOT SIT BACK AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WANT TO!!!
We need to let the Washington group that filtered down to Alabama especially and the other states know that we are "fed-up" with them!
Posted by: Sarah Smith | July 3, 2007 12:26 PM
Our Alabama Democratic Party has allowed without much of a response the Alabama and National Republican Party to use Nazi styled propaganda to persuade half the nation that to believe in God, country, family that one must associate with the Republican Party.
It's time for someone with sobriety of mind and true belief in God, country and family to step up to the plate.
Just as the Israelites allowed David to take on Goliath, I am willing to say what must be said in a very direct, understandable (rude, crude and to hell with what's socially or politically acceptable) speech before the First Amendment is destroyed by the majority of Republican Jurists in our nation, including our United States Supreme Court.
Respectfully,
Honorable Harry Lyon
Attorney at Law (30 years)
Professor of Law (10 years inclusive of 30 years practice)
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July 3, 2007 10:01 PM