tick-tock...tick-tock

Time is running out for Bush and Cheney. One by one, the facts will come to light by the people who know what went on and could not say anything until now. Gitmo is full of innocent people and that is no surprise to anyone with a brain in their head, but it is more than a little disconcerting to know that the cowards just now coming forward allowed innocent individuals to languish in prison being mistreated through abuse and humiliation for several years in fear that their own standing might be jeopardized should they let the truth be known while Bush was in office. While it did the Gitmo detainees no good, it is great that they are finally coming forward and this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. When Nixon finally was powerless enough to take on because the stories had been building up the public's interest, it took only one man whose name was unknown to many and remembered by few to start the avalanche that brought Nixon to his knees and I have been looking forward to Bush and Cheney's respective avalanches to begin. While he is no longer President and wasn't much of one when he was, Bush deserves for Lawrence B. Wilkerson to be his Alexander P. Butterfield. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Should Bush and Cheney Still be Investigated?

Many Repulicans say Leahy should not pursue investigations of these war criminals. Apparently, the people who want to let these criminals get away with their crimes aren't experiencing the outrageous overpricing at the grocery store, or having their property tax doubled by avarice empowered politicians who took their lead at how to cheat the taxpayers for their own profit from Bush himself. They obviously haven't lost a loved one in the unnecessary war; they were not one of the many innocent Americans victimized by wiretapping; or tortured while not being protected by habeas corpus; and/or any one of the many serious crimes that were committed during the Bush Administration against this nation and its citizens. What about watching our country's worldwide status dissolve along with the value of the American dollar? Let us not forget the melting ice caps, disappearing from Earth, taking endangered species with them as global warming ran rampant for eight years with no fear of limitations being set for big business, goals for green technology by automakers, or punishment of the greedy oil industry? How many loved ones didn't they lose to disease not cured by non-funded stem cell research? The only people who have no reason to expect accountability from Bush and Cheney are those who benefited from the protection and many advantages they received during the Bush Administration such as religious organizations who were not made to comply with our Constitutional separation of church and state as they collected our tax dollars before any other; the Republican Congress members who voted the way Bush told them to vote instead of what their constituents wanted; Halliburton which "won" every contract on which they bid during the Iraq war; Blackwater who killed Iraqi civilians because they could and made a lot of money doing so without fear of retribution; the entire Bush and Cheney families who made a great deal of money from the war as well as the entire George W. Bush Administration. Not only should Bush and Cheney have to pay for their crimes, the entire Republican Party should be investigated for allowing the impeachment worthy practices of the prior Administration be allowed with their assistance while Bill Clinton's extramarital indiscretions were grounds for impeachment, as was the Watergate break-in and cover-up. While both practices were investigated and brought about impeachment proceedings, getting caught in lies about the Iraq War, warrantless wiretapping, torture, allowing a male prostitute to visit the White House frequently while misrepresenting himself as a member of the press, outing a CIA agent, politicizing the Justice Department with such tactics as the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys under mysterious circumstances and hiring replacements based on party loyalty and religious affiliation, failing Katrina victims, and many other failures were not enough to lead to Bush and Cheney being impeached. Yes, Leahy is on the right track, however delayed, but ignoring these crimes only guarantees their repetition.