And follow the buck on up ....

To the victors go the spoils.

And yet..... the prospect of any criminal responsibility for the horrific crimes of the last 8 years seems remote. In what universe is causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands, murder, kidnapping, torture, invasion of privacy, and theft of public funds not even worthy of a Congressional or Grand Jury investigation, let alone a prosecution of the criminals, high and low?

Next time I represent a criminal accused of a felony, how far do you think I'd get if I suggested to the judge that we not revisit the past but just try to avoid those mistakes in the future?

At what point did America become all about graft and corruption? Was it Nixon? Was it after the movie "Wall Street?"

Well, Goose, it depends if your defendant is a Liberal or a Conservative, doesn't it?

Things are different for corporate and right wing America. Someone explain to me how the CEO of a Peanut company , who authorized salmonella laced products to be released is allowed to plead the 5th after murdering 9 people . It is the same as if he pulled a handgun and shot them , yet he walks free. They throw people in jail for THEFT ...oh wait I forgot only if you are poor.

Oh, what's a few billion dollars? It's not as if we really need it at the moment...

Madoff; The Peanut Man; Dick Cheney; George W Bush; CEO of Blackwater(which is changing its name for protection); Rumsfeld; Limbaugh; O'Reilly; Murdock...None of these has even been indicted, except, perhaps, Madoff. How many people have died as a result of their words or deeds, or misrepresentations? How many will live in abject poverty and be denied health care because they cannot afford it or do not qualify for it, for the rest of their abbreviated lives? There is no end to the damage done, yet we afford these people special treatment because, Why? They have power and money? When will their protectors, the military and police, turn against them when their lives are directly impacted by the deeds and words of those who have employed them?

Whether you believe in Karma, God, evolution, physics or Divine Intervention, there will be an accounting. We may not witness it in our lifetimes, but it will come and it will be ugly.

I am committed to Oneness through Justice and Transformation
peace,
st john

Before the Iraq War, I would have guessed that stealing billions of dollars would have been the one thing to get Americans, or at least Congress, pissed off.

http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/print/coverprint.html

..."Money also disappeared in truckloads and by helicopter. The CPA reportedly distributed funds to contractors in bags off the back of a truck. In one notorious incident in April 2004, $1.5 billion in cash that had just been delivered by three Blackhawk helicopters was handed over to a courier in Erbil, in the Kurdish region, never to be seen again. Afterwards, no one was able to recall the courier’s name or provide a good description of him.

Paul Bremer, meanwhile, had a slush fund in cash of more than $600 million in his office for which there was no paperwork. One U.S. contractor received $2 million in a duffel bag. Three-quarters of a million dollars was stolen from an office safe, and a U.S. official was given $7 million in cash in the waning days of the CPA and told to spend it “before the Iraqis take over.” Nearly $5 billion was shipped from New York in the last month of the CPA. Sources suggest that a deliberate attempt was being made to run down the balance and spend the money while the CPA still had authority and before an Iraqi government could be formed."

Dr. Rice was in charge of Iraqi reconstruction, so no responsibility will be found. Not PC.

Basic math for the ignorant. The conflict is costing us 300 million dollars a day. The cost of the troops is at best 5 million dollars a day. 295 million dollars a day goes to Cheney's best buddies. American's do not say a word they just sit in their lawn chairs ands wave their flags.