Corruption

Is the Truth Commission, Dead?

...[Senator Patrick Leahy] couldn't get one Republican to come behind the plan... "it's not going to happen."

The real scandal at AIG is the not the bonuses. It's the payments to counterparties.

Everybody is rushing to condemn AIG's bonuses, but this simple scandal is obscuring the real disgrace at the insurance giant: Why are AIG's counterparties getting paid back in full, to the tune of tens of billions of taxpayer dollars?

Torture is AWESOME! Just ignore those crazy WW2 vets. They only had to contend with Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire. These guys have BOX KNIVES! They live in CAVES! They're way more hardcore.

Dick Cheney admits on camera to ordering the torture of prisoners in U.S. custody on multiple occasions - in violation of international law, national law, and the U.S. constitution. According to United States Federal law, each instance is a felony offense punishable by decades in prison.

Dick Cheney just stated on national TV - boldly, unapologetically, directly to our faces - that the Vice President is above the law.

Holy shit.

"But where says some is the king of America? I'll tell you friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the royal brute of Britain. ... so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king."

- Thomas Paine

... so much for that. The rule of law in America is dead.

"blah blah I didn't do anything wrong, charging $ for government positions is no big deal!"

Looks like we might have found Ted Stevens a cellmate!

Hey, at least we finally got rid of Mr. $90k-in-the-freezer. Thank you for that one, Louisiana GOP!

A standing ovation and a fond farewell tribute for the convicted felon Ted Stevens!

What a joke.