Well, I guess I have to say something about the demise of Tom DeLay. But the only thing that comes to mind is this: it couldn't have happened to a more deserivng guy.
Oh, and there is also this: I told you so!
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I hate to send ill wishes to anyone, but this guys truly deserves it.
After reading about Tom's dealings in and protection of Saipan's "capitalists", including endentured servitude and forced abortions, all under a US flag, I was digusted. One observer in a factory of several thousand in Saipan noted that he never saw a preganant woman working. Several women were forced to choose between having an abortion and their job - not really a choice when they have huge debts from buying the opportunity for the job in the first place. Dealy even declared that the business practices in Saipan were a shining example of what is happening in the Republican party.
Al Franken points out that Delay is at least consisten on being against a woman's right to choose - in the US they can't choose to have an abortion and in Saipan they can't choose not to. Disgusting.
Bill - do you think Jack Abrahmoff and Tom Delay's exploits being exposed will be the tip of the scandal and corruption iceberg, or just blips on the radar?
Hope all is well. Enjoyed your pictures.
Wecome back BB. Send me an e-mail and let me know the latest on your (or more precisely their) plans. This is a tad too public a forum for that, even though I think there are only 3-4 people who ever read it.
On the Abramoff issue: My guess is that what we know today is the tip of the iceberg. I suspect it is a lot more about Congress than Bush, though. And, my guess is that there we be plenty of mud on the Democrats as well. All-in-all, it will be an ugly mess and a few reps/senators will end up getting tarred -- perhaps even forced to resign, but in the end it won't make much difference overall. I will just prove they are all crooks, but the Republicans are just a bit MORE crooked right now -- not becuase of any relatively greater proclivity to corruption, but rather becuase, right now, they have to power. That is, the Republicans are not intrinsically any more prone to corruption. It's just that for now, they have more opportunities since they have more power.
For all of that, though, I will give DOJ credit: they really do seem to be following through on this stuff notwithstanding the politics of it. To me, at least, that is encouraging.
The more interesting (becuase potentially more important) issue is the eavesdropping case. That's one that DOES reach Bush, that is not going to go away, and that has the potential to get worse and worse as time goes by. Way down deep, the American people really do value their privacy and are aware how dangerous government survellience can be. In a moment of panic and crisis (ala 9/11) thay can be persuaded to trust the government and to accept intrusions. But moments of panic pass and the majority of people begin to see that the government is at least as great a threat to the things they value as Al Queda. Barring another domestic terrorist strike, Bush's claims that he "has to" do this to combat the terrorists will ring ever more hollow at the same time that the extent of the governments illegal activity becomes ever clearer.
In so many ways, this remionds me of Watergate. The root "crime" is so petty. Why after all didn't they go to the FISA court with these requests? Their explanations for that are simply not credible. And, they have now made the mistake of trying to defend that with an absolutely breathtaking assertion of Executive power. Most people just do not accept that explanation and, as the extent of the eavesdropping comes out (as it ineviatbly will), the "fighting Al Queda ratioanle will sound ever more hollow and self-serving How big this becomes depends a lot on the outcome of the 2006 elections. If the Democrat6s gain control of the House I make it at least 50-50 that there will be articles of impeachment proposed. Even if they don't, however, Bush's ratings are headed nowhere but down. People are just tired of him trotting out the Al Queda bogeyman evrytime someone questions what he does.
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