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Andrew Napolitano, Fox Contributor: Bush And Cheney 'Absolutely Should Have Been Indicted'

"What President Bush did with the suspension of habeas corpus, with the whole concept of Guantánamo Bay, with the whole idea that he could avoid and evade federal laws, treaties, federal judges and the constitution was blatantly unconstitutional — and in some cases criminal," Napolitano said. "They should have been indicted. They absolutely should have been indicted. For torturing, for spying, for arresting without warrants. I'd like to say they should be indicted for lying but believe it or not, unless you're under oath, lying is not a crime." Napolitano added that "the evidence...is overwhelming...that George W. Bush as President and Dick Cheney as Vice President participated in criminal conspiracies to violate the federal law and the guaranteed civil liberties of hundreds, maybe thousands, of human beings."

Corporate Cronyism Threatens Americanism

As oil still spills in the Gulf and the people of that region brace for more damage, and ready themselves to begin a massive cleanup one can only feel sadness at the scope of this tragedy. When that gives way, let us hope that many of them feel what they should really feel, anger. You see, this is yet another incident that proves to the American people that their government is bought and paid for by corporate crooks. In the case of the Deepwater Horizon well once again profits were put over people and corrupt corporate coddling was enacted to allow this massive disaster.

Fox Panel Snickers at Eliot Spitzer’s Escort Scandal – Yet Their Fox Colleague Dick Morris Paid Women to Suck His Toes

On a recent “Fox News Watch,” the panel had fun mocking news that former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who left office because of a call-girl scandal, is being considered for an on-air gig at CNN. As colleagues of Dick Morris, however, these titterers have a lot of chutzpah. After all, Morris was fired by the Clintons in 1996 over a call-girl scandal in which it was revealed that he likes to have his toes sucked, and his name allegedly also appeared in the DC Madam's client list.
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American Tragedy, American Shame, and "Drill, baby, drill!"

An acoustic switch system costing $500,000 could have prevented the latest offshore drilling calamity but Dick Cheney's task force recommended that it not be implemented.

Dick Cheney and the Oil Spill

And now it turns out, according to an environmental lawyer whose interview on Ed Schultz last week is getting a lot of circulation, that this leak may well be traceable in part to...Dick Cheney. From the Wall Street Journal: The oil well spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico didn't have a remote-control shut-off switch used in two other major oil-producing nations as last-resort protection against underwater spills. The lack of the device, called an acoustic switch, could amplify concerns over the environmental impact of offshore drilling after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig last week... Norway has had acoustic triggers on almost every offshore rig since 1993. The U.S. considered requiring a remote-controlled shut-off mechanism several years ago, but drilling companies questioned its cost and effectiveness, according to the agency overseeing offshore drilling. The agency, the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service, says it decided the remote device wasn't needed because rigs had other back-up plans to cut off a well. The Journal's report doesn't come out and say this, but the environmental lawyer, Mike Papantonio, said on the Schultz show in an interview you can watch here that it was Cheney's energy task force - the secretive one that he wouldn't say much about publicly - that decided that the switches, which cost $500,000, were too much a burden on the industry.

Source: Rubio campaign asked for Cheney’s backing

Marco Rubio's campaign asked .Dick Cheney to endorse the former Florida House Speaker as part of a concerted effort to put pressure on Charlie Crist and isolate him from fellow Republicans.

Ex-VP Dick Cheney endorses Rubio for Fla. Senate

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is endorsing Marco Rubio in Florida's GOP Senate primary, saying Gov. Charlie Crist can't be trusted to stand up to President Barack Obama's agenda.

‘The Enemy of My Enemy’ The troubling history of Tea Party leader Dick Armey

"As the Tea Party movement has gained momentum during the last 12 months, it seems few Tea Partiers have caught on to the troubling past of the man at the center of their movement: FreedomWorks chairman, former House Majority Leader and recently-retired lobbyist extraordinaire, Dick Armey. As chairman of FreedomWorks, the group credited with mobilizing the Tea Party movement, Armey is the movement’s de facto leader. Yet Armey’s years spent lobbying for a group recognized by the State Department as being a terrorist organization—should give Tea Partiers pause. "
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30! Five More Democrats--Including Durbin--Say They Support a Public Option Through Reconciliation

"Five leading Democrats--including Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin--have publicly announced that they will vote for a public option if it's offered up during the budget reconciliation process, where legislation can pass with a majority vote."
2 commentscategory: Democratic Party karma: 180

Martin LeFevre: The Troll Under the Bridge

Why does Dick Cheney keep setting up this straw man of “we are at war, not dealing with criminal acts,” when the Obama Administration’s handling of captured alleged terrorists is essentially the same as the Bush Administration’s? On a personal level, does Cheney fear of being indicted in an international court for war crimes? No, he knows he’s immune from prosecution by an American court, and that the prospect of international prosecution will gain no traction as long as the Obama Administration protects him. He’s beating the war drums for other reasons.
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Chicken Hawks on Steroids

Republican chicken hawks have been long vigilant in their anxiety to send others into battle.

Cheney Admitted To Hospital For Chest Pains

Cheney has a history of heart problems and has a pacemaker.

Dick Cheney and his Objective of World Domination

Dick Cheney sought the Iraq War en route to global domination by the New World Order.

Dick - Face the Truth

More fun with Dick as Cheney is back again to defend or rewrite the history of the Bush years.

GOP Sen. Shelby Ends Attempt to Hold 70 Obama Nominees ‘Hostage’ Over Pork for Alabama

Here’s a story that puts the lie to the myth of the “liberal media.” Too bad hardly anyone has been paying attention. Sen. Dick Shelby (R-Ala.), a snarling, bloodthirsty Cheneyite neo-con, abruptly ended his attempt to force the Obama administration to approve two pork projects for his home state after being called out for taking the nominees “hostage” by New York’s center-right New York Daily News on Sunday.
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Doesn’t Fit the Crime or the Time: Dick Morris Blames 9/11 on Clinton Prosecutions of Terrorists in ‘93

The Christmas Day terrorist attack provided more than enough impetus for FOX to restart pushing its usual conservative agenda, but Dick Morris helped take the revisionist history to a new level by using the event to blame the 9/11 attack on the Clinton Administration.
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Cheney On the Attack (Against America Again)

Man, Dick Cheney is like Herpes. No matter what you do he just keeps coming back. It seems after leaving Washington D.C. in utter disgrace after allowing the worst attack in American history on her soil, failing to capture Osama bin-Laden, dropping the ball in Afghanistan, lying about Iraq to get us into a failed war there which cost trillions of dollars off the books as well as tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of lives, and allowing his greedy, fat-cat buddies to pick our economy clean crashing it, ole "Shotgun" would be wanting to hide under a rock. Of course when you have no conscience or sense of morals, why hide??
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Bill To Strengthen Justice Dept.'s Human Rights Muscle Awaits Obama's Pen

A bill that would create a new human rights section at the Justice Department Justice was passed by the House this week and now waits for President Obama to sign into law.

Alan Grayson Tells Dick Cheney To 'STFU'

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) put his sharp tongue to use again on Hardball this evening. Chris Matthews asked Grayson about Dick Cheney's penchant for taking swipes at President Obama, specifically his most recent accusation that Obama was giving "aid and comfort to the enemy," which is the constitutional language that defines treason. Grayson replied by telling Cheney, in so many words (or in this case, letters), just what he can do: Grayson: I don't know. You know, on the Internet there's an acronym that's used to apply to situations like this. It's called "STFU." I don't think I can say that on the air, but I think you know what that means. Matthews: Well, give me the first part. Grayson: "Shut."
3 commentscategory: Democratic Party karma: 142

Its Official: Dick Cheney was a Lying, Treasonous Coward

Dick Cheney is not only a liar but he is a criminal too. Besides lying to the country to draw them into a war that killed thousands of people and made billions of dollars for himself and his shameless cronies, he also spearheaded the outing of a covert CIA agent which in my estimation is equivilent to treason. Then, to compound this he showed his utter cowardice by allowing his underling, Scooter Libby to take the fall for his crime.
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