Here and There

No, I’m not going to write about this summer’s blow-em-up thriller (at least I don’t think that’s what this is about).

Just noticed that the home page of The New York Times leads with two out its top four stories about criminal behavior in the White House.

First, and perhaps less revelatory but more egregious: a finding that the White House knew the levees broke the same night Katrina hit New Orleans. Maybe someone choked on a pretzel that night, and the staff was distracted.

Then, the disclosure of Scooter’s grand jury testimony, in which the now indicted former VP aide confessed that his disclosure of the name of a covert CIA officer was authorized by superiors.

Do the math. Libby’s only superiors at the time would’ve been Cheney and/or Bush.

But, before you get too happy and before Dennis Hastert’s wife starts choosing floral decorations for the White House, let’s quickly remember that nothing can stop these bandits.

Forget Election 2004 as the sole accountability moment for the Bushies. Congress aids and abets the crimes of this administration, and the lack of widespread public outrage over the countless transgressions committed over the last five years speaks loudly. These guys ain’t goin’ anywhur…’cept maybe to their respective ranches.

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