"On Christmas Eve, the Justice Department of the United States of America meekly announced it would not seek the indictment of Gary Winnick, one of the biggest corporate villains in American history. Attorney General John Ashcroft chose Christmas Eve to make the announcement because he didn't want you to know about it. Mr. Ashcroft is excellent at not seeking indictments. His department was unable to indict Senator Robert Torricelli, despite solid evidence he was on the take. It was unable to pin down any wrongdoing in the vote-buying investigation involving the town of New Square, N.Y., where, in the 2000 senatorial election, 1,400 citizens voted for Hillary Clinton, and 12 did not. A month after that vote, four incarcerated town leaders had their prison sentences reduced by President Bill Clinton. It was all just a strange coincidence, of course, and we should all have a good laugh over it, right, Mr. Attorney General? But let's give Ashcroft a rest for a moment and get back to the wicked Winnick. As chairman of the Global Crossing company, Winnick moved the corporate headquarters to Bermuda so he could dodge U.S. taxes, was paid millions in salary and made more than $730 million from various deals involving the company's stock. The problem was that at the same time Winnick was winning, the company was losing. Finally, it sunk. A year ago, Global Crossing declared bankruptcy with as much as $42 billion in debt. Gary Winnick was chairman throughout the entire process and lived large whether times were good or bad. If you are ever in Los Angeles, take a ride to the Bel Air neighborhood. Turn off Sunset Boulevard onto Stone Canyon Drive. Then ask anyone where Gary lives. You should have no problem checking out his $60 million home, which has been embellished by $30 million in renovations. It's quite a place, especially for a guy who drove a company into bankruptcy. There is a chance that the leader of the Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, has had a cocktail or two at the Winnick abode. That's because McAuliffe and Winnick were golfing buddies when President Clinton was in office. And not only that, McAuliffe was an early investor in Global Crossing. He put up $100,000 and a few years later cashed out for $18 million. When asked about the windfall, McAuliffe said he was simply a good capitalist, and if you don't like capitalism, you should move to China or Cuba. Any suspicion of insider info in his Global Crossing adventure is nonsense, says McAuliffe. How could any responsible person think that?"
Y'all know I like Dubyuh and believe Ashcroft is a decent man...but can any of the BushBOTS explain this?!
Sincere FReegards...MUD
We're relying on CBS to break the case, then try and convict them in a TV movie like they did with Enron tonight.
/sarcasm
Seriously, justice is very slow in this country and needs a complete overhaul. The fastest conviction I've seen in a long time was the guy sentenced to death in San Diego for killing the young girl after abusing her. I think this is down the priority list for a Prez who got into the WH with less purported votes than his soon to be forgotten opponent, with the economy and terrorism occupying the center stage.
V.P. Cheney and Team Bush have done great work including some heavy lifting, but there was only one Prez to travel the country and harp on the main themes and get us a Republican Senate. This is going to be a fun Congress to watch coming soon to a theatre near you!
And this is a good time to make a prioritized gripe list as the CIC expects to wrap up a couple major projects in the next few months and is looking for his next projects to put on his "vision thing" list.
God bless George W and thank you, Lord, for all the fun we are going to have this year in Congress.
Hey Mud, why would you come on this thread, and insult these nice folk.