Posted on 01/04/2002 8:52:30 AM PST by editor-surveyor
There is something very wrong inside the Justice Department of the United States and there has been for some time.
Various newspapers are now reporting that under President Clinton, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was ordered to stand down on various terrorist investigations.
One of the most egregious examples is the failure of the bureau to investigate fundraising organizations like "The Holy Land Fund," based in Arizona, which allegedly funneled millions of dollars in donations to Middle Eastern terrorists.
Although the Bush administration has now frozen the assets of the fund, it was apparently allowed to operate for 8 years despite the FBI intelligence that was presented to Mr. Clinton and then-Attorney General Janet Reno. One bureau source told the press that Ms. Reno felt any investigation of "The Holy Land Fund" would lead to anti-Arab sentiment and therefore was opposed to such an investigation.
As always, Ms. Reno will not comment on any aspect of her tenure as attorney general that is at all controversial.
There is no question now that under Ms. Reno and then-FBI Director Louis Freeh, Americans were put at great risk. The Wen Ho Lee-Chinese espionage case still has not been explained, and the fact that the 19 Sept. 11 terrorists weren't even on the FBI's radar screen is about as frightening as Janet Reno's passion for political correctness.
The current attorney general, John Ashcroft, has made no attempt to examine Ms. Reno's bizarre behavior or update the public about the Marc Rich investigation or anything else. Mr. Ashcroft specializes in looking dour and stonewalling. While Congress is attempting to get documents about President Clinton's dubious foreign fundraising and FBI abuses in Boston, Ashcroft is refusing to cooperate at all.
And this isn't a political issue. Conservative Congressman Dan Burton and liberal Congressman Barney Frank have actually joined forces to try and pry this information from Ashcroft's hands. If that's not amazing, then nothing is.
The truth is that for nearly 8 years, the Justice Department has been corrupt and inefficient. Janet Reno botched nearly every important decision she had to make including Waco and Elian Gonzalez. Time after time, Ms. Reno refused to approve investigative initiatives sought by the FBI. And time after time, Mr. Freeh sat in his plush government office refusing to let the American people know what was happening.
Now Mr. Ashcroft is doing the same thing. There is no reason on this earth why the public should not know the status of the Rich pardon probe. Or the anthrax investigation. And what about Enron, Mr. Attorney General – are you going to look into that? Millions of Americans were hosed while some Enron executives made millions.
How about a comment on that, Mr. Ashcroft?
So should we dig up those naughty Whigs and Federalists and Jeffersonian Democrats and all the others and give them heck about that? Earlier you were upset about "balkanization." But now it seems that "balkanization" is fine when it come to political parties. How many do you want? Five? Ten? Fifteen? Shall we become a France or Italy of not too distant decades that seemed to find it enjoyable to change governments every other month? I like their food and wine. Their political fickleness left a lot to be desired.
Yes, we have to fight to keep America free. I have had family members involved in every war America has ever fought. From the Revolutionary War up to and including the War against Terrorism. I understand fighting. It's worth it. We are here and can do this tonight, thanks to them.
I just don't see Our military shooting us. I can see us getting blown to kingdom come by China a whole lot quicker than I can see our Government doing us in. I see these snivelilng twits on tv fretting about how POW's are being treated, after they have killed 3,000 of US at one whack. That concerns me.
I suppose being from Ms., knowing the folks I do, who own guns, I don't worry about anybody disarming them. Could anyone disarm you? Truly, Bill, these people would die, and take several more with them, before giving up a gun.
I worry about the here and now. I'm concerned about these radical nations. That frightens me. I'm concerned about all of us living in safety. I'm concerned some lunatic fringe will try to overthrow the government. I'm concerned that same lunatic fringe will bring us to civil war. I'm concerned I can't write enough letters to the editor everyday, contact enough Senators, pray enough, vote enough, or get my taxes paid on time. I'm also concerned I'll have another bad hair day tomorrow. :)Just my 2 cents.
Catpuppy, this is a fallacious statement. It did irreparable harm when FDR made the private ownership of gold illegal. This topic would take me way too long to get into, but believe, there all kinds of inimical ramifications to the use of fiat money rather than real money. Gold and silver is no longer useful as a medium of exchange because our government removed its use as a medium of exchange so they could compel us to use their play money so they could use manipulation to STEAL the public's wealth. I can recommend a reading source that explains this masterfully, with all of the deleterious effects. In fact, this was one of the ways the government moved us out of the Common Law and Constitution and into the unconstitutional Merchant Law and Statutory Law under the Uniform Commercial Code. That will probably make no sense to you, but it was monumentally important in moving us into extra-constitutional laws.
Almost every compromise is a move to the Left and creates a bigger federal government. That's because the far Left Democrat Party and near Left Republican Party are both on the Left. So every compromise is on the Left. You can't believe the anger I feel as I type that!
So if I understand your point, the government is a thief who robs the public that enjoys being robbed and even asks to be robbed more so long as their "greedy little butts" benefit? Good grief.
And your "pro-rata share" argument seems a bit fuzzy to me. You write that uniform taxes would cause rebellion thus causing smaller government thus bringing heaven to earth. I am not that good at predictions but I'll bet that the day never comes when Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and I all ante up the same number of chips. But if we do, I will be a very happy billionaire.
Bill, whether it makes sense to me or not is unimportant. The fact is we are where we are. You can wave that book from now 'til never and it will not make a difference. You and its author may be 100% correct in your footnoted, fine print arguments for a return to yesteryear. But it will not happen. And while you argue those arcane points, if people and government are as greedy as you maintain then the situation you deplore will only get worse. I can stand on the roof and shout "The South Was Right" for the rest of my life but that will not stop one damnyankee from demeaning grits. The future is now. The past is interesting reading.
If you don't think you can do it .. how can you expect others to do it ..
Bill .. I don't mean to dump on you .. but your level of acceptance is extremely high or is that low?? ... Oh Whatever ... I mean the way you tell it .. whats the point of living .. hell why don't we all just run in front of a car and end our lives now .. what's the point of living .. we are all doomed in the end anyhow .. right??
Where's the proof for that one? If you mean that as population and GDP grow, so does government, you get a gold star. If you think all compromise moves us left you are mistaken.
If we're gonna do that, I'll drive.
Et tu, Habster? You don't hate grits. You don't know grits. You never had grits in your life. Yanks and certain Canadian Malcontents feed their children cream of wheat and other mushy concoctions and tell them that is what grits taste like. That is so sad.
But those collurd greens (sp?) and huspuppies .. or whatever you call them .. now that's a different story .. lol
OH and it just figures you want to drive .. Typical Male .. lol
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