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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Holder's Politicized Justice Department
Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 3:14 PM
Remember the left's screaming about the Justice Department that had supposedly  become so "politicized" under Alberto Gonzales?

Please.  Gonzales had nothing -- and I mean nothing -- on Eric Holder.

AP is reporting that the corruption investigation of Obama ally Bill Richardson has been "killed" by top Justice Department officials.

Add that to the growing list of Holder's other political moves, including:

(1)  Opinion-shopping to secure a politically "favorable" legal analysis of the constitutionality of DC voting rights;

(2) Dismissing the Black Panther voter intimidation case, overruling career attorneys in order to do so;

(3) Hiring manifestly unqualified (but politically loyal) -- or hyper-partisan -- officials to significant posts in the Department;

(4) Launching an investigation of the CIA.

No doubt President Obama knew what he was getting; Holder previously had been involved in the Marc Rich pardon and the pardon of Puerto Rican terrorists during his tenure at the Clinton Justice Department.

Given his record and his past, it's hardly a surprise that Holder is offering Richardson a pass.  Richardson has been an Obama supporter, after all.


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Kaboom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 3:40 PM
guess if he starts firing
u.s. attorneys, that won't be politics, right?
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 3:47 PM
Pres Nixon had AG who did that 2. His
name was John Mitchell and he went to PRISON for his CRIMES!


Our Founding Fathers gave We the People the Fourth Branch of Government, the Citizens Grand Jury, in Our Bill of Rights. These 12 Simple Steps are the way for Patriots to keep control of the Government and Clean up Corruption in Washington:

1) Advertise and Promote the Fact that you are forming a Grand Jury in Blogs, Local Newspapers and Community Organizations.
2) Form the Grand Jury and select a Foreman.
3) Select a Private Attorney General to make Presentments to Grand Jury, if local DA refuses to make presentments.
4) Select a convenient Meeting Place.
5) Communicate with all Citizens who have criminal information to present.
6) Schedule presentments by said Citizens.
7) Subpoena documents from Government Offices and Officials.
8) Schedule presentment of said Documents to Grand Jury by Grand Jury Attorney General.
9) Have Grand Jury Attorney General present said Documents to Grand Jury.
10) After investigation and deliberation is completed, vote and issue a True Bill (Indictment) or No True Bill.
11 Announce all Indictments to the Press.
12) Serve the Indictment on the Judiciary for the Issuance of Arrest Warrants.


http://grandjury.blogtownhall.com/
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 3:54 PM
John Mitchell 1st US Attorney General!!
John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913–November 9, 1988) was the first United States Attorney General ever to be convicted of illegal activities and was imprisoned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Mitchell
vladimir estragon writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 3:54 PM
LOL
"Gonzales had nothing -- and I mean nothing -- on Eric Holder."

Holder hasn't been laughed off the national stage yet, has he?
Big Sky Cowboy writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 4:01 PM
Ka-Dud
Are you talking about Bill Clinton again Ka-Dud, seems to me he fired all of the U.S. attorneys, unlike Bush how had a little over a hand full.
Big Sky Cowboy writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 4:03 PM
Vlad
A few more dumbassssssssssss rulings like the black panthers case, holder will hope he gets just laughs.
vladimir estragon writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 4:20 PM
Big Sky
I don't know about that - Gonzales set the bar pretty high.

If you guys are going to keep harping on that silly Black Panther case, you're going to have to explain how two unarmed guys can "intimidate" a voter. If all the right-wingers at Town Hall stood outside my high school with AR-15s, how would that "intimidate" me?
Kaboom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 4:20 PM
yes, dummy
clinton fired ALL of them, a change of administration. Bush fired for political punishment reasons.

Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 5:08 PM
John Mitchell and he went to PRISON!!!!!

60m@cbsnews.com

Subject: John Mitchell 1st US Attorney General to be CONVICTED and IMPRISONED. Will eric Holder be the 2nd?


Kaboom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 5:41 PM
what did John Mitchell do?
and how is that like what Holder is doing?

Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 5:48 PM
U 1st boom give us Bill of Particulars
on eric holder.
Kaboom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 5:53 PM
what did John Mitchell do?
what did John Mitchell do?
and how is that like what Holder is doing?
NOTW writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 6:10 PM
Kadoom
Firing all of them because of administration change is essentially a political reason.
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 6:22 PM
OK boom eric TOOK da BAIT & NOW
eric's da FALL GUY!
Kaboom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 6:34 PM
what did John Mitchell do?

and how is that like what Holder is doing?

NOTW, not at all. Read what the Bush Justice dept. (and Rove, et al) did. They fired people who refused to do political prosecutions for the Bush administration. That is a political act. The other is called political spoils. Quite, quite different.
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 6:49 PM
What did eric do & when did he do it?
http://grandjury.blogtownhall.com/
DanNV writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 6:51 PM
Pointing out the treachery only 1st step
There is only one remedy to the full court press by Barack Obama and his handpicked henchmen to put the whole of America under the rules of Chicago politics. Defeat them at the polls.

No revelation about the intentional acts of legal treachery from Eric Holder or any member of his current staff will affect their intention to implement their plan. They are incapable of hearing, let alone reacting to an outraged public.

Our only recourse then is to get their attention by kicking them out of office and how I wish that were a literal and not figurative term. The Dems are in full intimidation mode; they have called out union goons and ACORN agitators to beat back the swell of public discontent.

We must not allow them to cool the flames of public passion that have arisen out of this administration's totalitarian tactics.
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:02 PM
WRONG! If we wait til 2010 or 2012
elections, we will have LOST our Country FOREVER!

Replacing demRats with rinos accomplishes NOTHING!

http://grandjury.blogtownhall.com/
DanNV writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:14 PM
No, Legally Remove BO
You are wrong. You can rant, rave, conspire and try your foolish attempts at legal action until hell freezes over and the only thing that will come of it will be snowballs in hell.

Get a clue, get a life, get connected with conservative action groups, get with the program and get off this grand jury kick for pete's sake.
2BlueStarMom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:19 PM
We are under seige. We don't have time
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:02 PM
WRONG! If we wait til 2010 or 2012
elections, we will have LOST our Country FOREVER!

When will they listen? We don't have time. I agree and have been saying the same thing.

We need experts of the constitution to get them out of our white house, NOW!
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:21 PM
rinos=demRats UR a FOOL 2 FOLLOW!

http://grandjury.blogtownhall.com/
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:23 PM
Well Said 2BlueStarMom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://grandjury.blogtownhall.com/
2BlueStarMom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:30 PM
Where's the money? New Government?
America, here is where we are heading.... I am not going to bother putting links in here. I don't need to. Watch the news. Listen to the people! It's obvious where we are today.

Where's our money? I have believe for a long time, "the sky is falling" is another ploy and was a set up. A well orchestrated, designed plan to create chaos to bring us to where we are now!

Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible[2]. Totalitarianism is generally characterized by the coincidence of authoritarianism (i.e., where ordinary citizens have no significant share in state decision-making) and ideology (i.e., a pervasive scheme of values promulgated by institutional means to direct the most significant aspects of public and private life)[3]. Totalitarian regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that controls the state, personality cults, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of free discussion and criticism, the use of mass surveillance, and widespread use of state terrorism.
2BlueStarMom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:34 PM
Evidentally, politicians have no balls!
Where are they? Trying to figure out how they can jump in and "save us" from ourselves?

They sure as hell aren't fighting for us!

They are looking at the next election, no matter what side of the isle they are on!

I am sick of this crap!

I want these radical, atheist, anarchist, out of my country! OUT!

And I will be damned if I vote for another lawyer to run the government!

We are under seige! Does anyone understand this? Even the idiots who put them/him in office will be affected by this new regime!

WAKE UP AMERICA~!
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:37 PM
2BlueStarMom Heres how bo made Sky Fall
Follow the MONEY 2 BO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Investigate all Short Sales of US Airline Stocks just prior to 9/11/01.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a rchive/2001/09/22/BU27558.DTL

Investigate all Short Sales of US Banks, Brokerage & Insurance Companies and other Financial Stocks prior to the Bank Stock CRASH in October of 2008.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/10/us-seeks-new-short-s ale-restrictions.html

Investigate all Short Sales of US HealthCare Stocks NOW!

http://www.dailymarkets.com/stocks/2009/03/04/healthcare-et fs-on-life-support/
2BlueStarMom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:38 PM
HEY OBAMA! WE GOT CHATTER HERE!
And by God you are going to be getting a one way ticket, you and your thugs, out of our white house!

How dare you come to your house and insult us by calling us traitors and un-american?!

You go to foreign lands and label us with "your political views?"

You are a traitor and you should be tried for treason~

I am sick of the elite and media puss-y foottin around by saying "he is our president after all"

BS!!! You are the father of all liars and we want you out!
2BlueStarMom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:42 PM
We can follow some of the money...
legally remove bo, but these crooks have it so deeply rooted and intertwined, we can't get to them, and they know it, which is why they won't let us audit the fed reserve!

Friggin crooks!
miss vicky writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 7:56 PM
2BlueStarMom, well said. How can anyone
still take the deluded illusionist Obama seriously and support his unpatriotic, radical agendas, after all he clearly stands for?
The Obama'robots are in denial because the truth hurts! They have been built up for a big letdown! What were they thinking? Well, informed minds know but 'Os' worshippers were deaf to our sane voices and only wanted to hear the slick oil salesmans feel good words with his false promises! Ex Democrat
2BlueStarMom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 8:00 PM
We need to do something, NOW
Who on this website is telling us how or what to do, that will stop this madness?

I am sick of the feel good elite telling everyone to stay calm and selling books getting everyone stirred up!

What' the solution? We want answers, from those of you who claim to be the "experts"

Forget party lines and politicians!

Even the idiots who voted for him are being deceived and are going to pay for this take over by the new government.

What can we do?
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 8:12 PM
2StarMom, Beauty of RICO is if We get 1
of bo's co-conspirators, we've got all of those within US Jurisdiction.

You are right, in that, we will not get all the Foreign TERRORISTS associated with bo. We won't get the saudis unless they enter a US Jurisdiction, but keeping muslim TERRORISTS out of the USA works for me.

We have got them in Tennessee.

Texas Grand Jurors are even further along.

It is just a matter of time before bo is Legally Removed. I understand that people get frustrated with the slowness of the Legal Process, so do I, but, I have NO DOUBT that bo will be Legally Removed.

http://grandjury.blogtownhall.com/
2BlueStarMom writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 8:17 PM
I have faith in my God
but not the government. I can only hope, legally remove bo, you are right. I can only hope, it's soon.

These people are not from this planet.

They are insane and don't even make sense when they try to engage!
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 8:24 PM
Yes 2StarMom bo is INSANE. bo was
HORRIBLY abused as a child as are most muslim children.

Most poor muslim children don't have a chance to escape INSANITY.

INSANITY is everywhere in islam.
Big Sky Cowboy writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 8:35 PM
Vlad
great thinking Vlad gee i don't know why we keep bringing up those cute and cuddly black panthers, does it say you are not to bring weapons to try to intimidate people trying to vote. Think Vlad.
Big Sky Cowboy writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 8:37 PM
Ka-Dumb
your not making any sense, wow what a shock.
Careful with that axe, Eugene writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 8:44 PM
It's a dumb move...
Seriously, Holder is only throwing a bone to the hard core left supporters of Obama...

Imagine if this ever comes to trial. You'll have a jury of average stupids who couldn't get out of jury duty, looking a clean cut CIA guy against Khalid Mohammed, screaming "Death to America"...
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 8:53 PM
axeHOLE holder's like U. eric AIN'T got
a CLUE!

The DUMBA$$ has been set up to be the FALL GUY!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Mitchell

RonnaRonna writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 9:04 PM
A little off topic, but......
TH doesn't cover this subject enough!They're getting sneaky !!!! ???( this is not joke.

Will they have a Federal law requiring disclosure of all guns on your tax forms? There is a back-door federal approach to national gun registration. It will be passed administratively and won't even require a vote by Congress.
Remember, the socialist takeover CANNOT succeed without disarming the public. This is step one; a national list of who has what guns. Senate bill SB-2099/amendment to internal revenue act of 1986. This Bill, SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It may require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun. It was introduced on Feb. 24 and will become public knowledge 30 days after it is voted into law. It is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee can pass this without the Senate voting on it at all.
The full text of the proposed amendment is on the U.S. Senate homepage.
Legally Remove BO writes: Thursday, August, 27, 2009 9:17 PM
Ronna N Final Analysis all that matters
is Our Constitution.

"Furthermore, it means that any and all Federal or State Rules or Laws of Criminal Procedure are unconstitutional to the extent that they limit the formation of Citizen Grand Juries to prior or post approval by any Branch of the Judiciary, Federal or State."

Same is true for all "laws," if said laws violate Our Constitution, then they are illegal.

Being that bo is NOT Constitutionally Qualified to be POTUS, every "law" bo signs is VOID!

http://grandjury.blogtownhall.com/

vladimir estragon writes: Friday, August, 28, 2009 3:52 PM
Big Sky
"great thinking Vlad gee i don't know why we keep bringing up those cute and cuddly black panthers, does it say you are not to bring weapons to try to intimidate people trying to vote."

You're probably right. For most right-wingers, seeing two black guys standing on the sidewalk WOULD be intimidating.
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