NEWS: Law Rape: The Right Wing Story

POLITICS: Law Rape: The Right Wing Story

It was bound to happen. The new conservative movement hates reality and anything that impedes them from doing what they want. They are basically a group of three-year-olds, running around, murdering our country. The worst assault has been on the law. It has been systematic, subversive and probably irreversible.



In the final year of the George Bush presidency, the Justice Department is a complete and total joke. Republicans have used the Justice Department as a partisan tool, destroying the bedrock of our society: The Law. Of course, as they undertake the demolition of American laws, they rail against exactly what they are doing.

Guess where that came from? It was part of the 2000 GOP platform. Ha ha ha ha. Wow, what a bunch of glorious cunts. They were actually speaking of the Clinton Administration, a benign little cancer compared to the final stage AIDS patient that the Justice Department has become under Bush. It is even more amazing when one thinks of the trumped up, bullshit scandals created by the right during Clinton's years in office. Cattlegate, Whitewater, Filegate, Travelgate - and getting blowjobs from a sad little lady Gate.



Since taking office, Bush's main objective has been to subvert the law, by placing partisan hacks in every office possible, while nominating partisan judges to the bench. This has been covered in the press, but nobody seems to give a shit. Remember Moncia Goodling? All she did was break the law by asking lawyers what party they belonged to when she was interviewing them at the Justice Department. Seems our government attempted to thwart this kind of bullshit - back in 1883. At that time Congress passed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act to deal with this heinous activity, because it can completely undermine our democracy. The law was then strengthened in 1939 by the Hatch Act. Then, along came Bush and these "laws" were suddenly ignored.



Back before Bush, the Justice Department tried to hire the best and the brightest lawyers available. The Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program at Justice, which helped snag grads from elite law schools, created a fast track. Once Bush took over, that nonsense was gone. Suddenly the most fucked up, religious lunatic graduating law school in the country was the Justice Department favorite. Regent University was started by Pat Robertson with the specific intention of creating an army of religious lawyers to turn America into a theocracy. And for whatever reason, those same religious nuts love to get on their knees and take the sweet cock of big business into their mouth. I guess it's what Jesus would have done.



Monica Goodling spent years placing unqualified partisan hacks throughout the Justice Department. For them, allegiance to the all mighty George Bush is more important than allegiance to the law. These hacks completely destroyed the Justice Department Civil Rights Division. Before Bush, the division fought against systems set up to prevent minorities from voting. Now, the Civil Rights Division does what it can to prevent minorities from voting, including fighting for Voter ID laws across the country.

Wow, they actually just come out and say it and nobody seems to care. Royal Masset is a former director of the Texas Republican Party, so I'm going to assume he knows what he is talking about. The US Attorney scandal occurred because some attorneys were fired after they refused to prosecute Democrats on trumped up voter fraud charges. Eight were fired. But what about the ones who weren't fired? It seems they did as ordered.



Between 2001 and 2006, the Justice Department initiated 375 investigations of public officials. Out of that number, 298 were Democrats and 67 Republicans, or as it is known on the street, GOP anal rape. We now actually have former high-level government official being held as a political prisoner. But that's nothing to worry about, right?



Bush has accomplished such a wonderful feat by not just packing the Justice Department with partisan hacks, but also my packing the federal bench with partisan hacks. He uses his religious lunatic following, promising them anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage judges and then places pro-business and pro unitary executive judges on the bench. Which means the damage of this reckless and anti-democratic administration will continue for years.

The crazy bastards who set up this country actually foresaw this sort of problem and created a safety net called Congress. Thankfully, Congress has put up the kind of fierce resistance one would expect from tissue paper. 95% of Bush's nominee's have been approved, no matter how insanely pro-business or blatantly partisan. And they are doing God Bush's work.

The only way to get rid of these judges is to impeach them - but we all know there is a far better chance of Jesus birthing from my anus. Hey, at least the US Attorneys can and will be fired if a Democrat takes over. But don't expect any president to give up the power Bush has taken. They may not abuse it, but they aren't going to give it up. It will sit there, waiting for the next president who doesn't give a shit about Democracy to come along. For that, you can blame Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, for not doing their job when the country needed them most.



At this point, the White House is publicly humiliating Congress for being amazing pussies. The administration is so brazenly breaking the law that they just destroy evidence, knowing no one will hold them accountable. The time to impeach has come and gone.



There are no brave, honest politicians like there were in the days of Richard Nixon. Who thinks the current House Judiciary Committee would vote for the impeachment of Bush, even when presented with overwhelming evidence? They voted 21-17 to bring the articles of impeachment against Nixon, for far less egregious crimes. This has set a very dangerous precedent, especially for a group of right wing revolutionaries. Future Republicans now know what to do.



There is no turning back the clock now. It is not if our country will be undone, but when. The right wing will build upon the destruction of Bush when they place their next idiot in the White House, whether that is next year or in 10 years. The next one will start right where Bush left off, because this is not the doing of one man, but the concerted effort of a group. A group no one in our government has the courage or brains to take on. The right wing knows the best way to undermine this country is to control the law, to make the law, to own the law. They now have the Supreme Court, thousands of judges, and the Justice Department packed full of people who don't seem to give a shit about democracy.



Without the rule of law, we will be done. I, personally, think we already are.

As you accurately point out, none but a handful of us seems to care. For some reason none have cared since Reagan took over for Carter. Remember Iran Contra? I remember thinking "they're caught now" and looking on in astonishment as North & Pointdexter grandstanded to the seeming delight of the nation, clearly lying and clearly covering for Ronnie and clearly running amok with our Constitution. Where was the outrage? It was waxing its new boat or watching its new TV, because trickle down economics was going to save the country and we would live in a "Shining city on a hill". .

I've said it before; I'm a pissed off New Deal Democrat who is shocked that we have not been driven to open revolt. The Neocons in particular should be considered public enemy No. 1 by everybody who has to work to support themselves (meaning most everybody) but for some reason they are in the White House and actually controlled Congress for a good long time. I do not get it.

If we can just hold on until 1/20/09, maybe we can reverse the trend.

But yeah. It's just as bad as FTR is making it out.

It's going to take generations to under the damage this one president has done.

AGREED!

If another neo-con gets in the white house, This country is forever fucked.

Undoubtedly. But at least we'll be able to start.

And I think it's looking favorable. McCain just made another stupid statement that implied that the mortgage problem is no big deal, not worthy of the government's trouble. (Only corporations deserve the government's help, I guess, not people.) If the economy defines the campaign, McCain will get smoked.

The earliest i recall the law not being upheld is the OJ trial, then it scales from that point on in my life. I've watched plenty of Hollywood film stars do outlandish acts. DWI, molestation, murder, bribery, theft, ect. All that ever happens to these people is they pay a fine, do some charity, or sometimes they actually get away with it.

Which making someone pay a fine that doesn't even hurt their income is a joke, what lesson have they learned? How about we make them spend 3days in a jail cell by themselves, cause that is so very harsh.

It is my belief that law is getting molded into only going after the common man, or being used in power struggles. Then as a form of taxation with fines and traffic tickets. What happen to making people go to traffic school first? Education instead of hurting the working poor with fines, but i forgot the police have quotas they have to meet with tickets..

Seems that with this administration that the religious agenda has gained ground. Here is a few examples: More monitoring from the FCC, just plain retarded sex laws, entertainment control (stripper laws in Seattle), drug law enforcement budget changes (less funding to meth and more put towards fighting Pot), and wanting to change other cultures because they are "Wrong". (Iran, Pakistan, just watch a few episodes of the 700 club, if you don't vomit on yourself first)

What does Hollywood actors have to do with the political raping of our law? Simply that if actors can get away with murder, or just pay a small fine over something the minimum sentencing normally calls for a year or more in prison for. Then anyone with enough money or influence can do the same thing.

And this all sickens me.

Correct, if its even possible.

It's possible to undo the damage

And it won't take generations, just one president or one congress with a pair of balls to say enough is enough.

I'm reading 'American Facists: The Christian Right and the War on America' by Christopher Hedges at the moment. These dominionist wingnuts are serious. They are probably the most dangerous movement in your country right now.

its a good article, but in the future i would stay away from the term,
"benign little cancer"
you may want to google cancer.

Bye America (sniff)! It's been a good run but...


Then again, this country never did live-up to the ideals our founder's invisioned or that anyone with a soul has hoped for. A nation under the rule of law does not, in and of itself cultivate a free society. It is when these laws are enacted for the "common good" and equitably applied, that we can pursue the dreams of "liberty and justice for all." But with all our hype, we never actually got around to that.

We are simply witnessing a downward spiral that has been evident for a very long time now.

Agreed to a point, but there have been moments in our history, both recent and otherwise, that offer some hope, which I still have a little of.

'A Handmaid's Tale' anyone?

so it's going to take generations to undo the damage this one president has done.

politicians with balls... heh heh heh... aww....

I'm still strying to figure out how Bush got elected to a SECOND term, or the first one for that matter...an informal poll (just talking to people about it) indicates that very few if any people I even know have ever supported him...
If somehow we end up with a Republican in the Executive office after this election, I think some serious questions need to be asked about our whole election process in this country...
If we lose any more rights as an American people, we may not even get to ask that question...
What's next- getting put on a list or going to jail for commenting on politics on SG?

Yeah, I gave up hope for our government. I used to (stupidly) think there were a few politicians who actually cared about the people they represent. It doesn't really matter which party they belong to. They are all douches.

Those who originally fought/pushed for pubic health plans have since been "bought off" by the insurance companies and seem to have lost their steam in pushing for any such health care.

I've decided to stop voting. I have no patriotism whatsoever towards our country; well, at least those who are running it and supposed to be looking out for us.

I respectfully disagree. I have personally known a few truly dedicated public servants and believe that there are others. The best I remember was Bob Drinan, a jesuit priest elected to US Congress from Boston, who was phenomenal. When Pope John Paul II decreed that all clerics leave political office he did so.

You know, I've seen some of the most poignant and terrifying political writing ever on this wonderful site filled with naked girls, and often found myself a little disappointed that it isn't appearing to a wider audience.

But more often I find myself asking, in the face of all this horrible Orwellian bullshit that our government is pulling, what the hell can we really do? I'm genuinely asking for some input here. Because before the last election, I thought that there was no way that George Bush was going to get a second term. I thought his obvious incompetence, blatant lies, and clear disregard for other human lives in the face of his own personal interests would surely be enough to get him booted from the White House. Nevermind all the subversion of democracy as we know it. I figured that stuff would have been enough. But it wasn't. Half of the crazed fucking country still voted for him. Half!

So it makes me feel like "What can we really do?" I'm terrified that it's going to happen again, that John fucking McCain is going to win and this ridiculous farce of a democracy is going to continue on into a sixteen year run.

So to you, my fellows, I ask earnestly, what in the hell are supposed to do if we really care?

Well, in my opinion, that's the toughest of all questions.

It's clear to me that our entire system is severely corrupt - and that our two-party system is grossly outdated.

The problem is, those who are corrupt are the ones who have the power to make laws to stop it.

Fun stuff, huh?

3rd party candidates. Independent candidates, now is the time to start a viable 3rd party and move from the ground up, the right wingers took 40 years to get things to where they are now because they had patience if you want change you have to be willing to do it one day at a time.

You see, I have trouble believing this though. Because if the last 8 years has provided me with evidence of anything, it's that the crazy religious people stick together. So how can the answer be to divide everyone else even further, to set the rest of the people against one another while the lunatics all stick together?

What would the ideology of this third party be?

How would it manage to both solve the issues of endemic corruption and abuse of governmental power that those who are disenchanted with both of the two current major parties blame both the Republicans and Democrats equally for promoting, while not being consigned to the national election fringes like, say, every other third party the last few centuries other than the Reform Party (for about a year)?