tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post3167374224696769438..comments2023-02-12T08:40:32.494-08:00Comments on Geoff's Two Bits: The Big Lie, Chapter...WhateverGeoff Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12361851625830195798noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-63260074090446993532007-07-16T08:18:00.000-07:002007-07-16T08:18:00.000-07:00Bush & Cheney's actions make perfect sense once on...Bush & Cheney's actions make perfect sense once one recognizes that they (and their neo-con cronies) don't believe in the rule of law. They believe in the rule of men: leaders making edicts. When one has that mindset, there are no general cases to which rules apply; only special cases about which "deciders" pass edicts.<BR/><BR/>Molly Ivins pointed this out in a column she wrote in 2003: "These people don't want to govern. They want to rule." <A HREF="http://freepress.org/columns/display/1/2003/755" REL="nofollow">See article</A>.Jeff Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328141973850586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-1204453481238277672007-07-06T22:04:00.000-07:002007-07-06T22:04:00.000-07:00January, 2009, can't get here soon enough...January, 2009, can't get here soon enough...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-90108678270765838902007-07-03T09:50:00.000-07:002007-07-03T09:50:00.000-07:00Well, I can't agree that "...Libby's only crime......Well, I can't agree that "...Libby's only crime..." should go unpunished. Folks, Libby is Buffy Sainte-Marie's Universal Soldier:<BR/><BR/>"He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame,<BR/>His orders come from far away no more,<BR/>They come from him, and you, and me..."<BR/><BR/>And these "soldiers" are everywhere, and they're nearly always volunteers, not conscripts. I say hold 'em all responsible for their parts, whether as leaders or as lying followers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-4864932765213943232007-07-02T22:32:00.000-07:002007-07-02T22:32:00.000-07:00It seems to me that Bush and Cheney are the real c...It seems to me that Bush and Cheney are the real culprits here. Libby's only crime was being too loyal to the Bush team. If I understand the situation correctly, Libby was convicted of lying to protect his boss. The guy who actually outed Valerie Plame has been totally ignored. If we can't impeach both Bush & Cheney, and make Nancy Pelosi our next President, I would just as soon have this problem go away. Commuting the Libby sentence may do just that.<BR/><BR/>WayneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com