Nothing But Lies at CPAC/Cheney-Palin 2012

Rachel Maddow does some truth squading at CPAC, Conservative Political Action Committee. Not on Republican could go more than 30 seconds without lying to the people gathered at the CPAC conference. Whether it was health care, terrorism, fiscal responsibility, tax cuts, the conservatives gathered at the conference spoke, they lied. If their lips were moving, they were lying. Republicans are NOT fiscal conservatives. They are not the party of balanced budgets or small government. ALL LIES!

Republicans for Rape Gets Its Own Web Site - DoD Opposed Franken Amendment

As a follow up to the story about Jamie Leigh Jones comes this story. A memo from the Department of Defense referencing the Franken Amendment.

"The DoD opposes the proposed amendment," reads a message sent from the administration to the Senate on October 6, the day the amendment passed by a 68-30 vote.

"The Department of Defense, the prime contractor, and higher tier subcontractors may not be in a position to know about such things. Enforcement would be problematic, especially in cases where privity of contract does not exist between parties within the supply chain that supports a contract," reads the DoD note. "It may be more effective to seek a statutory prohibition of all such arrangements in any business transaction entered into within the jurisdiction of the United States, if these arrangements are deemed to pose an unacceptable method of recourse."

As noted in my original post on this topic, 30 U.S. Senators, all Republicans voted against the Franken Amendment that would outlaw arbitration for crimes such as rape, in Jamie Leigh's case, gang rape committed by employees of the company. I guess rape is just another good old-fashioned family value promoted by the Republican party. Why have no Republican leaders condemned these Senators for their votes? Where's Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck? Surely one of them must have a daughter. If the Republican party were really the party of the Christian values, don't you think one pundit, one politician, one party elder would be all over the television denouncing the cowardly act of voting against the Franken amendment?

At the web site, Republicans for Rape at the page Why Rape? you can find the following satiric information. I'm glad that other people are really angry about the vote by 30 Republicans Senators against the Franken amendment. This should have been a unanimous vote. If ever there should have been 100% bipartisan agreement on anything done in the Senate, this should have been it.

Whats the big deal?

The 2010 Franken Senate Defense Appropriations Amendment overreaches into the business of private enterprise. Defense contractors are a part of the functioning free market; not the Federal Government. A handful of isolated assaults is no reason to summon the interference of the Federal Government and Congress. This amendment interferes with the privacy of companies and the ability of our defense contractors to effectively conduct the business of protecting America from terrorism.

Who is really hurt by this amendment?

Jamie Leigh Jones claims that other employees of Halliburton have come forward with stories of assault since her media exposure. However, even if these unconfirmed cases were true, this represents only a small fraction of the population. With over 52,000 employees, it is difficult to blame the company for this singular event! Hindering the company's ability to manage its own employees makes it more difficult to perform effectively. This amendment ultimately only compromises our mission to spread liberty and freedom worldwide.
Who is this going to cost?

In the end, this is another story of liberal Democrats promoting big government interference, taxing and spending. By allowing these incidents to go through the long process of the justice system, this amendment places unneeded burden on our tax dollars. In these times of economic recession, our government shouldn't be trying to find more ways to overextend their resources. So who is this going to cost? American taxpayers.

Why is Obama Protecting Dick Cheney

The Spanish government is starting proceedings to indict 6 American, former Bush administration officials. My question is, why isn't President Obama taking this action as required by law? President Obama has consistently said he wants to look forward, not backward. That is not a choice he has, according to law he is required to investigate and charge those responsible.

This video for Countdown with Keith Olbermann with law professor, Jonathan Turley, explains why the United States needs to change course and prosecute the Bush administration officials, including Bush and Cheney for these crimes.

Demanding the prosecution of Bush/Cheney is about the future

Please watch this video: We must demand prosecutions and put pressure on Congress to go after Bush and Cheney, as well as state prosecutors.

Letter to the Editor - Birmingham and W. Bloomfield Eccentrics

The letter below appeared in the 12/21/08 edition of the Birmingham and W. Bloomfield Eccentrics.

Speak up on injustice

As President Bush and Vice President Cheney give their exit interviews, we are being treated to what we haven't had for eight long years - some honesty.

America has suffered through eight years of the highest level of incompetence I can remember at the actual job of governing this country. We have also suffered at the hands of criminals and the ringleaders, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who may have pulled off the crime of the century, and not only does it look like they will get away with it, it looks like they're not even going to be charged or prosecuted.

In an interview with ABC News on national television, Cheney confessed that he authorized the use of torture. Imagine an average citizen confessing to murder on national television and not being charged. The Bush administration's "Department of Justice" provided the legal cover to push forward with torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Torture is a war crime, plain and simple, that the United States has prosecuted in the past and must prosecute against our own leaders now, in order to even begin to restore some semblance of moral authority in the world.

We, the citizens of the United States of America, must hold our leaders accountable. Democracy is dependent upon citizens speaking out on issues of importance, and even though we are in the middle of an economic crisis of gargantuan proportions, the lawlessness of the Bush administration simply cannot go unpunished.

A few months ago, President-elect Obama's nominee for attorney general, Eric Holder was even more explicit. "Our government authorized the use of torture, approved of secret electronic surveillance against American citizens, secretly detained American citizens without due process of law, denied the writ of habeas corpus to hundreds of accused enemy combatants and authorized the use of procedures that violate both international law and the United States Constitution," he said. "We owe the American people a reckoning."

In order to start with a clean slate and restore our Constitution and our moral authority in the world, we must encourage our new leader to listen to the people and numerous criminal experts, that these crimes against humanity cannot go unpunished. We must speak up with a unified voice and say with clarity, we demand that these crimes be punished.

President Obama is listening, but if we the people remain silent we will all pay a price.

Bruce Fealk

Rochester Hills