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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 10:40 AM
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I believe that one of the reasons that there has not, nor will there ever be
Edited on Sat Jul-31-10 10:41 AM by PCIntern
prosecution of the previous mal-Administration is that there is a written Protocol which states that no Administration will pursue a previous administration for crimes, real or imagined. My supposition is that there are many of these Protocols about which we know nothing. Because that's ANOTHER Protocol: that you can't reveal the Protocols officially.

This is what the newly inaugurated President is told as he returns to the WH for a few minutes before the Parade begins. That, and they show them the Zapruder film, just as a reminder of what happens if you fuck up.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 10:43 AM
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1. Actually I think its because of think tanks such as the PPI
or the CFR who were for things such as the invasion of Iraq. I believe they want to keep certain narratives and keep it whitewashed.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 10:44 AM
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2. The Hague will not go after war criminals until it is shown that
the host country is unwilling or unable to bring them to justice.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 11:04 AM
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8. Then what's the hold up?
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 01:16 PM
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17. It takes a long time to build the case. They aren't in any hurry.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 10:45 AM
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3. Making Pelosi's "taking off the table" WHILE Bush was President even more awful.
She completely abrogated her duties and the duty of the House to investigate then prosecute and then impeach.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 10:49 AM
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4. right you all are!
that's why I specifically said "one of the reasons"...it's not the ONLY reason...there's much more going on.

I believe that Kerry's concession in 2004 was coerced...
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katandmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 10:57 AM
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5. So who wrote the Protocols?
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 11:01 AM
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6. It's a tradition no one wants to break
as they could easily be next once that dam is broken, and we probably haven't had a President in a century plus who hasn't broken some major criminal laws while in office.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 11:03 AM
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7. Who else? The Protocol Committees.
Congress writes its own rules. Who else is going to write them?
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 11:04 AM
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9. Ah...
That's the Question for the Ages!

Trilateral Commission, Secret Senate Meeting, the Hunt Family,...hoo nose?

There was a great Michael Caine film, entitled
The Fourth Protocol which follows:


The Fourth Protocol is an unwritten agreement between nuclear powers that nuclear weapons will only be delivered to their target by conventional means, e.g. dropped from aircraft or on missiles. It effectively prevents them being left in luggage lockers or delivered by postal companies (and in the case of this film, being assembled and left in a house close to the target)


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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 11:33 AM
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10. This says it all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyJHnCykMSU
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 11:38 AM
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11. Nah -- I think the left - me included - is just always
Surprised by how much agreement there is to
Leave corruption in place by our
Political leadership.

That doesn't excuse or make it pragmatic.
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:02 PM
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12. I saw that in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets"
It seemed a bit far fetched. Is this anything like the Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:32 PM
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14. No.
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 08:51 PM
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18. So where is the protocol published? n/t
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Wounded Bear Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:04 PM
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13. So it's the old "First Rule of Fight Club" defense?
:evilgrin:
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:33 PM
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15. Ex-actly...
this stuff is based in reality...no question in my mind...
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:41 PM
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16. Do you really believe that if a Republican president wanted to pursue charges...
... on a previous Democratic administration they wouldn't? If Bush thought Clinton's admin. had committed some crime that would have been politically advantageous in pursuing they would have done it in a heart-beat.

We're just too scared, as usual.
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