Libby Free, Bush Wrangles With Putin, China Goes Forwards

Elaine Meinel Supkis

Long ago, Texas decided to make a war deserter, multi-arrested criminal and all-around coward, their Govenor. Then the Republicans and the media owners colluded with the Supreme Court to install him as President. Then he started a criminal war after his Saudi friends attacked America. Then the Skull and Bones ran a frat buddy against him and he gave him back all the power. This week, Putin of the KGB is meeting Bush Jr and Sr of the CIA just as Jr pardoned the criminal Libby who took the fall for Cheney and Bush who betrayed an undercover CIA agent. I keep saying, arrest them all. Leahy is now going to subpeana these criminals. Over a much more trivial matter.

From AP:

President Bush commuted the sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Monday, sparing him from a 2 1/2-year prison term that Bush said was excessive.

Bush's move came hours after a federal appeals panel ruled Libby could not delay his prison term in the CIA leak case. That meant Libby was likely to have to report to prison soon and put new pressure on the president, who had been sidestepping calls by Libby's allies to pardon the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.

The CIA crown jewels, much of which was redacted and blanked out, were released the other day. It was a long, ugly chronicle of crimes and assassinations and other nonsense such as illegally spying on Americans or working with the President to harrass and confuse opponents of the regime...oh, by the way, our government CIA plants in the media love to use the word 'regime' even when talking about elected leaders. Everyone is a 'regime' if we are supposed to hate them but the most odious, evil despots on earth are 'moderates' if they support our empire.

To review the crimes of the Bushes and how Libby was chosen to be the fall guy, one must remember that he was charged with intimidating the data gatherers and investigators as well as the professional analysts at the CIA to scare them into not revealing the many lies being told by Powell, Card, Bush and Cheney.

When Ambassador Wilson broke this silence by revealing the 'yellow cake' allegations were forged (in Italy), Bush ordered an attack on his wife. This was done gleefully by the warmongering media such as the New York Times criminals and the Washington Post gang. After Valarie Plame lost her job and was attacked with great vigor and viciousness by the media war dogs, all the CIA people fell into line and Bush was able to get Powell to lie to the UN and off we went to war even without UN permission.

Bush then famously claimed he would punish whoever broke the law and outed Valerie Plame. The investigation then died. I remember the anthrax killer. The first victim was the photoeditor who allowed the famous Jenna drunk photo to appear in public the same week Bush announced he and his wife were going to tour the nation, talking about how to raise moral children. Snicker.

Well, someone wanted him dead and I seriously doubt it was Saddam or bin Laden. Not even the Chinese or Russians would want him dead. Bush, on the other hand, is a primary candidate.

Well, the anthrax killer has vanished. No one ever mentions him. The investigation led to the secret government labs and then died. So it was with the Plame crime. When a new prosecutor was picked thanks to a lot of howling online by us liberals, he followed the trail to Cheney's cave. This is where Libby had to step in and bite the bullet.

At least Cheney didn't shoot HIM in the face too! When Libby was sentenced for obstructing justice, he was smiling until he heard the sentence. Then he was scared until yesterday when I saw pictures of him smiling.

I was betting he would flee to Israel. But he didn't have to, the top criminal in this sordid story sprung him. And so it goes: the US executes war criminals but when our own commit war crimes OF ANY SORT, they are slapped on the wrist and then not only released but pampered. If all the leaders running this sorry show were executed, we would have to escavate more than one Presidential grave and hang the corpses.

This contempt for both American and international law characterizes our Empire. We call other nations 'regimes' yet ours is more than a regime, it is an 'outlaw nation'. We solemnly swore at Nüremberg, anyone who makes ficticious charges that allows a powerful nation to unilaterally attack a smaller nation and then loot it, is illegal and the people responsible should be HUNG UNTIL DEAD.

From the Washington Post:

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said yesterday that he will attempt to cite the White House for criminal contempt of Congress if it does not turn over documents related to the firing of nine federal prosecutors.

"If they don't cooperate, yes, I'd go that far," Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "This is very important to the American people."

11 Democrats want to impeach Bush and Cheney. I just want them arrested. The release of Libby so he won't sit in prison with Bubba or Knuckledragger and then rethink his lies and evasions and then confess who really done it, nope. He gets to run away and keep the secrets of this CONSPIRACY. And note that all the ruling elites sent letters begging to let their fellow criminal go free! Martha Steward didn't kill a soul and yet she didn't get pardoned. But Libby and his gang are war criminals and so far, have killed over half a million people, sent another 6 million into exile---Jews better pay attention to that number!---and killed and maimed over 35,000 Americans, all based on lies for not ONE WMD was found anywhere in Iraq.

From Associated Press:

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought anew Monday to bat down U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, proposing that the system be expanded and largely Russian-based.

Neither President Bush nor his aides reacted definitively to the surprise idea, Putin's second in less than a month on the topic that has sent U.S.-Russian relations into a tailspin.

From Sunday afternoon through lunch on Monday, Bush used personal charms, his family's wealth and a slew of traditional Maine treats to woo Putin and heal fissures that have the Washington-Moscow alliance at its lowest point since the Cold War. There was lobster, blueberry pie and striper fishing in the Atlantic from his dad's prized speedboat — all from the spectacular setting of the century-old Bush summer compound on a craggy peninsula.

The criminal gang running America knows it screwed up with the missiles facing Russia. Putin is demonstrating to the world and to Russia, he isn't the war monger. It is the Bush gang. So of course, Bush pardons his war criminal fall guy right in front of Putin. This shows the criminal nature of the Bush regime pretty clearly. There are no laws except for Saddam and his gang. Bush and his gang are above the law.

Putin is showing the world that Bush is insincere. His offers to let Russia protect Europe from the Iranian kitty is of course, the correct course here. Unable to crack even a small smile or even look at Bush, Putin pretends to be negotiating. He knows Bush is the decider who feels negotiations are about giving in to his will and desires. After all, he worships the Devil that is Death.

Putin cannot let the world think he is responsible for starting WWIII. It is important for the world to see it is Bush and some European has-been empires along with the Japanese Emperor who are bringing on this war. More time has to pass to see if Putin has been bribed. Personally, looking at his face, I doubt this.

From the Independent:

Berezovsky charged with plot to overthrow Russian regime
By Steve Gutterman, Associated Press Writer

Berezovsky told The Guardian that the Russian leadership could only be replaced by force. He later issued a statement stressing that he did not "advocate or support violence," but Russian prosecutors said his remarks constituted an open call for the violent removal of the government.

See? Here it is, the 'regime' junk. Britain just had a change of rulers and did the people vote? No? Right. Blair decided, as a dictator, when to leave and he chose his successor and off he trots to collect his bribes. Some 'democracy' they have there! But then, the people of the Queen's islands are subjects, not citizens, so they accept their regime and paint it pretty to hide the reality.

Berezovsky isn't a nobody. He is very rich thanks to him looting Russia and handing over the nation to foreign powers. I agree with Putin that he should be charged with treason. I feel many of our rulers should face these same charges. Like Berezovsky and his pals ran Russia into bankruptcy, so are our leaders. Ever since Putin kicked out or went after all these parasites, the condition of the Russian people and their finances have significantly improved.

There are two kinds of dictatorships: good ones that at least keep the people alive and evil ones that kill everyone and bankrupt the country (like Mao, Stalin and Hitler). The US doesn't have a full dictatorship quite yet although Bush is trying hard to create one, but we are not a good example, either. Proof is in all the red ink. The people running our nation are bad for us. They are not leading us where we must go if we want to survive.

From Xinhua:

China and Russia can enhance exchange and cooperation between women in a bid to promote bilateral relations and stimulate substantial cooperation, said GuXiulian, president of the All-China Women's Federation, here on Monday.

Gu, also vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, made the remarks when meeting with Boris Gryzlov, chairman of the state Duma, lower house of Russia's parliament and First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev.

The patient Chinese wooing of Russia continues. Hu has ordered spiffy new uniforms for the military. He is getting much stronger. We hear news in the media about Chinese workers who die in mines or are enslaved or who strike and are beaten up, etc. Student riots and all sorts of energetic things are going on there.

Unlike the US where there are no worker strikes. Not because workers are doing really well but because they have surrendered. Given up. Now they are going bankrupt and being shoved around mercilessly. There are no student riots, no strikes, no investigations of illegal aliens being used as semislave labor. All is quiet. The silence before the storm.

In the twilight of our empire, our rulers sail in their regattas with the Russian Czar. The British Crown is having parties. All is well. And then someone flicks a match on it all and it blows up into a major war. We are nearly exactly 100 years from the beginning of the death of the British global empire.

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[Ms. Latina Renee]

Impeach them all.

[JRip]

I was not a pardon - it was worse. Borrowed from the comments over at Brad DeLong:

Cmike wrote:
President Bush commuted Libby's prison sentence. Bush did not pardon Libby. The Libby appeal is ongoing in the courts, so I am sure the White House will still not comment on the matter and Libby can still plead the Fifth.

Ken Houghton added:
Bush still has the option to pardon Libby. It's worth $250K to Scooter's backers.

Had he pardoned him, as noted above, he would have no Fifth Amendment rights at issue. Since he didn't, the grand jury continues to be stonewalled and the h*rs*sh*t about 30 months being "excessive" keeps memeing.

RW wrapped it up:
When it comes to avoiding the consequences of their malefaction the Bush White House does seem to discover a deft touch or perhaps they have discovered that working with other Republicans has now become essential.

Among other benefits a commutation of Libby's sentence rather than an outright pardon appears nicely calculated to:

1. reduce any inclination Libby may have had to become chatty while allowing him to take the 5th as necessary and also confirms to Libby and his supporters that Bush will act in his behalf so he can reasonably expect to be pardoned before Bush leaves office;

2. take Republican congress-critters and candidates for president off the hook while providing them with cover in regards to questions about Libby and/or how they would have acted in this affair;

3. allow Bush to continue to be a "compassionate conservative" among his loyalists yet still appear 'tough on crime,' a face-saving gesture that does no further harm to fellow Republicans -- a critical feature since they are quite capable of turning upon and rending their increasingly crippled, and soon to become former, pack-leader.

[JSmith]

"Jr pardoned the criminal Libby"

You are wrong.

Bush commuted the prison sentence. The criminal conviction, the $250,000 fine and the two-year probation still stand.

(A "pardon" is when you get out of everything.)

I know this pisses you off greatly because you can't get to Bush, Cheney, or Rove so you had to be content with Scoots. But in the US we convict people for what they actually did - and he didn't speak the name of Plame, remember; no one got convicted of that. So a 2 1/2 year prison term is kinda harsh for something that turned out not to be a crime.

Oh, well. You win a few, you lose a few. C'est la vie!

[sin]

Libby's real name is Liebowitz.

[JSmith]

'Libby's real name is Liebowitz."

EEEK!!! A ZIONIST!!!

[DeVaul]

This whole episode of Putin riding in a speedboat piloted by our leader's father is just too bizarre to imagine.

What was the atmosphere like? Did Putin ever smile? And if so, for what reason? Did our leader and his father laugh and giggle around Putin while failing to notice he was completely stonefaced, or was he drunk and merry too? (Or just drunk out of necessity?)

I would love to have been on that boat and seen what transpired, but I also fear it might have been too eerie even for a fly on the wall. The extreme embarrassment of others is contagious to all around.

Taking Putin for a ride in a speedboat has got to be a low point in American diplomacy.

[Elaine Meinel Supkis]

Putin is going to take Bush on his own boat ride: the slow boat to Shanghai.

Turns out I was, as usual, correct about what transpired. Putin showed the world (outside of the US/UK propaganda bubble!) that Bush is the aggressor and is refusing to defend both Europe AND Russia by cooperating on these bases and missiles aimed at tiny oil nation, the Iranian kitty cat.

So now Putin is off to...ta da....CHINA. There, he will laugh grimly.

[blues]

My reason for not mentioning the anthrax killer incident is that the entire operation had to have been conceived by utter morons who were too oblivious to consider the blowback. Just think, any four year old with an envelope and a box of baking soda...

About the Libby commutation. So he's still not pardoned, and is thus still eligible to invoke the fifth amendment to defend himself from the perjury charge that is still in existence. Now, the trial Judge Reggie Walton is no wus! If I were him, I would now offer complete immunity for the perjury charge in exchange for other testimony. I would love to see Libby turn it down, and then have Judge Walton toss out the charge altogether and let Fitzgerald and the Congress begin the new hearings...

[Elaine Meinel Supkis]

You are right, Blues.