Re: Throw her ass in jail -- Kindasleazy Rice says she will ignore subpoena

On May 2, 10:22 am, "Patriot Games" <Crazy_Bast...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Jerry Kraus" <jkraus_1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On May 1, 12:53 pm, "Patriot Games" <Crazy_Bast...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Jerry Kraus" <jkraus_1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
The Dems got egg on their face after harassing Gonzo for nothing, can
they
afford that to happen again by harassing Condi?
C'mon, they attached the Minimum Wage Bill to the Irag War Funding
Bill!!!
How dumb can they get?????!!!!!!
Sure, there are some games going on here. This is politics, after
all. But it's hardball politics. Gonzales is a tough cookie, they're
probably going to have to either indict him, impeach Bush, or both to
get rid of him. They seem to planning to do just that, with grants of
immunity to his aides for the testimony they need to nail him to the
wall! Bear in mind, the Republicans in Congress hate Gonzales almost
as much as the Democrats, he's perceived as a direct threat to
congressional authority.

They can't impeach Bush, they can't get Gonzo, they can't get Condi....

They whined for a Minumin Wage Bill, screwed it up, got it fixed, then
treated it like trash by putting it on the War Bill.

This is making them look dumb.

Condi is the weak link here. She's just an academic, way way out of
her depth as Secretary of State, and now drowning in the face of
congressional oversight. She'll sing to escape prison, if she has
to. She probably has to.

She won't testify....

And, let's not forget PaulWolfowitz, former Deputy Secretary of
Defence, architect of the Iraq War, about to get the boot from the
board of directors at the World Bank for corruption. You know, they
might have some plans for him at the Hague, now that he's getting so
much international attention. Something to think about, hmmmmm?

His job is secure.


We will see!:

http://my.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20070504/463aafc0_3421_13345200705041289144900

Wolfowitz's Tenure in Indonesia Eyed

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz speaks during a news conference in
Washington in this April 15, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce
Ceneta, File) Manuel Balce Ceneta
By ROBIN McDOWELL (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
May 04, 2007 4:29 AM EDT
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The controversy surrounding World Bank President
Paul Wolfowitz spotlights a lack of ethics that was apparent two
decades ago when he was U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, say critics who
recall how he failed to speak out against corruption and rights
abuses.

Today, as head of the bank, Wolfowitz has been arguing that corruption
is crippling the world's poorest nations. But that was "the very thing
he closed his eyes to" when he served as ambassador from 1986 to 1989
during the regime of the dictator Suharto, said pro-democracy activist
Binny Buchori.


"He's a hypocrite," she said. "He should quit."

Wolfowitz is fighting for his job after disclosing that he helped
arrange a promotion and raises for his girlfriend Shaha Riza soon
after taking over the bank's helm in 2005. Wolfowitz says he is the
victim of a smear campaign and has refused to resign.

But Jeffrey Winters, a professor of political economy at Northwestern
University, said that Wolfowitz's past career already showed he was
ill fit to run the World Bank.

"From the very beginning, I felt this was the wrong person for the
job," said Winters.

He pointed to the radical deregulation of Indonesia's banking sector
in 1988, promoted by Wolfowitz's economic team and international
lenders. It "opened the floodgates for local crony conglomerates to
set up private banks and take in deposits from a trusting public."

With no rule of law, there was no oversight and no supervision, he
said.

"The foxes were running wild in the financial chicken coop and no one,
including Wolfowitz, pressured the Indonesians to design safeguards to
protect the public's deposits," he said. One result was the 1997-98
financial crisis "that plunged tens of millions into abject poverty."

Suharto, who ruled for 32 years, was toppled in 1998 by pro-democracy
demonstrations.

The former dictator's family has been accused of embezzling an
estimated $35 billion in state funds during his regime, according to
corruption watchdog Transparency International. Hundreds of thousands
of people were killed under the dictator's brutal reign.

Supporters say Wolfowitz pushed quietly for economic and political
reforms. One example: a call for greater openness at his farewell
speech at Jakarta's American Cultural Club in 1988.

"I wouldn't say it was brave, after all he was moving on," said James
Castle, a former head of the American Chamber of Commerce, adding that
the comments would also have need Washington's approval. "But he was
the first ambassador to challenge the Suharto government, and that
speech became quite famous."

Others say he helped fight the Suharto regime in subtle ways.

"It seemed like he was hugging a dictator, but he was actually
supporting us," said Bambang Harymurti, editor of the hard-hitting
magazine, Tempo, noting that "persons non grata with the government"
were often invited to embassy receptions.

"Sometimes it would be a small gathering, and Paul would have someone
like me sitting next to a military general," Harymurti said with a
chuckle. "In this way he sort of empowered the pro-democracy
activists."

But critics said Woflowitz's actions were too little, too late.

"Wolfowitz never criticized human rights issues, let along
corruption," said Asmara Nababan, executive director of the pro-
democracy research institute, Demos. By staying silent, he "was saying
'don't worry about your domestic problems, America is here to back
you.'"


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