A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-15-07...JohnHuang2's ~ "My Two Cents"

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[dutchess]

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Patrick Fitzgerald: Dude, where's my case?
by JohnHuang2

One of the central issues of the Libby trial which has been put into really sharp focus is how profoundly full of it Patrick Fitzgerald is. Also, what perfect cellmates Fitzgerald and Mike Nifong would make. This farce of a trial proves that people can have fuzzy memories. Even clown Fitzgerald has a fuzzy memory -- like when he forgot what he was supposed to be investigating. Fitzgerald was told who told Robert Novak that CIA pencil-pusher Valerie Plame was Joe Wilson's wife as soon as his 'investigation' began. Five minutes later, he forgot it was Richard Armitage. He then forgot what he was supposed to investigate. So FitzMagoo launches a 3-year big bucks boondoggle probe to probe what he couldn't remember and charged Libby with not remembering things that didn't happen. It's a trial of Libby's memory. If convicted on all counts, Libby's memory faces 30 years.

Per newly released trial documents, this whole thing got started early in 2002, not with Cheney requesting info about possible Iraqi efforts to buy uranium from Africa, but with the DIA which reported Iraq may have signed a deal to buy uranium from Niger, but the CIA, which dislikes the DIA, wanted to shoot down DIA's report, so CIA desk jockey Valerie Plame gives her husband Joe Wilson the gig but Joe Wilson said his wife had no role in his gig because it was Cheney who sent him to Niger but Cheney denies that because Joe Wilson already got the gig before Cheney got briefed on DIA's report, plus a Senate Intelligence Committee report says Valerie Plame, not Cheney, gave the gig to Joe Wilson who says Rove told Novak about Joe Wilson's wife but Novak says it wasn't Rove because Fitzgerald told Novak it was Armitage because Armitage told Fitzgerald he told Woodward and told Novak who told Rove who says Matthew Cooper asked about Joe Wilson's wife while Marc Grossman told Libby who allegedly told Judith Miller (who didn't write an article about it) that government documents plainly show Valerie Plane sent Joe Wilson to Niger and that she wasn't covert, which shows:

* Joe Wilson's bimbo wife wasn't covered by the "Intelligence Identities Protection Act" since the law wasn't meant for pencil-pushers trying to find 'make-work' for their husbands. Incidentally, bimbo's job was "analyzing" WMDs. (Oh, no! I broke a nail looking for WMD folders!)

* There was no underlying "crime" -- showing why you don't appoint prosecutors with Alzheimer's to investigate cases.

* Valerie Plame's job at CIA was not classified, so Libby had not "leaked" any "classified" information -- which explains why he isn't being lauded as a hero at the New York Times.

* Libby had no motive to "cover up" since there was no "crime" to "cover up" -- though he didn't help matters by not stuffing evidence in his freezer or letting top secret documents leap into his pants and socks and underwear, which would have prompted Mike Nifong Fitzgerald to charge the documents with sexual assault.

* Fitzgerald's moronic theory is that Libby was the point man in a White House "campaign" to "discredit" Joe Wilson by telling two reporters that Plame got Wilson the gig, but that Libby then forgot to mention Plame in interviews with media hotshots Bob Woodward, Walter Pincus, David Sanger, Robert Novak, Glenn Kessler, Evan Thomas, etc. -- right in the middle of Fitzgerald's mythical "campaign" (circa summer '03). All would have been useful for Libby to get the story out, but Libby forgot to mention Plame. If Libby were this much a no-talent airhead, he'd have swept the Grammys on Sunday.

* Even if bimbo was undercover, Fitzgerald would still have to prove that (a) Libby insanely believed Secret Agent Bimbo's job was classified, even after seeing the INR memo Grossman procured for him which spells out Plame was just a pencil-pusher and (b) that Libby forgot he wasn't the idiot who first talked to Novak. Armitage finally admitted he told Novak and Woodward about Joe Wilson's wife, but that he did it by mistake. He wasn't charged because Valerie Plame wasn't undercover and because the law clearly says, 'It is a defense to a prosecution under this law to tell Fitzgerald you oppose BushHitler's Iraq war.'

* Since Plame wasn't undercover, there was no way to "retaliate" against gasbag Joe Wilson, and there was nothing ghastly or horrific to "cover up" (except for images of Joe Wilson), which is how you end up with a "case" which boils down to: Libby didn't do it, but Libby didn't tell me precisely when he didn't do it and Libby could not have forgotten when he didn't do it, so obviously Libby is guilty.

Liberals continually smeared the CIA as a pack of cocaine traffickers and murderers, then the Plame affair came along, and the CIA became virtuous, moral and very, very angelic. If Libby is acquitted, the CIA, by force of habit, resumes being a pack of cocaine traffickers and murderers.

The only crime committed in this case was appointing Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald charged Libby with perjury (lying about not knowing exactly when he didn't commit a crime) and impeding his investigation -- which, given the competent way Fitzgerald hasn't been running his investigation, it's a wonder Fitzgerald didn't indict himself. Maybe it's just that his witnesses needed time to magically get their stories straight:

* Tim Russert first told an FBI agent he couldn't rule out mentioning Plame in a telephone exchange with Libby on July 8, 2003, then changed his story for the trial, claiming it's "impossible" because he now remembers he only found out about Plame from Novak's column, even though everybody and her sister at NBC knew Plame's identity before Novak's column, including colleague Andrea Mitchell who said on Oct. '03 that Plame "was widely known among those of us who cover the intelligence community." Bolstering his credibility, Russert submitted a false affidavit to the grand jury to keep from complying with a subpoena to testify about his telephone exchange with Libby, omitting in it that he had already talked to an FBI agent about his telephone exchange with Libby. In response to Russert's lying to the grand jury, Fitzgerald indicts Libby.

* Judith Miller told the court she interviewed Libby three times in the summer of '03 and that he talked about Joe Wilson's wife. She says she vividly recalls her first meeting with Libby, on June 23, 2003. She gave a vivid description of that meeting, at the Old Executive Office Building, going into great detail about Libby's demeanor, what Libby told her, how Libby felt -- that he appeared obsessed with Joe Wilson and his trip to Africa. Her recollection of that June 23 meeting was so vivid, she vividly forgot to mention it during her first grand jury appearance. She just forgot about it. She couldn't remember it during the 85 days she spent in jail -- only when they let her out did all her memories magically return! Defense lawyer William Jeffress brought all this out during cross. As for the other meetings, Judy the rocket scientist admitted she only dimly recalls those and it looks as if she only dimly recalls how to make out her own notes. Her memory is even worse than Fitzgerald's. She was destroyed on the witness stand.

Instead of railroading Libby, it looks as if Libby's scooter ran over the prosecution's "case" so many times, all that was left was a pitiful stain on the ground. And the defense isn't finished yet. Stay tuned!

Anyway, that's...

My two cents

01-09-07 ~ Hall of Fame #18

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 02-12-07 Military Monday 02-13, 02-14-07 Our Hearts Belong to You

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[dutchess]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All.

[dutchess]

It's Thursday and that means another JohnHuang2 tell it like it is essay at the Finest!!!! ENJOY his take on the Fitzgerald/Libby debacle!!!!

[olezip]

Clearly liberals have a mental disorder! If this kind of nonsense continues to have credibility, our country is doomed! The added transaction complexities, permutations and combinations makes my head hurt! What is wrong with our system to permit such a colossal waste of money and time? Are the power brokers in the media so strong? The enemy within is legion!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good Morning Dutchess and Jihn.
Great essay.

[The Mayor]

February 15, 2007

Officer Waxworks

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READ: John 14:15-24

If you love Me, keep My commandments. —John 14:15

For several years, our family lived in southern California while I was pastoring a church there. The community in which we lived didn’t have the resources to fully patrol the streets with police. So there was a genuine concern about the lack of safety as a result of reckless driving.

In response to the situation, city officials came up with a solution they called Officer Waxworks. These uniformed mannequins were placed in patrol cars alongside the road. Obviously these "officers" couldn’t pursue lawbreakers or write tickets, but just the appearance of "manned" patrol cars was enough to make people slow down. It was a creative way to trick people into obeying the law.

As believers in Christ, we shouldn’t have to be forced or tricked into doing what’s right. In fact, obedience can be drained of its significance if we obey only out of obligation or duty. Our desire should be to do what is pleasing to our Lord because we love Him. Jesus said, "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me" (John 14:21). We should "make it our aim . . . to be well pleasing to Him" (2 Cor. 5:9).

Let’s do what’s right out of a heart of gratitude for His grace to us.

Our motive for obedience
When trying to keep God’s ways
Is purest when we seek to please,
To love and give Him praise.  —Sper

Our desire to please God is our highest motive for obeying God.

Bible in One Year:   Leviticus 17-18; Matthew 27:27-50

[dutchess]

God Bless Our Military
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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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[Aquamarine]

Per newly released trial documents, this whole thing got started early in 2002, not with Cheney requesting info about possible Iraqi efforts to buy uranium from Africa, but with the DIA which reported Iraq may have signed a deal to buy uranium from Niger, but the CIA, which dislikes the DIA, wanted to shoot down DIA's report, so CIA desk jockey Valerie Plame gives her husband Joe Wilson the gig but Joe Wilson said his wife had no role in his gig because it was Cheney who sent him to Niger but Cheney denies that because Joe Wilson already got the gig before Cheney got briefed on DIA's report, plus a Senate Intelligence Committee report says Valerie Plame, not Cheney, gave the gig to Joe Wilson who says Rove told Novak about Joe Wilson's wife but Novak says it wasn't Rove because Fitzgerald told Novak it was Armitage because Armitage told Fitzgerald he told Woodward and told Novak who told Rove who says Matthew Cooper asked about Joe Wilson's wife while Marc Grossman told Libby who allegedly told Judith Miller (who didn't write an article about it) that government documents plainly show Valerie Plane sent Joe Wilson to Niger and that she wasn't covert,

John you deserve a medal for explaining all this to us. lol
Outstanding hit piece!

Excellent job on the pic's and graphic's Dutchess, it must have been hard finding them.

[MEG33]

Thank you, dutchess. Another winning presentation and essay!

Beautiful pledge!

[MEG33]

*Good Morning To The Finest*

WOO HOO!! It's John Huang Day!

[Pippin]

Bingo!

[Pippin]

Yossarian?

This book was written by a meerkat?

[La Enchiladita]

Gorgeous pledge graphic, dutchess. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

This Nation needs Him more than ever.

[MEG33]

Think "Cartoon".

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, everyone.

Now they're really singing a different tune, hey?

Hope everyone out there is safe and not being affected too bad by this crazy weather.

[Lady Jag]

"Truth" and "Politics" are mutually exclusive.

And it's turned us all into spies.

[Pippin]

HEE! HEE! HEE!

[La Enchiladita]

Hi Beachy and Friends.

It is a gloriously beautiful morning in southern California. It looks like Spring and, as I recall, on some old calendars... spring begins on February 15.

It is very, very chilly cold at night, though.

On Tuesday, about 5:30 p.m., the sunset was shining on the western horizon but the overhead clouds were raining on us. Hence, I saw a big rainbow to the east.

Enjoyed that much.

[beachn4fun]

(((DITA)))

[MEG33]

Palace Gardens..Japan
Scene to brighten a cold winter day.

[MEG33]

Check in if you can and let us know if you have heat!

[Diver Dave]

Thanks JH2 and dutchess for putting this whole Comedy Central episode in the DC Courts into its proper perspective.

Trying to figure out what's behind the jury's t-shirts yesterday. Hard to tell if it's a negative or positive for the Judicial system.

Speaking of juries, I got a summons for jury duty next week. Being a reasonable common sense guy, I'll probably get dismissed. :)

[DollyCali]

WE HAVE HEAT! ... furnace repair man just left. 2 days w/o heat & the house temp was down to 38. It is now a balmy 50 & I am ever so grateful. How the heck to those people in the Arctic area survive?

Hired someone to do the driveway also. My old back just isn't up to it anymore & there is no sense in making a bad thing worse. I couldn't expect Ben/furnace repair man to come to repair the furnace with all his gear/tools & plod thru thigh high snow.

It is ever so cold out. At least the sun is brightly shining .. belying the fact it is in single digits temp wise, I am really ready to head to a warmer climate..

Thanks for essay John & the great presentation & very "on" graphics, Dutchess.

Going out tonight but will make mom food first & grab a quick nap hopefully. I don't sleep well in COLD. Even with space heater & about 6 blankets, it was COLD. Wore a hat, gloves,2 pairs wool sox, snow-pants & heavy coat to bed.. I know.. too sexy..

Have a good day all..

[Lady Jag]

A Winter Eden

A winter garden in an alder swamp, Where conies now come out to sun and romp, As near a paradise as it can be And not melt snow or start a dormant tree. It lifts existence on a plane of snow One level higher than the earth below, One level nearer heaven overhead, And last year's berries shining scarlet red. It lifts a gaunt luxuriating beast Where he can stretch and hold his highest feat On some wild apple tree's young tender bark, What well may prove the year's high girdle mark. So near to paradise all pairing ends: Here loveless birds now flock as winter friends, Content with bud-inspecting. They presume To say which buds are leaf and which are bloom. A feather-hammer gives a double knock. This Eden day is done at two o'clock. An hour of winter day might seem too short To make it worth life's while to wake and sport. Robert Lee Frost

[MEG33]

Thank heavens you have heat...and someone else to shovel the drive..Take care.(((Hugs))) Thanks for checking in!
Everything in your house must warm up..It takes awhile.

[dutchess]

Clearly liberals have a mental disorder!

That one statement says it all! Thanks for stopping in!

[dutchess]

Good afternoon Mrs. N. Sorry I missed you this morning. As always, thanks for your feedback!

[dutchess]

John you deserve a medal for explaining all this to us. lol Outstanding hit piece!

Hi Aqua. Sorry I missed you earlier. Had to post and off to work after two snow days!

I agree...this one was a John Classic!!! (and yes finding pics WAS difficult LOL!)

[dutchess]

Hi Meg...sorry I missed you too this a.m. Love that doctored picture of Wilson...forgot all about that one!!!

[dutchess]

Hey Pipster. Great to see you!

[onyx]

Oh my goodness, sis! You take care!!! I think it's cold here too, but I have not been outside to confirm my suspicions.

[dutchess]

Hi La Enchiladita. Glad you're having nice weather in California. We're suffering the aftermath of over a foot of snow and blizzard winds! YIKES!

[dutchess]

Hi Dave. Good to see you. Rest assured you will be dismissed from jury duty. You definately are "too reasonable"!!!! :o)

[dutchess]

Oh Dolly. SO glad you got your heat back. Was a week without two years ago during our infamous ice storm. brrrrrrr!!! We too had someone plow out our drive. Those snowdrifts are lethal! ((((dolly))))

[dutchess]

Love the Robert Frost poem and your picture LadyJag. Thanks for sharing!

[dutchess]

Thanks for checking in beachy.... BTW...LOVE your tagline. So very true!

[Lady Jag]

Thank you so much!

[MEG33]

Lovely poem, lovely scene. Thank you, Lady J.

[MEG33]

I saved it..knowing the trial would make it timely again. Love the parody of his book cover.

[Lady Jag]

Wow, you had furnace woes, too? You are the third person this week I've known to have gone without heat, with even relatively new furnaces failing.

Warming hugs!

[Lady Jag]

Thank you, MEG! Winter is at once beautiful and dramatic. Where other seasons rely on colors to paint its landscapes, while winter creates broad abstracts that stir the imagination.

[MEG33]

I love the snow scenes. It has been years since I have seen snow covering the landscape.

[Lady Jag]

I remember your telling me you used to live in the snow belt.

Remember how it gave even the simplest things a sense of beauty?

[MEG33]

Actually it was a Dallas suburb where a snowfall rarely stays past noon..I stayed up all night to watch the snowfall one night..I let Sassy 1 out to explore and loved watching that cat get his first experience in the snow..The clay pots on the patio looked like giant ice cream cones..

Once we were caught in a real snowstorm in Lubbock visiting our college kids..I was shocked to see ,after the hazardous drive home the next day,..that my neighborhood in the Dallas area still had a gorgeous covering and my mansard roofed house looked like decorated cake. Fresh snow makes all things beautiful.

[STARWISE]

Yay, Dolly! So glad you've got heat .. yes!

[inhishands]

i know that is has been a long time since i have been on here but i have been so wrapped up in school, sports, working, and help my grandfather move i just wanted to let everyone know that i am doing good i have a boyfriend now and i can drive on my own and life is improving for me and i hope and pray the same for all of you, love you all morgan

[stopem]

We will be in the 70's by Tuesday. :)

[Lady Jag]

Snow makes all things beautiful.

Agreed 100%!

[Aquamarine]

Comedy Central episode in the DC Courts

LOL. Now that's funny Dave.

[Aquamarine]

I love you too Morgan. Glad you're getting on so well with your life.

[Aquamarine]

That is so precious. You have posted some beautiful snow pictures today.