Comments on: Thursday 5/8/2008 DAILY NEWS DIGEST

by: Anonymous

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:35:24 +0000

was today a holiday for the 2-year colleges? sure are a lot of democrats posting today…

by: Roy

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:08:50 +0000

My congressman is a Republican. So are both of my Senators. They don’t take my calls.

by: Anonymous

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:02:51 +0000

The “stemmed mostly from a shortage of time and resources.” is pure republican spin. It is totally inconsistent with an analysis of which investigations were shut down and which ones the scarce resources were allocated to. Go read the document and see for yourself.

by: Anonymous

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:55:52 +0000

Read the national AP story on this. It offers a much more detailed explanation. It says the decision not to pursue the Siegelman case or any of the other cases “stemmed mostly from a shortage of time and resources.” Call your Democrat congressman and ask them why they’re not putting more funds into the Office of Special Counsel.

by: Nixon

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:05:03 +0000

GOP spin jockeys come forth. Get your talking points together. Let’s hear it.

by: Willie

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:06:12 +0000

All of this will play out in the next administration and it will not be pretty for Alabama.

by: Bridget

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:50:53 +0000

The info mentioned by Comment 1 is yet more evidence that we are enduring the most corrupt administration ever to hijack the executive branch. These guys make Nixon look like an amateur.

by: Anonymous

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:21:07 +0000

The Office of Special Counsel document mentioned by the Tuscaloosa News is an amazing insight into how a Bush political appointee subverted the law designed to investigate political corruption. The document is available here:

http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2008/05/internal-draft.html

As you read it, look to see if you agree with the conclusion that every time the professional staff recommend investigating Mr. Bloch tells them not to and every time they say they say it would be a waste of time, Mr. Block tells them to go ahead with the “investigation”. You may recall that Mr. Bloch is the official who hired the Geek Squad to come in and wipe his computer’s hard drives clean so files could not be recovered.