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emanymton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 02:11 PM
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The Nation's Interest
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I am in no mood to accept anything less than complete return of USA to the rule of law. This inherently includes accountability.

The system has been gamed by "the smartest people in the room" who have used every weakness in the system to their advantage. These same people are facing a prospect of surrendering their improperly used power soon.

Instead of calling an honest reckoning in the people's name we have twaddle. The blog entry by Gary Hart at Huffington Post is a sellout by a Democratic Party enabler.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/the-national-interest-and_b_78987.html

When the junta is allowed to walk away from the mess they have made without being held accountable for their actions, what will stop the next administration from doing the same and worse?

Color me cynical. I want my country back and the Constitution restored as the rule of the land! Hold them accountable.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 02:21 PM
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1. me, too...
but my bet is that it won't happen. Clinton didn't end the WoD, in fact he gleefully continued it. I don't expect anything different, but I also hope to be pleasantly surprised.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 02:24 PM
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2. gamed by "the smartest people in the room"
What the fuck is that?
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Usrename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 02:35 PM
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3. it's a reference to Art Schilling and the folks at Enron...
"The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron"

I got the gist of it, the corporatocracy..
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The River Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 04:11 PM
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4. I Saw That Blog
and left Mr. Hart (aka Mr Monkey Business)
a reasonably polite response. Most of the replies are blasting him
and calling for the rule of law to return
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