The Moral Authority? Impeachable Scum!

A new book written by ACLU attorneys interviews an Erie County judge who says both Bush and Rumsfeld directed and supervised his work. From the Erie Times News:
Orders from the top
Dunlavey: Guantanamo mission came straight from Bush, Rumsfeld
BY LISA THOMPSON, lisa.thompson@timesnews.com
Published: November 02. 2007 6:00AM
When military investigators questioned Erie County Judge Michael E. Dunlavey about reported prisoner abuse during his tenure at the Guantanamo Bay camp for suspected terrorists, Dunlavey told them he got his "marching orders" from President Bush, according to a new book about U.S. policies regarding torture.
…In a statement Dunlavey provided to a U.S. Air Force lieutenant general investigating FBI reports of detainee abuses at Guantanamo Bay, Dunlavey explains that as leader of interrogations at Guantanamo, he reported directly to President Bush and then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
...The SECDEF said he wanted a product and he wanted intelligence now. He told me what he wanted; not how to do it."
... The directions changed and I got my marching orders from the President of the United States."
…"Virtually no one had a degree of expertise to deal with these people. They do not subscribe to our values legally and morally." [Emphasis added]
…The Erie Times-News currently has an appeal pending over the Department of Defense's refusal to release to the newspaper documents relating to Dunlavey's tenure at Guantanamo.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071102/NEWS02/711020374/-1/NEWS

It's The Death of LAW Enforcement

Since GW BushCo. took over, cops have been encouraged to stretch their authority to be judge, jury and executor in the blink of an eye. They have been completely discharged from civil behavior. They have free reign to taser, beat, intimidate and MAKE SHIT UP in the course of their “workday.” Does it take a door kicked in on you to make it real, or do you get it now? WHO’s SUPERVISING THESE COPS? WHO’s TELLING THEM IT’s OK?

See Sept. 21, Waist Deep in Our Big Muddy for more on this issue

Case draws famed lawyer Allred
Great-grandma Betty pleads innocent to resisting arrest over dead grass

By Donald W. Meyers, The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6928168?source=rss

Rape Victim Abused by Word-Fearing Judge

This stunt by St. Senator Chambers intends to mock frivolous law suits. However, I don't think taking on God is an appropriate response in the case of Tory Bowen, an alleged victim of rape who was not allowed to use "certain words" during her trial. She then sued the District Judge who imposed these verbal restrictions, but was struck down. Chambers claims her attempt at redress is frivolous, ergo his "God" suit. How ironic that she is a republican and he's an African American! Read these two reports and look for further developments in the future:

Nebraska State Senator Sues God
By NATE JENKINS, September 17, 2007

http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2007/09/nebraska-state-senator-sues-god-2

Gag Order-A Nebraska judge bans the word rape from his courtroom.
By Dahlia Lithwick, June 20, 2007, at 7:27 PM ET
http://www.slate.com/id/2168758