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He fucken got away with it
So said we all. We knew he wouldn't face justice.
If the rule of law doesn’t apply to him then does the rule of law apply at all? It makes it all seem meaningless when you look at it.
This just further cements that there are multiple different levels of law depending on your money/wealth/power/influence. Any normal individual does this, with this much proof, and they would've seen the inside of a jail cell before the cuff-marks faded away.
Always has been, always will be.
Clavell's novel Noble House woke me to this. It's about the English occupying Hong Kong and the drama between them and the Chinese, the cultures and economies.
This Chinese dude is bitching about the fucking stupid English notion of "equal before the law, rich or poor".
"Why else would I strive to be rich if I'm to be treated as a peasant?!"
Much to think on there.
(Clavell wrote the Asia Saga books, starting with Shogun. I highly recommend them.)
Assess the situation?!
The president is not, nor should, be above the fucking law. Where are the checks? Where are the balances? This country was literally founded on this idea (among many others)! Set the right precedent and put this fucking crook in jail!
In 1776 they definitely would be checked. We lost our way. Money outweighs principles. Money was important back then, but it wasn't above (known) principles. We did have slavery and suffrage. It would be nice that those did not exist in our history. But those are eventually changed.
This crap is not what we were founded on. The Republicans are not patriots. They are cowards.
Ignore the fact that after 1776 people tried to make George Washington King and the only reason we didn't have a king now is because Washington turned it down in favor of a huge portion of the gdp.
People really need to abandon the mythology that the founding fathers were incredible thinkers with profound morals compasses when most were drunken criminals with some good ideas in-between objectively horrible ones.
That's a niche fact that "some" wanted him to be a king. And that he was the only one to design the structure of government. A congress was seen as an unrealistic possibility and that a king could be better. So it's just a huge what if. That didn't even happen.
The founding fathers has principles. They had separated to break free from their oppressive leaders and create their own system. The Republicans have exploited this system and leveraged it to promote the worst possibilities.
It's not beneficial to all citizens and they are sad people that will ruin the world if they are not stopped.
Principles that we know are flawed, like slavery, owning your wife so on so forth. It's mythology dude they were fucking messes.
Guys guys....I think we have a loophole. We can crime so long as we have a PAC and run for president.
It may be unethical to parden yourself, but the founding fathers didn't make it illegal so....
This isnt the last word. Smith is working out "the appropriate course for this case", and the judge is giving him until Dec 2. We will hear from him again, before Trump takes office.
He's a smart guy, he may figure out a way to make these last few months interesting.
The Friday news dump returns.
America: running for president is the get out of jail card, because all levels of government are afraid to be seen as partisan/political
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2024
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