ARUSHA TZ – 18/12: Today’s ICTR judgments in the Military-I trial completely rejected the Prosecution theory of long-term planning and conspiracy to commit genocide by members of the former Rwandan military leadership. All four defendants were found “not guilty” of all counts charging conspiracy to commit genocide, based on the Chambers ruling that their actions prior to April 6, 1994 were based on war-time conditions, not planning to kill civilians or to carry out a genocide against Tutsi Rwandans.

Gen. Gratien Kabiligi was found not guilty of all remaining charges because of the Prosecution’s failure to prove his command authority over Rwandan troops, and was ordered released immediately.

The three other defendants were convicted of responsibility for pa...
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If Lincoln heard of the corruption and naughty words of Blagojevich he would "turn over in his grave" said federal prosecutor Fitzgerald, and the kept press all nodded sagely. Baloney!

Mary Todd Lincoln accepted money in the White House from people seeking favors and Abe Lincoln specialized in off-color jokes. Had Fitzgerald been around at the time he would have busted the President's wife (who also consorted with Confederate sympathizers) and Honest Abe would have been forced to resign, no doubt to be replaced by a Copperhead who would have ended the war and the South would have kept their slaves!

As for Fitzgerald's pose as the angel of righteousness, Lincoln would have seen through him. Abe was once offered a good amount of money to assist in the prosecut...
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The move against governor Blagojevich of Illinois had more to do with blocking Jesse Jackson and Jesse Jr. than with corruption. After years and years of sniffing around the governor the prosecutor struck now because the gov was going to appoint someone to the vacated seat of Obama and that someone was candidate #5, that is Jesse, Jr. With the move against Blagojevich Jesse, Jr. is taken down as well and with corruption as the campaign issue there's a chance the Republicans will get elected.

And what's all this virginal noise (Gergan on CNN) about shock at bargaining with appointments and favors? If all the ambassadors, congressmen and senators who got there positions through pay-offs and trade-offs were to drop dead Washington would look like Jonestown. As Hank Jr. sang: I...
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Obama's like Kennedy and that's the problem.

Campaigning for President Kennedy said he'd be a tougher cold warrior than Nixon. Jack said Ike Eisenhower/Nixon had been unwilling to confront Communist "Chiner" and America was lagging in the arms race, he'd fix that and he'd take care of Castro.

Liberal democrats would mutter, he's just saying that. Turns out - Bay of Pigs/Vietnam/ Cuba missile crisis - he wasn't just saying that.

With Obama we hear he has to say those things, but soon the phrase will be, he has to do those things. He will go right into the bomb and embargo business same as his Republican/Democrat predecessors. He'll go from just saying that, to just doing that.

Let's take him at his word: More troops in Afghani...
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Hank Williams Jr. is a big man at McCain/Palin rallies. He's the son (I guess) of Hank Williams and brings a lot of subliminal corn-sqeezins to the Republican campaign. To know what Hank the little stands for you need to peruse one of his signature songs with the catchy title (as in catch, brand and chain-up) "If the South Woulda Won the War We Would a Had It Made." It is a Trent Lott kind of sing-a-long nostalgia piece which leaves out reference to the slaves they were fighting to keep and principal reason the slavemasters "had it made". Cornpone Hank just thinks it is funny to kid around about the whip, chain and noose times of the Lost Cause. He closes out the song: "Okay he he he. I said if the south woulda won we would a had it made!... Might even be better off" (Trent Lott got hois...
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