Kerfuffles :: July

Perhaps it was the inspiration of the many courageous acts of soldiers under his command at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, or perhaps it was the influence of Papa Bush while vacationing at Kennebunkport, or perhaps it was a double dose of the backbone strengthener Fosomax. Wherever he found the strength, resolve and courage, President George Bush was able to do the right thing in regards to the prosecution and unjust punishment meted out to former White House aid Scooter Libby.

News reports are telling that “President Bush is facing a firestorm of criticism from Democrats after commuting the sentence of a former aide in his White House, I. Lewis Libby Jr., who was facing 2 1/2 years in prison for obstructing an investigation into the leak of a CIA officer’s identity” who worked at the infamous Plame-Wilson CIA of Langley, Virginia. “Facing a firestorm from Democrats” sounds like old news to me.

“I respect the jury’s verdict. But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive,” Mr. Bush said in a written statement yesterday afternoon. “Therefore, I am commuting the portion of Mr. Libby’s sentence that required him to spend thirty months in prison.”
The president issued the commutation just hours after a federal appeals court panel unanimously rejected Libby’s bid to remain free while he appealed his convictions for obstruction of justice, false statements, and perjury. (The New York Sun)

So those Democrats who are condemning President Bush’s using his presidential power are in fact condemning the United States Constitution which gave that power to the president. Article II, Section 2 reads “The President … shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.” Did those very same Democrats condemn Bill Clinton when he pardoned his own brother and an international crook, Mark Rich? NO! And truth be known, those Dems would not have even condemned Bill Clinton if he had had the courage to shred the Constitution and pardon his own impeachment.

“MDs With IEDs - We Bomb Better Because We Own Mercedes.” Yes, It IS A Bumper Sticker War!

John Edwards was ridiculed for his statement: “The War on Terror is a … bumper sticker ….” Fox News, Wednesday, May 23, 2007, however he has been proved to be a prophet before his time, as recent events in the United Kingdom have shown. At least three bumper stickers attached to automobiles fitted to be potential man-maiming bombs have been found in both Scotland and England. And at this very moment, in New York City and Washington DC, as July 4th festivities are getting underway, police are looking for more bumper sticker bombs.

Thus far, all of the car bombs discovered in the UK have displayed bumper stickers. The two in London read “John Edwards Is Right - It’s A Bumper Sticker War.” The sticker on the potential car bomb at the airport in Glasgow read “MDs With IEDs - We Bomb Better Because We Are Better.”

The world was curious as to why pricey Mercedes vehicles were fitted out to be exploded. Now it makes sense. The suspected perps are medical doctors and those were the only automobiles they had at their “disposal.” “MDs With IEDs - We Are the Mercedes Bomb Squad.”