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Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted in Texas for their parts in prisoner abuse in federal detention centers.Now, as much as I do want to see these two indicted and tried, it would appear based on the spin so far that the prosecutor in this case does have an axe to grind. Indictments are notoriously easy to get from a grand jury as well.

So now, we get to sit back and see if any of the truth will actually stick, and or if President Bush might add these two to the top of his Pardon Short List.  Even Bush for as corrupt as he is, he doesn’t hold the only franchise on pardoning crooks.

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This week, the Senate and Congress in general will take up a large number of extraordinary issues that will spark a number of political fights. 

These include but definitely will not be limited to:

• That little issue with the economy
• electing new leaders for the next Congress
• Economic Stimulus Package debate
• Expelling Ted Stevens
• Punishing Joe Lieberman by stripping him of his chairmanship or water boarding (which ever hurts Democrats politically the least)
• Saving or Incinerating the US Carmaker industry

• for more see - Congress set for fiery post-election session

Whatever happens there will definitely be a lot of fighting and it won’t be over something safe like steroids in base ball, or executive pay for financial firm CEOs or diet pill relief for super models.

The election is over and everyone is safe for 2 – 6 years and they are going to act like it for a change as they prepare to come out fighting…

ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, dinnnngggg

Senator Ted Stevens, that other famous politician from Alaska that was involved with the Bridge to No Where, is working to keep something near and dear to him, something every prison inmate wants….  his law license.

The Alaska Supreme Court this week gave U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens some breathing room as he attempts to defend his law license from suspension, giving him until Nov. 24 to prepare a defense to a bar disciplinary proceeding.

On Oct. 30, three days after a District of Columbia jury found him guilty of seven felonies for lying on his annual Senate disclosure statements, the Alaska Bar Association asked the state Supreme Court for an immediate, interim suspension of Stevens’ license to practice law.

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As anyone that has ever read a John Grisham novel knows, having a law license in prison is worth its weight in gold labeled cigarettes.  Helping himself to get back out of jail will likely be his first priority, as it definitely looks like he’s going to have a hard time avoiding those 6 or 7 guilty felony counts against him. 

Plus, it might even allow him to earn a few bucks (or at least home improvement credits from his new best buddies), which is most certainly better than spending his online hour writing Hydroxycut reviews for a few extra bucks.  Fortunately for the senator the Russian Mobile Prison system has not yet caught on in Alaska, even though it does make for entertaining reality tv on local cable access broadcasts.

Even the Russian legislators that are having 6 year term limit (extensions) forced down their throats by Vladimir Putin do not understand why, because Vladimir Putin already controls the government???

“Why do we have to do this today?”Viktor I. Ilyukhin, a Communist legislator, said during discussions Friday in the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament. “Why are we in such a hurry? A strict authoritarian regime has already been established in this country. There is already an unprecedented concentration of power in one person’s hands.”

Political opposition leaders have been harshly critical of the proposed change, which is almost assured of becoming law, but opposition parties have little presence in the Duma, and on Friday, the Communists were virtually the only dissenters.

In the end, the bill sailed through its first reading in the Duma, passing by a vote of 388 to 58.

Bill to Extend Russian President’s Term Advances

Even if Putin is doing this to set himself up for a return to power as President, an office he controls indirectly through a puppet with the stage name and title of ‘President’.

Is Putin just making crazy demands to show that he can make them like a rock star gone crazy in a hotel or a dictator in North Korea demanding customized equestrian riding apparel fashioned into a rotund sized uniform like get up that would fit right in on the Star Ship Enterprise???