I am increasingly AMAZED at the professionalism you bring to this! BRAVO! I am now completely and forever hooked to the “bloggeshere” as the place to get unfiltered news and consider the mainstream news outlets to be nothing more than complete and utter shills. Unbelievable! and perhaps funny — except that we are now engaged and alone in a protracted war like no other we have ever faced as a united states of America and the sorry result is the 3,100 unsung and unthanked Americnas KIA in Iraq.

Jane, please keep up the excellent work and I promise to read and contribute any way I can from here. Yours sadly and truely, JBK.

raven,

I was not suggesting that I would “just do what someone else tells” me to do. I don’t know Don Imus. I don’t know much about him. I don’t live in his broadcast range. Maybe I could find him on the Internet if I tried, but I haven’t had reason to do so. TRex gave me some information I did not have before–that Imus apparently is a fan of Joe Lieberman. I value the opinions of people who comment at FDL, and the information they can provide me. That includes you. Thank you for broadening my awareness about Don Imus. Thanks also to TRex for the same.

Don’t fret over lack of knowledge of Imus. He’s another of the nutcases that thrills the airwave listeners. He exhibits the know all punditry common to todays “entertainers”.

That being said. I tune in to the MSNBC coverage of his program in the morning. Usually swithing back and forth between him and C-span’s Washington Journal. Listening to whichever is of more interest. I do this because there is so little of interest on the TV that early.

Any chance you could add to your excellent work on this case an analysis of the potential crimes of that “whole bunch” (exact number please) under investigation in the Clinton administration?

Wanted to ask about how this may all play into RICO indictments:
Wikipedia -
“Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
“The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly referred to as RICO Act or RICO) is a United States federal law which provides for extended penalties for criminal acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization.
Under RICO, a person or group who commits any two of 35 crimes—27 federal crimes and 8 state crimes—within a 10-year period and, in the opinion of the US Attorney bringing the case, has committed those crimes with similar purpose or results can be charged with racketeering. Those found guilty of racketeering can be fined up to $25,000 and/or sentenced to 20 years in prison. In addition, the racketeer must forfeit all ill-gotten gains and interest in any business gained through a pattern of “racketeering activity.” The act also contains a civil component that allows plaintiffs to sue for triple damages.”

“Although some of the RICO predicate acts are extortion and blackmail, one of the most successful applications of the RICO laws has been the ability to indict or sanction individuals for their behavior and actions committed against witnesses and victims in alleged retaliation or retribution for cooperating with law enforcement or intelligence agencies.”

Andrea Mitchell’s skanky ass on the stand under Well’s examination?

Priceless!

All Andrea Mitchell has to do is tell the truth.

Which I am guessing is along the lines of:

“Well, I said it because that’s what Karl Rove told me. I am too lousy a reporter to actually check the facts out before I report what the White House tells me. I just assumed that if Karl told me ‘everybody knew Plame was CIA’, it must be true.”

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as to the “pricelessness” of a Wells examination, I can’t think of many things that are more pointless, tiresome and infuriating to listen to. JMHO,YMMV — I guess he must be doing something right though, after all he is pulling in those big right wing bucks!

… Either would be delicious for us Plameologists.

But my swag is they will resort to a Flying Spaghetti defense instead …

Surely you cannot mean that the Defense will litter the walls with spaghetti in the hope that something will stick… no… can’t be that. I’ve got it! Hallelujah!! Next week, right in court, His Supreme Pastafarianism will touch Irving Lewis “Scooter” Libby Junior with his Noodly Appendage! That kinda lawyering takes Cold Hard Cash, it does. Yah, that’s gotta be what’ll happen. :)

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excel @ 165 — let’s not forget the role played by Jeff “Gannon” Guckert in all of this depraved whorishness. If THAT story — of LITERAL whorishness — ever comes out, the whole Administration will be toast, stat.

Fineman insists on stating the prez probably didn’t know half the things Vice was doing, insinuating he wasn’t in on this chapter of the WH lies. I’ll wager the king knew the half pertaining to outing Mrs. Wilson.