Swamp Sunrise

"...it was a New York State judge who wrote,, in 1868: "No man's life, liberty or property is safe when the Legislature is in session.''

Actually, Gideon J. Tucker wrote those words in 1866, not 1868. See Platt, "A Dictionary of Quotations" (1993). The quote is from the estate case cited as 1 Tucker 248 (NY Surr 1866).

As far as Israeli aggression goes, why don't they just drop one of their atomic bombs on Gaza and be finished with the Palestinians, in that area ?!! Then, when the world isn't looking, they can drop another of their atomic bombs on the remaining Palestinians !! Their "democracy" must be the same kind of "democracy", that we are trying to force down Iraqi throats !! What a tragedy, we have been a party to, in the Middle East. President Carter, at least made an attempt at solving the tensions between two member groups, of the same ethnicity !! Not President Bush, he wants to force a " democracy" down Iraq's throat !! How democratic !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Todays news story that the corporate media won't report on:

Only one day after Bush granted 19 pardons and one commutation, White House officials were re-examining the case of Isaac R. Toussie.

Toussie was convicted of housing fraud and sued by 200 families for the very predatory lending practices which helped spark the housing crisis.
http://xml.newsday.com/topic/ny-toussie0711,0,3346587.story

From Dana Perino:
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"Based on information that has subsequently come to light, the president has directed the [Justice Department's] pardon attorney not to execute and deliver a grant of clemency to Mr. Toussie," White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said in a written statement.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/24/bush.pardon.reexamined/index.html

How is this information only now "coming to light?"'

Anybody with an Internet connection could have done the Google to learn about the guy and his shady history of scamming poor families. They also could have easily discovered Toussie's father is a big GOP donor:

In 2008, Toussie's father donated almost $40,000 to Arizona Sen. John McCain, Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, and Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor.

Again, anyone with an Internet connection can look up contributions.

So, the question is --- how did Isaac Toussie end up on the pardon list? Who at the Justice Department made the recommendation? And why was it granted if Bush was so utterly clueless about the facts of the case?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNbZJtwBki4XVeyI-6zGGYgDJZBAD959BR000