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In reply to the discussion: How Karl Rove fixed the FBI investigation of his theft of the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)I heard him speak on a UAW cable tee vee show in the late 80s about the bombing at La Penca. The scales fell from my eyes and I was certain the whole kitenkaboodle was heading to the federal penitentiary. Instead, Ed Meese and the just-us department got the case tossed and broke the Christic Institute at the bank; kept Poppy's name out of it; and demonstrated the corrupt nature of the national security state, something which becomes more visible with each passing day.
Hence, also, my appreciation for Wayne Madsen. The guy also is among those who give a damn and don't care what anybody else thinks. He once was a DUer, but got the ziggy because people who investigate and write what they find sometimes write something that is wrong, or worse, does not fit the paradigm.
Need to give you a heads-up regarding ABC and television news in general. As a former employee of two of the old Big Three nutworks, they have a habit of going gung-ho into an investigation. Getting everyone out of hiding and on the record. Then editing the heck out of the footgage to produce the program that gets broadcast, which leaves out more of the good parts than not. Which is the point.
Sorry about all the links, they're for "hiss-store-EE" as Warden Hazen liked to put it. If you get a moment:
Three Things Every American Should Know About Corporate McPravda
The first thing is most immediately relevant: ABC and the Rise of Rush Limbaugh.