With all this destroying emails, hiding documents, executive privilege crap, how'd we get Abramoff?

[Frustratedlady]

How did we get so far with the investigation into his corruption, but we can't get our foot in the door with anything else regarding this cabal? I mean, Abramoff was huge and powerful...what brought him down? Why can't we do it again?

We can't win wars, we can't put crooks behind bars, we can't even stop election fraud. We're impotent. Wha' happened?

[islandmkl]

1. it was the 9/11 that got us....

right where they wanted us...and i'm not talking about OBL....

[Frustratedlady]

4. The sad thing about it all? They aren't going to let go, either.

I still look for martial law to be declared before January.

[ThomWV]

2. Honestly? Back then they thought (rightfully so) they were invincible

And the fact that we have not been able to bring this reign of terror to an end just shows they got away with almost all of it. Abramoff was just a little guy screwing some money out of the system, he was nothing compared to the sort of thieves we haven't done anything at all about. Want an example? Who has gone to jail for the billions of unaccounted for dollars in cash that was 'disbursed' in Iraq? Remember those billions? They were shipped to Iraq on pallets and not a dime of that money - tax payer's money - can be found today.

[Frustratedlady]

3. True, but how many billions does it take to make one happy?

We are seeing it from too many directions to too many people, it's like a giant sucking machine...formerly known as a toilet.

These guys put the mafia to shame, and we should be ashamed for not being able to do something about it. I've gotta get a new handle, as Frustrated Lady doesn't fit anymore.

[jimshoes]

5. All of them

apparently.