Seven years ago, today

It was seven years ago today that the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) took up Bush v Gore. Little did we know, but we feared, that the justice system was about to be turned on its head. My wife and I were on vacation in Sint Maarten in the Caribbean at the time, and we were following the developments with interest, in between all the drunken debauchery, that is. Indeed, it was all over the newspapers on that tiny little island. The election, not the drunken debauchery. I came to learn later that there were stories in that paper about fraud going on in Florida that were suppressed in the U.S.

We watched in horror as the SCOTUS took up the suit, and then stopped the recount in Florida, essentially giving the Presidency to the wrong guy. And what a wrong guy it was. Just look at the mayhem that has commenced since that time: rate gouging in California, terrorism, illegal war, murder, rape, all manner of atrocities, illegal wiretapping, The Patriot Act, the looting of billions from the US Treasury....I could go on and on, but it's just pissing me off.

It's going to take a long time to recover from the Bush years. I hope someday we can have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, like they did in South Africa after they abandoned apartheid. We sure need it here. And there are some people in this country who are in sore need of having some justice dispensed upon their ass. But I doubt that it will ever happen. I would not advocate taking justice into your own hands, but, uh, someone needs to.

(from 12/11/00) The nine Supreme Court justices were to hear oral arguments on Bush's suit to stop the hand recounts of presidential ballots in Florida.

Gore contested the state's election after Bush was certified the winner by a few hundred votes. The Florida Supreme Court had ordered the recount.

more here

Also, a friend located this "Scandal List" from the Bush-Cheney misadministration. They're up to 250 so far, and counting. Check it out.

Everyone keep watching your back.