Friday, August 31, 2007

Links of the Day - August 31, 2007

Gonzales being invested by DOJ - Justice Department investigators are examining the truthfulness of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony to Congress on the firings of federal prosecutors and domestic wiretapping. The effort, disclosed in a letter released on Thursday, is a sign that political controversy over Gonzales' conduct will continue well beyond his resignation announced this week.

Gonzales exit not speedy enough - "Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has finally done something important to advance the cause of justice. He has resigned."

The Suspension of Belief - Were (Idaho Republican Senator Larry) Craig not a social conservative who made restricting the legal rights of homosexuals a key part of his platform, then I would not care about his private behavior. Hey, as I stroll into middle-age it is encouraging that a guy that old is still so horny that he can't control himself at a public toilet. But the hypocrisy makes Craig and his ilk need to be shot down. This country cannot have our private and sexual lives controlled by people who want to make illegal what they do in bathrooms because they are ashamed of it.

Has iTunes gone too far? - NBC is reportedly pulling its offerings from iTunes after price negotiations fell through with Apple - not good news for Apple at all when NBC content supposedly accounts for up to 40% of iTunes video downloads! After a couple years with Apple in an utterly dominant position with iTunes, are the minions finally gathering the nerve to fight the system? Are we about to have a coup on our hands?

3 comments:

Carol said...

Too bad Gonzales didn't get out while the getting was good (for him) Is there still a DOJ in this Country?

Jeff Herz said...

Carol,

We will see with the next appointment and what exactly the DOJ does over the next 500 days if any justice remains within this department. It would be good to see if the DOJ does open some inquiries into the actions of at least Alberto, if not the actions of the entire administration.

But hey, that is just me, thanks for the comment.

Jeff

Unknown said...

Even though your very own Senator Mr. Joe Lieberman, a former law school friend of Mukasey at Yale, declared Michael Mukasey to be a “man of law, not of politics,” I do not have any faith in someone appointed by the Bush White House. I'm hoping that I am finally proved wrong.

Thanks for linking to this post.