Madder than Hell

I just read the CNN news site that I have as my home page. The first thing I saw was a picture of Lewis "Scooter" Libby and the caption announcing his sentence had been commuted by the president. (I don't use a capital because I don't respect the position or the person.)

I was dumbfounded.

First, I believe that Mr. Libby may have had some hand in the leak involving Valerie Wilson but I don't believe he was a major player. I believe he was taking the fall for someone more important and more influential in our government. I believe he was assured that if he played the game well, he would win the prize in the end. And so it happened....

Second, I also believe that Libby has the goods on a number of prominent Washington insiders and that all of them have been sweating bullets for the past weeks and months as they watched things unfold. All of them have been tight-lipped, waiting to see what was going to go down. If Libby's sentence was not commuted EVERYONE was going to start talking. Now every one can sit pretty...for a little while.

What I don't understand is, that in this day and age with video tape and email and manuscripts available at a moments notice, no one-not one person with authority-has taken it upon him or herself to put the pieces together and officially investigate, charge and bring to trial the parties-ALL THE PARTIES-that have ridiculed our sacred Constitution.

I am disgusted with the whole cast of players. I am sickened at the public officials who blatantly laugh at the American people by lying, cheating and disrespecting their sensibilities. I am mad as hell that the press has not demanded accountability for words and actions by our government officials. I am furious that there is not one elected official who has the guts to make a stand and speak up loudly and constantly until justice is served. Lastly, I am saddened that the basic tenets of our country " one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" have been degraded and ignored.

Shame on us.

Donna