1 + 2 + 3 + 3A + 3B = felonious abrogation of the Logan Act by Mssrs. McCain, Lieberman and Graham...should any of them decide to take that trip East-ways...tell me I'm wrong:
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1.
The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments.
It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994.
Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years.
The text of the Act is broad and is addressed at any attempt of a US citizen to conduct foreign relations without authority.
Wiki background link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act The law itself:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/usc... =====
2.
Bush, Sending Aid, Demands That Moscow Withdraw
President Bush sent American troops to Georgia on Wednesday to oversee a “vigorous and ongoing” humanitarian mission, in a direct challenge to Russia’s display of military dominance over the region. His action came after Russian soldiers moved into two strategic Georgian cities in what he
and Georgian officials called a violation of the cease-fire Russia agreed to earlier in the day.
More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/world/eu... =====
3. (!!!!!!)
McCain Sending Delegation to Georgia
This is quite hilarious. Sen. McCain has just announced that he's sending his own delegation to Georgia (Sens. Lieberman and Graham) and now he's insisting that it's not a time for politics and partisanship.
Link:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2083... ==
3A.
McCain, Scourge of Lobbyists
Let me see if I can explain this simply.
When Sen. McCain was doing his highly circumscribed senate investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Jack's then-firm, Greenberg Traurig, hired sometimes McCain foreign policy advisor and most-times lobbyist Randy Scheunemann "for advice on handling the Senate investigation."
This was while Scheunemann was also lobbying for the government of Georgia.
McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers told the Times "he believed that Mr. Scheunemann was hired because he had worked in Congress for more than a decade and had experience with investigations, and not because of any ties he had to Mr. McCain."
Link:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2084... ==
3B. (!!!!!!!!)
Top McCain Surrogates Heading To Georgia
At a news conference in Michigan this afternoon, John McCain ratcheted up his rhetoric on the Georgia-Russia conflict, saying his colleagues Lindsey Graham and Joseph Lieberman would be traveling to Georgia "as soon as possible."
Link:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmem... =====
1. = It is a felony abrogation of the Logan Act to negotiate with foreign powers without authorization. This has been settled American law for more than two centuries;
2. = Bush is negotiating with foreign powers, per the (sad but genuine) authority vested in him by the Constitution.
3. = McCain apparently intends to do an end-run around Dumb George with his own *koff* experts *koff* *vomit*.
3A. = McCains foreign policy chief was balls-deep into Georgia well before the shooting started, and may have inadvertantly/or not inadvertantly helped to cock the weapons and squeeze the triggers...for a fee...maybe...
3B. = The same as #3 above, but well worth repeating...A senator with no constitutional authorization to negotiate with any foreign power in the Caucuses, or anywhere else for that matter, is preparing to send two other equally un-authorized senators to...do...what? Sight-see? Say hi? Or say, "Hey, McCain's gonna be president, so talk to us cuz we speak for him and America, so..." That shit worked out great in 1980 (see: Reagan, Iran, Iran-Contra, etc.).
John McCain is:
a) Crazier than a million things that are really crazy, and;
b) A wanna-be felon right now, and an actual felon to be if he dispatches his "colleagues" to a foreign nation as authorized representatives of this nation, or as agents who can negotiate anything whatsoever, period, according to the black-letter strictures of the Logan Act...(along with, I'd assume, however many other supplemental laws regarding non-official international negotiations that have been enacted since 1799, not to mention the '94 amendment parameters)
Oh...and c) Lieberman and Graham would be felons, too....along with Randy, I have to assume.
My mom always said there's always a silver lining somewhere.
;o)
Find lawyers, international law scholars, and researchers to dig up any/all other laws pertaining to unauthorized meddling assholes
PRESUMPTUOUS ENOUGH to believe they can/should speak for this nation, or can/should speak to any other nation on behalf of us all, before any votes have been cast to invest them with such powers, as per the Constitution.
(...stick it to 'em, folks...this smells tasty...cheers)
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William Rivers Pitt
"Politics is the art of controlling your environment." - Hunter S. Thompson
