by D. Cupples| No, I don't think that indictments are humorous. And yet, I could not help chuckling 
as I read an article in the Brownsville Herald, which states:
"A Willacy County grand jury under District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra returned multi-count indictments Monday against Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, plus several other public officials."
"The indictment accuses Cheney and Gonzales of engaging in organized criminal activity. It criticizes Cheney's investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers. It accuses Cheney of a conflict of interest and 'at least misdemeanor assaults' on detainees by working through the prison companies.
"Gonzales is accused of using his position while in office to stop an investigation into abuses at the federal detention centers." (Brownsville Herald)
I cannot wait to see how Cheney and Gonzales react. My bet is that Cheney will throw up both middle fingers and will refuse to do whatever one is supposed to do when under indictment. I suspect that Gonzales will follow Cheney's example, minus the middle-finger action.
The Gun Toting Liberal's take:
"If there is ANYTHING I believe the RICO Act serves a purpose for, folks — it’s THIS. Dust it off and don’t just dig deeper into those investigations in the Eastern Wing of the White House — PUHLEEZ expand them to the Western Wing as well, and don’t stop until some VERY powerful and famous politicians are behind the bars they deserve to be looking through as they slide their rice, soup and bread meals through those tiny little openings.
Memeorandum has commentary.
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