Leland, You really don't understand why the highest spook in the USA cannot have an affair?
Michael Oke, II 661-349-6221 Contents of this and all messages are intended for their designated recipient. On Nov 17, 2012, at 7:07 AM, lelandj <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/16/2012 06:07 AM, Charlie Coleman wrote: >> At 05:59 AM 11/15/2012 -0600, lelandj wrote: >>> On 11/15/2012 03:12 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: >>>> She was set up by the White House. >>> >>> I don't think so. It was the CIA that feed Susan Rice the faulty >>> information, if it was in fact faulty. I'm not sure who arranged to have >>> her appear on Meet the Press shortly thereafter. The investigation of the >>> Benghazi attack continues, >> ... >>> Anyway, It also seems to me that David Petraeus was setup by the >>> intelligence community. After the FBI found evidence of an extra Martial >>> affair, and confirmed it by confronting both CIA Director David Petraeus >>> and Paula Broadwell , >> ... >>> ...If the CIA really wanted to protect Petraeus, his affair could have >>> remained under wraps... >> >> No, no a thousand times no. Absolutely every citizen of the United States >> needs to demand truth from its leaders. I don't care if it's a local County >> official, the head of the FBI, a popular Republican Senator, or the >> President. Every single governmental official is living off the blood and >> sweat of others. They should have no rights above ours, and in fact should >> be held to a much higher standard of conduct. The mistakes they make can >> have far-reaching impacts to the whole nation. > > Charlie, this the USA; not Iraq, Iran, or Afghanistan. You need to be able > to distinguish between moral issue and legal issues. In some countries these > two separate things become entangled. You should also recognize the > difference between civil law and criminal law. You should also recognize > that a person's personal life is separate from their life on the job, and > each of us has the a right, under the USA Constitution, to keep our personal > life private. Rights of every American should fall under the same standard. > Nobody should be afforded special right and privileges, nor should anyone be > subject to a higher standard that normal. This requires equal treatment. > > The scale of justice should be both blind and balanced. ---- Leland Jackson > > >> >> So, no, politicians, political appointees, judges, all of them need to be >> held to the highest standards. We've stopped doing that and we're in a >> decline because of it. > > I'm not seeing it. Could you give me some verifiable examples. > >> Petraeus may have done a lot of good things but his resignation is >> appropriate. And the revealing of it by the Intelligence Community is >> absolutely right and just. Let's hope that the thousands of other >> politicians take note and try to clean up their act. At least while they're >> in office. And let's hope the Intelligence Community continues to monitor >> all officials' correspondence and brings the truth to light. > > Why should one group of Americans be held to a higher standard than the > whole. Why should the government, including the intelligence community, be > allow to meddle into the personal affairs of Americans? LOL - pun intended. > The founding fathers of the USA, having experienced first hand persecution, > torture, alienation, and other injustice from their governments, put strong > privacy protections into the USA Constitution to protect Americans against an > overreaching government. > >> >> >> But Leland's thoughts reflect the general sentiment of the country. Since >> Clinton got away with lying about his affair the nation has dropped it's >> expectations of elected officials dramatically (no it wasn't "all" Clinton's >> fault, we have been declining for probably 40 years - but the Clinton >> debacle was a leap downwards). People in the US need to wake up. But I'm >> sure they won't. We've been dumbed down to blindly accept what the boob-tube >> spouts out in 15-second sound-bites. We don't want to "question" and "think" >> - we want to be entertained. We want promises that we'll get something for >> nothing. We certainly don't want to hear about working hard and moral >> issues. And for some reason we believe the wealthy has cheated the rest of >> us and that they should be forced to give up their money/property to be >> fair. Adversaries of the US and democracy in general can rejoice. The Great >> Experiment is winding down, proving out once again that man's greed and >> jealousy outweigh his intelligence . > > Get a life, Charlie. It really is OK. We're not the Taliban here in the > good old USA. LOL > > Regards, > > LelandJ > >> >> >> -Charlie [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
