There are no other Black Americans in the Senate and if this nominee isn't accepted there is no guarantee there will be either. That is incredible to realize, that we now have our first African American President and no Senators.
WOW ! That is nothing to be proud of, either.
"Failure of this court to act very quickly would deprive (Burris) and the citizens of Illinois of the representation to which they are entitled" under the U.S. Constitution, according to the motion. "Such failure may also result in an unlawful exercise of authority by (White) in allowing him to, in effect, block the lawful exercise of appointment by the governor of Illinois."
Also today, an attorney for Burris sent a letter to the Senate Democratic leadership asking them to "acknowledge his right to serve and grant him the same privileges as other incoming Senators."...
The Bush White House keeps doing 'their thing.' They currently have a US Attorney with a case to weak to take to court that insures the Defendant with a 'timely trial' and now they have acted to impune the safety of Illinois citizens to inflame the circumstances of a still legally seated Governor.
Where are the 'VALID' reasons that justify the actions of Homeland Security. There needs to be EVIDENCE that a state Governor has violated Homeland Security protocols to take 'security rights' away from citizens. This is outrageous and needs to be moved to the US Supreme Court as soon as possible. Citizen rights are on the line with a hostile, angry, lame duck and extremist administration still in the Executive Branch.
It is scare tactics to unit the people of Illinois against their freely elected Governor. It might be a methodology to destroy the minority influence that propelled Obama into a Presidency.
The Republicans and wrongly ambitious Democrats are playing with fire here. The Illiniois Governor is proceeding with his responsibilities and yet abuse of power continues to attempt to remove an elected Governor without clearly indictable evidence. It is outrageous to say the least.
There is a lot wrong with these circumstances and they don't all belong to Governor Rod Blagojevich. There are Illinois Democrats that will eventually be replaced due to their indiscriminate use of power without conscience to the rights of all involved here under the US Constitution.
I don't know. I sincerely don't like the racial undertones to the consequences of the actions taken by any authority with ONLY a complaint that struggles to keep its allogations afloat. This seems like an assault against the Constitution and Democracy. It is way outside the parameters of Due Process.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Bush and Cheney went to war in Iraq for oil, they'll do anything.
It's unfortunate this has become such a media frenzy for attention to a subject that has little to do with governing so much as a political circus. THAT, by the way, is what 'insures' any political corruption and its processes. Media circuses that INFLUENCE the electorate to MAINTAIN 'control' of the outcome of voting preferences insures leanings in power structures. It 'permits' corruption within a Democracy.
It is why Bush is always 'high profile.' It maintains influence on the electorate.
Blagojevich loses classified security access (click here)
January 2, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Officials today said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revoked Gov. Rod Blagojevich's access to classified federal security information.
Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero tonight called the move "pretty standard procedure." He says there are still a number of other state officials with access.
Also today, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan said he is calling lawmakers back to Springfield next week for a possible vote on impeaching Blagojevich.
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency received a memo about Homeland Security's decision on Dec. 9, the day Blagojevich was arrested, said IEMA spokeswoman Patti Thompson. The memo was brief and did not include a reason for the action.
Thompson said that the head of the Illinois State Police and Illinois Emergency Management Agency have access to federal security intelligence and could relay it to the governor.
Homeland Security spokeswoman Amy Kudwa confirmed the revocation. But she declined to comment further....
