Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Inaugration Day - 16 Months to Iraq Withdrawal - 24 Months to success of "The Road to Economic Recovery"

Eleven Months until oil prices rise again.

BUT.

Today is the day we reclaim our country !


James Jones, a retired schoolteacher, poses for a photograph at his home in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Forty-six years ago Jones attended Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington. He will be driving to Washington to witness President-elect Barack Obama's historic moment on Tuesday, Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

1 Day until Inauguration - Libby never spent one day in prison. NOT ONE !


Bush Commutes 2 Border Agents’ Sentences (click title to entry - thank you)
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Published: January 19, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday commuted the sentences of two former Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler, but he was preparing to leave office without granting clemency to any better-known figures or government officials who could face liability over administration policies.

The former agents, Jose A. Compean and Ignacio Ramos, will be freed from federal prison in less than two months as a result of Mr. Bush’s commutation, cutting short prison terms that were due to run at least eight more years....


Libby's Sentence Commuted (click here)
By Steve Benen
Jul 2, 2007

President Bush commuted the sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Monday, sparing him from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case.Bush left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.
"My decision to commute his prison sentence leaves in place a harsh punishment for Mr. Libby. The reputation he gained through his years of public service and professional work in the legal community is forever damaged," Bush said in a statement. "I respect the jury's verdict. But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive."