Going, going Gonezales!

George W. Bush's legal waterboy Alberto (R.) Gonzales has finally resigned. Like an illegal immigrant Gonzales has been cleaning up the mess left by his gringo boss Jorge Bush for years. You knew to question his honesty when he announced that he was adding an "R" to his name but, said the R stood for nothing. Though people like me thought the R was his code word for "La Raza" the pro illegal immigrant group of Hispanics. I guess when your family has come here illegally it is seems it is easier for people like Gonzales to lie. twist and hide from the law. Like many of the illegals and their advocates Gonzales attempted to play the sympathy card with lines like:
"Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days."
All the while refusing to explain how his family came into the United States. Nothing like having an Attorney General who has a family background of breaking the law. Meanwhile we had a mainstream press and columnists all too willing to overlook this issue. But, Gonzales' family history is what made it easy for Gonzales to do a Mexican hat dance with the law at the Justice Department and all through his career. Alberto Gonzales is the poster boy for Senator Grassley's observation that: "If your reward illegality you get more of it!" Like an illegal immigrant when caught Gonzales often used the No habla English defense when testifying before congress only he was proficient enough to say "I don't recall"

We don't need to send you no stinking papers!

"The Justice Department is refusing to release hundreds of pages of additional documents related to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, setting up a fresh clash with Capitol Hill in a controversy that continues to threaten Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's hold on his position."-Washington Post

Very interesting that Gonzales and the Justice Department are refusing to turn over documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee investigators. It's no surprise since the documents already turned over show clearly how the Federal Government has FAILED the American people on issues like illegal immigration. If you ever wonder how hundreds of illegal immigrants can be lining the streets of your town. You need to look no further than the some of the documents already released by the Justice Department. As this Associated Press report states:

"Guidelines issued by U.S. attorneys in Texas showed that most illegal immigrants crossing into the state had to be arrested at least six times before federal authorities would prosecute them, according to an internal Justice Department memo."

Illegal Immigration: The cause and effect.

Middle class taxpayers like myself wonder why the illegal immigration problem could have reached such levels in our communities. The problem points to the Federal Government. The recent release of documents by the Justice Department in the firing of the eight U.S. Attorneys shows a smoking gun:

"Guidelines issued by U.S. attorneys in Texas showed that most illegal immigrants crossing into the state had to be arrested at least six times before federal authorities would prosecute them, according to an internal Justice Department memo.
The disclosure provides a rare view of how federal authorities attempt to curb illegal immigration. The memo was released this week in response to a congressional investigation of the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys."- Washington Post

The cloud of smoke behind speedy Gonzales.

I wrote over a week ago that there was a fishy smell coming out of the Department of Justice. Well, by Tuesday everybody was beginning to smell it. Including some Republicans like Senator John Sununu. You knew something was up when George W. Bush's legal water boy and current Attorney General Alberto R(aza) Gonzales was so quick to apologize about the failure of the FBI to follow the procedures of the Patriot Act in spying on American citizens and also admit that "mistakes were made" in the firing of the eight U.S. attorney's but, of course Gonzales was not in the loop. Yeah right! I'm thinking there is much more to this story so Congressional investigators should start digging and Alberto Gonzales should start packing to leave.

What's that fishy smell at the Justice Department

The Bush Administration is trying to defend the firing of seven U.S. attorneys late last year. One of the laughable reasons they gave is because the attorneys did not carry out Bush's policies on certain issues. From the Washington Post:

"The White House approved the firings of seven U.S. attorneys late last year after senior Justice Department officials identified the prosecutors they believed were not doing enough to carry out President Bush's policies on immigration, firearms and other issues, White House and Justice Department officials said yesterday."

Bush's policy on immigration? What a laugh! There is no policy on immigration except to allow millions of illegal immigrants to continue to break the law. Even convicted illegal immigrant fugitives can hide in plain sight for months like Elvira Arellano with no action by the Department of Justice and the Bush administration. Of course the Justice Department under Bush's former legal waterboy Alberto R(aza) Gonzales seems to have plenty of time and resources to railroad U.S. border agents and other law enforcement officers protecting U.S. borders.

The Justice Department received several letters dating to 2005 and signed by more than a dozen California lawmakers, mostly Republicans, raising concerns about then-U.S. Attorney Carol S. Lam's approach to prosecuting immigration cases. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a Democrat, also wrote Gonzales in June, saying that the "low prosecution rates have a demoralizing effect on the men and women patrolling our nation's borders."

How about the millions of letters emails and phone calls the White House has received by U.S. citizens complaining about illegal immigrantion issues in our communities. Well, the fish rots from the head. As far as the lack of action by the attorneys on the problem on lack of enforcement on illegal immigration. It is the direct result of the lack leadership of the Attorney General Alberto R(aza) Gonzales. If there is anyone who should be fired it is Attorney General Gonzales!

Strange things are happening.

The U.S. Attorney for San Diego Carol Lam has resigned. It seems she did not jump she was pushed. Lam was the U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the corrupt criminal Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Who received millions of dollars in bribes from military defense contractors.
What is really interesting are the comments from a Republican Congressman in California named Darrell Issa. Here is some background:

"In a Tuesday phone interview from his Washington office, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said Lam was asked to step down. Issa declined to name the source of the information, but said "it was a high-ranking administration official involved in the decision process."

Hmmm... What really made me laugh was Issa's past criticism of Lam:

"For years, Issa has been critical of Lam for what he said was her failure to more aggressively prosecute illegal-immigrant smugglers."And I have had one-on-one conversations with Ms. Lam, urging her to be more aware of the policy priority that the president has given," he said, referring to Bush's promises to secure the nation's borders."

"In an October 2005 letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, for example, Issa blasted Lam's office for failing to prosecute two cases of smugglers who were repeat offenders. In the letter, Issa called her failure to do so the result of "lax prosecutorial standard."

This is hysterical. Apparently, this idiot Issa does not have a clue that the failure to prosecute illegal immigrant smugglers let alone illegal immigrants starts with the policies of George W. Bush and his legal water boy and Attorney General Alberto R(aza) Gonzales. Who are both failing to secure our nations borders and continue to allow illegal immigrants to roam around our country with impunity. They are the ones who should be resigning!

Bringing out the dead on TV.

I left Washington yesterday afternoon. I thought the 5:10 Amtrak might have been packed because of the wall to wall coverage of Gerald Ford's funeral. Thankfully, it was not. That's the trouble with television coverage of events like Fords funeral in Washington. You do not always get a true perspective of events. Tight camera shots can give the impression that thousands and thousands of people line the streets or the pews. Leading one to believe that streets will be packed and traffic snarled. TV news can be sometimes create an illusion for us viewers.
One interesting shot I did see on TV yesterday was watching Bush's legal water boy Alberto R(aza) Gonzales siting in the seat behind Bill and Hillary Clinton. Gonzales body language was fascinating to watch as he strained to over hear the conversation between the Clintons . Not since J. Edgar Hoover have we had an administration official who wishes to snoop into the lives of American citizens more than Gonzales. I was amused by this shot.
After the extended coverage of Ford's funeral (which I think even Ford would have said enough already) following on the weekend reports of Saddam Hussein's hanging and the funeral of James Brown all I can say is:

I SEE DEAD PEOPLE.