Showing posts with label corruption in US politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corruption in US politics. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

The Nicest Thing You’ve Ever Done for Us


Thank You Very Very Very Much, Nikki!

In her unearned U.S. appointed position at the United Nations, Nikki Haley presumed to lecture other nations and purported to represent the United States of America in a position for which she was/is totally—and embarrassingly— unqualified.

T
he daughter of Sikhs of India, Haley holds one earned academic degree: a baccalaureate in accounting.  With a few years experience in rural South Carolina elective politics— for which she was also unqualified— Nimrata “Nikki” Haley (née Randhawa) assumed the White House/Senate-approved appointive position of US Ambassador to the United Nations.

Today’s news: “US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns”

On behalf of all the people … I would merely like to mention, if I may
That our unanimous attitude / Is one of lasting gratitude
For what our friend has done for us today
 I would simply like to say:
Thank you very much - Thank you very much
That’s the nicest thing that anyone’s ever done for me
I may sound double Dutch / But my delight is such
I feel as if a losing war’s been won for me
And if I had a flag, I’d hang me flag out / To let us all the final victory touch
But since I left me flag at home
I simply have to say:
Thank you very, very, very much
Thank you very, very, very much…
Thank you very, very, very much
Thank you very, very, very much…

Now if we could just retire other U.S. brutes and “brutettes” (my made up word, not Merriam-Webster’s) in Washington, New York, and U.S. consulates around the world.

Nepotism always taints the whole:
It is one of the fundamental reasons for the corrosive state of US domestic governance and US relations with other countries.
The blatant incompetence, unprincipled behavior, and unprofessionalism of individuals positioned in high government posts do great harm to the United States, the United Nations, and all countries.
T
he rest of you, please stand down.
Bow out. Leave the stage.
Your time has long been up and done. 

M
y fellow American voters, please stop falling in love with personalities and ideologies.
Take the time to studiously scrutinize candidates’ credentials (and stewardship in office) — their prior education, experience, service and quality of service—pertinent to elective or appointive office. 

T
ake the courage to clean house, clean sweep entrenched officials. 
Cast your votes, meaningfully, to retire members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate who have held and hogged seats (enriched themselves) for more than 6 years (three terms) or 12 years (two terms), respectively.
Bear in mind that their longevity has ingrained bad governance, disconnect between government “of by and for the people” and the people and their needs and concerns; and impenetrable corruption.
Do your homework as good citizens.
Use social media meaningfully to conduct searches for and in support of new, fresh, qualified candidates for elective positions in federal, state and local offices.

N
ikki Haley is but one minor example of a huge problem of brokenness in the United States of America
wherein individuals assume and retain positions for which they are unqualified and/or otherwise unfit.
Their concentrated grip on public office is an entrenchment problem worsened by corruption that is aided, abetted and personified by individuals, their allies and friends revolving in and out of governmental, nonprofit, NGO, think-tank, and private corporate sectors.
Incestuousness inevitably rotting the whole.



Sources

Press TV news “US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns” “Haley, a former South Carolina governor and rising Republican star, was one of the first members of President Trump’s cabinet, confirmed four days after his inauguration. … [A]fter accepting the UN role, Haley had forcefully defended Trump’s controversial polices on Iran, Russia, Syria, Palestine and Venezuela.” October 9, 2018 02:31p.m.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/10/09/576530/US-Ambassador-to-UN-Nikki-Haley-resigns

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_(1970_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Rodgers

“Thank You very Much” from “Scrooge” (1970) (Transcribed by Insun Adriaansen & Mel Priddle – February 2003)
“Thank You Very Much” (with reprise) from “Scrooge” (1970) (Leslie Bricusse) Tom Jenkins (Transcribed by Holly Tooker - December 2003) https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/thankyouverymuch.html

“‘Nikki’ Haley and the poisoner in the kitchen” July 10, 2017 Pravda.Ru http://www.pravdareport.com/hotspots/conflicts/10-07-2017/138125-nikki_haley-0/Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey


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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Has a U.S. First Lady ever “Served Time”?


Hillary meets Jarrett or Jarrett meets the HRC

A new book’s on the block: The Russia Hoax billed as “insightful analysis” and a “fact-filled narrative” delving “deeply into ‘Democrat’ wrongdoing” that, according to Harper Collins, examines:

  • How did Hillary Clinton manage to escape prosecution despite compelling evidence she violated the law?
  • Did Peter Strzok, James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Loretta Lynch, and others obstruct justice by protecting Clinton?
  • Why was there never a legitimate criminal investigation of Clinton in the Uranium One case?
  • Are the text messages exchanged between Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page evidence of a concerted effort to undermine the electoral process?
  • Was there ever any real evidence of "collusion" between Trump and the Russians?
  • Did Trump obstruct justice in the firing of Comey or was he legally exercising his constitutional authority?
  • Did the FBI and DOJ improperly use a discredited "dossier" about Trump to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on Trump associates?
  • Should Mueller have disqualified himself under the special counsel law based on glaring conflicts of interest?
  • Was fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn unfairly charged with making a false statement?


The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump” is a recent release by author Gregg Jarrett purported to “reveal the real story behind Hillary Clinton’s deep state collaborators in government”…; who, “driven by personal animus and a misplaced sense of political righteousness, surreptitiously acted to subvert electoral democracy in our country.”

Author Gregg Jarrett

B

orn in Los Angeles, raised in San Marino, California, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and for several years “a defense attorney” with Gordon & Rees LLP in San Francisco, he also has been an adjunct professor at New York Law School and lecturer at other law schools; and has had a Knight Ridder/Tribune Media syndicated “weekly legal column distributed to 350 newspapers” in the United States. 

In the 1990s and 2000s, Gregory Walter “Gregg” Jarrett is profiled as “an American news anchor, commentator, and attorney who has been employed by the Fox News Channel and local TV stations affiliated with NBC, ABC, PBS, and national networks Court TV and MSNBC.”

Controversy, Criticism, Coverage

O
n a spring afternoon in 2014, Jarrett was reportedly “arrested… at Northern Lights Grill in Terminal One of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.” Airport police called to the scene reported Jarrett “seemed intoxicated, acted belligerently; refused to follow their orders”; and “was booked into Hennepin County Jail, charged with interfering with a police officer.” In July 2014, Jarrett reportedly “pleaded guilty” to charges of “disorderly conduct in connection with the arrest.” After a leave of absence, Jarrett in early December 2014 returned to his position at Fox News.

The media personality has come under criticism “for letting his political beliefs color his legal commentary, sometimes changing his mind on legal issues (depending) on which political figure would be affected.” 

He has reportedly “called for a grand jury for Hillary Clinton over her email controversy” and labeled “grand juries” as “an ‘undemocratic farce’” when special counsel Robert Mueller impaneled a grand jury “in the investigation into ‘Russian interference’ in the 2016 United States elections.”

J
arrett’s on-air experience besides Fox and MSNBC includes having covered “the Second Intifada in November and December 2001, reporting and anchoring newscasts from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza”; hosting court TV’s “nationally syndicated half-hour magazine show ‘Inside America’s Courts,” and “weekends on CNBC.”

On location in Los Angeles in 1995, Jarrett “was a main anchor for the O.J. Simpson murder trial”; and other major trials such as those of “the Menendez brothers, William Kennedy Smith, Jeffrey Dahmer, Rodney King, Marv Albert, and former au pair Louise Woodward.”

What of the lady in question?

Has a First Lady ever served time?
P

ossible openings for the HRC

NEW YORK awaiting reconstruction

The New York Women’s House of Detention (1932 to 1974) now closed once housed famous women: Polly Adler, Angela Davis, Dorothy Day, Ethel Rosenberg. 

Maybe some of those millions poured into HRC’s campaign and foundation can construct a new and improved NYWHOD over the garden former Mayor Lindsay ordered to replace the demolished women’s prison.

The first superintendent of the historic prison, Ruth E. Collins, is said to have instituted 

“a new era in penology” whose “mission was to effect the moral and social rehabilitation of the women (detainees), giving them a chance for ‘restoration as well as for punishment.’”

S
ounds like a winning prescription for the HRC; but until ground is broken; and, though it’s hard to know what state the HRC calls home, here are some operating women’s time-out facilities.


NEW YORK (Westchester County)

Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women whose infamous inmates included convicted Brinks robbers and killers Kathy Boudin and Judith Alice Clark; convicted lethal family poisoner Stacey Castor; convicted detox nurse rapist Candace Seelbinder; convicted “Long Island Lolita” shooter Amy Fisher; convicted killer of Scarsdale Diet guru Jean Harris

New York Alternatives: Albion Correctional Facility, Bayview Correctional Facility, Beacon Correctional Facility, and Taconic Correctional Facility.

MARYLAND

Neighboring Washington is Maryland’s Maryland Correctional Institution for Women (MCI-W), a multi-level security prison in Jessup.

WEST VIRGINIA

Division of the United States Department of Justice operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Federal Prison Camp, Alderson (FPC Alderson), a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates

NEW JERSEY HRC namesake

Formerly the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women now Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW), renamed for one of the first female correctional superintendents in the United States, Edna Mahan (pronounced Mann, b. 1900), located in Union Township, Hunterdon County, near Clinton.

ARKANSAS (HRC's husband was governor)

McPherson Unit is a prison for women of the Arkansas Department of Correction that “houses the state’s death row for women,” located in Newport, Arkansas.

VIRGINIA

The Virginia Correctional Center for Women, a central Virginia female-only state prison, a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections

ILLINOIS (HRC birthplace)

Logan Correctional Center, multi-level security prison for female offenders in Broadwell Township, Logan County, Illinois, near Lincoln


Without prejudice or intended offense — there’s always a first FIRST!



Sources

The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump
By: Gregg Jarrett Narrated by: Charles Constant, Gregg Jarrett  Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
Unabridged Audiobook  Release date: 07-24-18  Language: English Publisher:
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062872753/the-russia-hoax/
HarperAudio https://www.audible.com/pd/History/The-Russia-Hoax-Audiobook/B07DDPD265

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Jarrett

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Camp,_Alderson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Correctional_Institution_for_Women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Women%27s_House_of_Detention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Correctional_Institution_for_Women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Mahan_Correctional_Facility_for_Women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McPherson_Unit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Hills_Correctional_Facility_for_Women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Correctional_Center_for_Women
https://www2.illinois.gov/idoc/facilities/Pages/logancorrectionalcenter.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Correctional_Center


 
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