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Here's the link to the video: [Link removed by administrator while we determine the appropriateness of such a link on this site. When I first saw this thread, i watched the link and responded without thinking much about its approriateness. After three complaints to me and several complaints in this thread itself, I decided to take this step until the moderator of this forum could make a ruling. - inquiry ] Now the policeman was punished. He did get a 30 day suspension, but not for the murder. It seems that the officer was a bit late for work on the day of the execution, and although the authorities in Chicago tolerate murder on camera, tardiness is not acceptable, and so the officer was punished for that. If he'd been on time when he put a bullet in the man's head, there would have been no punishment at all.

Rumsfeld successfully argued he couldn't be held responsible for the tortue he authorized because he's a former cabinet minister: http://www.newsandcurrents.com/news/2007/1...rture-case.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070131-8745.html?rel

In an earlier age George W. Bush would have been confined to the attic instead of holding high office. The same day the "I didn't vote for Bush" story broke, the results of a recent poll were released, showing that a majority of Americans believe that Bush has committed impeachable offences. The impeachment of Cheney was referred to committee by a solid majority http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-bri...resolution.html and it's high time that a similar action be taken against Bush. Has there ever been another president of which americans were ashamed? I wonder. I don't blame anyone who wants to hold up an "I didn't vote for Bush" sign.