Seriously folks - What are we going to do with Bush once he leaves office?

[wake.up.america]

He single handily destroys the economy, the military, Iraq, the good name of the United States and walks out with a smirk on his face in search of more millions to fill his "coffer". No impeachment . Nothing?

Can't we at least fund a monument depicting just how much we think he's worse than the plague?

This is nuts. He is going to get away with it. You wait and see.

[Drum]

1. If we can't imprison him,

I'd settle for exile. Far, far away.

[wake.up.america]

6. How? I want to see no violence, but the imbecile should be publicly "shamed" - something.

[Drum]

12. Wouldn't being kicked out of the country he claims to have saved be shameful? nt

[Inkyfuzzbottom]

33. Impossible

people like Bush have no shame.

[TechBear_Seattle]

39. The last round of terrorism trials in the United States: Bush, Cheney and the rest

Before overturning the laws as unconstitutional, take every last one of the Junta (and every last Congressman and Senator of BOTH parties who can be charged with complicity) and convict them according to the laws they themselves passed. In the end, strip them all of American citizenship and send them off to a Muslim theocracy.

[davepdx]

52. Better yet, have the new President use the Patriot Act

and send them to Iraq (bound and hooded), split them into two groups, and let the Shiite's and the Sunni's try them in their justice system. Also, consider sending any officer of any corporation that participated in war profiteering.

When the rats nest is cleaned up here, then do away with the Patriot Act and any of the enabling legislation.

This would be a modern version of Nixon's rat f***ing.

[More Than A Feeling]

2. Buy the Crawford Ranch, and turn it into a museum documenting the tragedy

that was the Bush administration.

[wake.up.america]

10. Tha'ts an idea. We want something that is feasible and that will make an impact.

[aquart]

20. Confiscate the ranch under eminent domain.

Put up a state of the art veterans hospital.

[More Than A Feeling]

23. With the ranch/museum also on the land.

That'd work

[zanne]

3. Compost? nt

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Leper colony except I wouldn't do that to lepers.

[Bobbieo]

11. I sincerely hope he leaves !

[baby_mouse]

5. He could host gameshows! He'd be great at it!

I'm not entirely joking. He does remind me a lot of a gameshow host.

[Greyhound]

34. Except a gameshow host must be able to speak English well enough to be understood

by the audience and contestants. There are also about half a dozen other things the host must be aware of while conducting the show that most people are not aware of.

No, this is just another item on the infinite list of things that moran can only fail at.

[baby_mouse]

47. Feck. I've inadvertently insulted gameshow hosts.

But, hey, its George. Suggesting any job he might do would insult it's practitioners...

[davhill]

7. If he leaves office

He might just suspend the constitution next year until "terrorism" is defeated forever.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I suspect he will get away with it...

I'm not sure why, but I do think that...

I mean, if we can't stop him now, then how do we expect that getting him after he leaves office to be a priority?

I don't see it happening, frankly...

And that is too bad...

The whole freaking mess makes me sick...

[salin]

9. Send him to the International World Court...

War Crimes Tribunal.

[alfredo]

15. I agree. Charge bush and the members of his junta for crimes

against humanity.

[soothsayer]

28. I'm pretty sure the US decided not to participate in the World Court, so

this scenario unfortunately cannot happen

[Greyhound]

37. Yes, May 6th 2002, shrub withdrew us from the ICC. n/t

[salin]

43. So by - say January 31st, 2009... the next president could

start procedures to get us reinstated?

[porphyrian]

13. Let's burn that bridge when we get to it. - n/t

[librechik]

14. off to the Phantom Zone with him

and Cheney, too.

Seriously, we will do the same thing to Bush that we did to Nixon, and to Bush Sr. Nada. Zilch. Zero. Hide our jeads in the sand rather than prosecute the chief executive for his obvious crimes.

What the hell is wrong with us? Things aren't getting better as the decades go along since Nixon. Ignoring the bully is not working. As long as we can't get it together to do something, we will continue to fall deeper and deeper into fascism.

[Gregorian]

16. Focus on the American people.

Like Scott Ritter is saying, this mess is our responsibility. I don't the "we" on this forum. I mean the rest. The ones who watch Fox, and believe it. The ones who believed Bush's lies.

Bush is one man.

Our nation needs to grow up and begin the long task of maturing and learning. Gaining what some of us just naturally have- common sense and empathy.

Because, when the nation has that, there won't be another Bush. Honest elections will be demanded. Environmental protection will be respected. Wars won't be started.

Bush can go to hell. And I'm sure he will. I hate to put it in their terms, but I'll happily move on.

Oh yeah, and if the Hague wants to take him and his gang on, I'll cheer.

[wake.up.america]

32. Perhaps you are right, but I think allowing Bush to walk away scot free..

does the country no good. Once again, please let it be known I am not advocating anything illegal or immoral.

[JohnnyLib2]

17. As for me and mine: we'll use the hell of eternal ridicule.

Although some groups prefer shunning.

[hunter]

18. I'm betting he and Cheney end up in Dubai.

We can bar the doors after they leave.

[niyad]

19. no extradition with paraguay, correct? can the ICC still grab him there?

[Whoa_Nelly]

21. Can we get a class action lawsuit going?

[The Stranger]

22. Try him.

There really seems to be no question about it, and it should be done even now, except that Pelosi is complicit in covering for his crimes.

[Richard D]

24. Well . . .

. . . a Democratic congress, president, cabinet, judges, etc., plus legislation undoing the patriot act, remove tax breaks for the ultr-rich, reign in corporations and remove their "personhood" status, universal health care, increase Social Security benefits, programs that work for the homeless including free job training, increase aid to students, greater funding for public schools including colleges, cut profits to defense contractors, find a viable alternative to the oil economy, etc. And I'm sure I left a lot out, but you get the drift.

Of course seeing he and his ilk on the stand at the Hague followed by life imprisonment for war crimes (I'm against the death penalty, but could be persuaded in this case) would also be a nice addition to the above.

[MADem]

25. You have to define "getting away with it"

I'm sorry--running to Eye-Rack, and giving a short and mindless pep talk (after leaving the backdrop er, troops, standing at attention for over an hour, making a black guy quote Ronald Reagan to introduce him), well, that ain't gonna fix a destroyed legacy.

Conning and arm-twisting the Chinese, who are in our "trade shithouse" because of their crappy crap they've sent over to us, to sit on the North Koreans and force them to come around isn't a great victory, either--it's something he should have done YEARS AGO.

Bush is cramming for his final exam, and it's obvious. Sorry, the Great Historical Professor isn't gonna give him a "Gentleman's C" this time--he's flunked American Presidency 101 AND 202.

At least he made his ancestors happy. Both Poppy AND Franklin Pierce get to move up a notch on the "How Bad Did He Suck?" ladder, thanks to his poor performance.

[BrklynLiberal]

26. Merely point and laugh.... Public humiliation should be his karma.

HA HA




Make sure everyone knows that the Emperor was naked the whole time!!!

[soothsayer]

27. watch him slink off to paraguay with his pillaged millions or billions

and where there's no extradition where the dumbass can clear brush to his heart's content

[stop the bleeding]

29. Same thing that our Congressional leaders have done for the last 6 years.

nothing

[Crabby Appleton]

55. you took my answer - nothing nt

[Cleita]

30. I think we need to keep him going to court forever until

something sticks. There are so many crimes to charge him with and so many civil suits that could be filed, I would like to see him spend his retirement fighting off all these legal problems until the day he dies. Also, it would be nice if some sovereign nation like Iraq or Afghanistan files war crimes complaints against him in The Hague.

[calimary]

35. Yes. Let the investigations continue. The subpoenas. The questioning.

Hauling all his little playmates in to testify UNDER OATH. Perjury and Obstruction of Justice charges at the ready.

May he face prosecution, from near AND far, for the rest of his miserable days.

And if he does skip town for Paraguay, long may he stay there, essentially in perpetual lock-up. Yeah, sure, Paraguay doesn't have an extradition treaty (we COULD start working on that one, I suppose), but where else could he go? Europe? Australia? Elsewhere in South America? Just where is it, exactly, that he might be welcome? Back to this country - especially if there are investigations, possible indictments and prosecutions underway? HAH! Fat chance of THAT! Would there still be stormtroopers keeping protestors away when he's no longer in power, no longer calling the shots? AND, if Democrats take over in the White House, would there be such meticulous deference to the OUT-of-power madman? Would it be such a high priority to bend over backwards to accommodate him anymore? He'd appear to have beaten the rap if he runs and hides in Paraguay, but once he does, he'll be basically locked in, 98-thousand acres alright, but still a virtual prisoner, under house arrest.

Oh yeah - one other thing. Venezuela is not terribly far away. With his GREAT GOOD friend and supporter Hugo Chavez :sarcasm: riding high. That'll make him sweat, especially if Chavez has any coattails elsewhere on the continent.

[Cleita]

38. He could get protection too in the UAE or

Saudi Arabia like Idi Amin, but again that would be like house arrest too. No booze either. :rofl:

[calimary]

48. Yeah, there's always Dubai where all his Halliburton friends are.

But his prospects are still extremely limited. The jackass is hated in so many other places around the world. He won't be able to go out strolling on the public sidewalks the way Clinton does all the time - and anywhere on earth he wishes.

[Wiley50]

31. He's Gonna Get Himself and a Bunch of Us Nuked When He Bombs Iran n/t

[angrycarpenter]

36. there will always be people to protect him

I don't think he can screw-up bad enough to turn his base against him. Too many people have been accessories in his crimes to let him go down. He will be protected to the point that no one will ever be able to even ask him pointed questions much less hold him accountable. The only alternative is to watch him like a hawk. Dog his steps where ever he goes. Protest whenever he speaks. Make sure his words count for nothing.

[LWolf]

40. I'd like to commit him to a mental health facility.

He won't get away with it unless Democrats allow him to.

Are you going to allow your party to do just that? Are you supporting those that are willing to impeach, and opposing those that want impeachment "off the table?"

Or are you putting party loyalty before the law?

[stillcool]

41. follow him to Paraguay...maybe?

By Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff
Newsweek

Aug. 9 issue - Days after 9/11, a senior Pentagon official lamented the lack of good targets in Afghanistan and proposed instead U.S. military attacks in South America or Southeast Asia as "a surprise to the terrorists," according to a footnote in the recent 9/11 Commission Report. The unsigned top-secret memo, which the panel's report said appears to have been written by Defense Under Secretary ion agreement for 2007 over the South American country's refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court.

The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has stood tough against the ICC since its creation in 2002 out of concern that Americans overseas, including military personnel, diplomats and ordinary citizens, could be subject to politically motivated prosecutions.

Last May, Paraguay approved the entry of some 400 U.S. troops for joint military exercises, such as programs on fighting urban terrorists, public security and humanitarian assistance.

Ramirez said the government determined that under international treaty law, exceptions to immunity can only be made in cases of foreign diplomats and administrative personnel.

He said U.S. military exercises scheduled through Dec. 1 would continue.

October 15, 2006
US President Bush Makes Massive Land Purchase In Paraguay Ahead Of Expected War Crimes Charges
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

Russian Intelligence Analysts are reporting today that the American President’s daughter, Jenna Bush, has secured on behalf of her father, the American President, and the Bush Family, the purchase of nearly 100,000 acres of land in the South American Nation of Paraguay, and which is also confirmed by the Latin American News Service, and as we can read as reported in their article titled "Bush Buys Land in Northern Paraguay", and which says:

"An Argentine official regarded the intention of the George W. Bush family to settle on the Acuifero Guarani (Paraguay) as surprising, besides being a bad signal for the governments of the region. Luis D Elia, undersecretary for the Social Habitat in the Argentine Federal Planning Ministry, issued a memo partially reproduced by digital INFOBAE.com, in which he spoke of the purchase by Bush of a 98,842-acre farm in northern Paraguay, between Brazil and Bolivia."
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These reports suggest the these actions being taken by the Bush Family are in response to the expected War Crime Charges being filed by the International Committee for the Red Cross, and which we had reported on in our October 15, 2005 report titled ‘War Crimes’ Portfolio against United States President, Vice President and Defense Secretary Opened By International Committee of the Red Cross Charging ‘Crimes Against Humanity’, and wherein we had stated:

"Kremlin sources are reporting today that the International Committee of the Red Cross, based in Switzerland, has opened a War Crimes Portfolio charging the United States President, Vice President, Defense Secretary, United States Military Commanders and the majority of United States Senators and Congressmen with ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ over what the United Nations has declared as an ‘illegal’ war in the Middle Eastern Country of Iraq, and where the innocent civilian death toll is nearing 30,000.

This is reported to be only the second time in the International Committee of the Red Cross’s history where a War Crimes Portfolio has been opened against the Civilian and Military Leadership of a sovereign country, with the first being opened in 1943 against the Nazi German Empire and its Chancellor, Adolph Hitler, and various other civilian and military leaders of that country."
© October 15, 2006 EU and US all rights reserved.
http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/51221.php

About that Bush Family Ranch in Paraguay...
By truthista | bio
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/truthista/2007/jan/10/about_that_bush_family_ranch_in_paraguay

A government office forbidden by law from disseminating information domestically was the mouthpiece of choice for the administration to deny rumors that the Bush family purchased thousands of acres in a remote portion of northern Paraguay.

According to CNN, the State Department's USINFO Counter-Disinformation/Misinformation Team, led by Todd Leventhal, "helps U.S. embassies identify and rebut other nations' disinformation, most often fabrications about the United States planted in foreign newspapers or television shows and, these days, on the Internet."

The State Department's response is posted on the USINFO website in its "media archives." Curiously, the official denial (below) was not issued separately but was appended to an earlier statement responding to equally persistent rumors of a U.S. military base in Paraguay.
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Alleged Bush ranch in Paraguay

In October 2006, newspapers in Paraguay, the Cuban news service Prensa Latina and others circulated allegations falsely claiming, variously, that:

* Former President George H.W. Bush owns 70,000 hectares (173,000 acres) in the Chaco region of Paraguay, or

* Current President George W. Bush owns 40,000 hectares (98,842 acres) in the same region, or

* Timothy Towell, former U.S. ambassador to Paraguay from 1988 to 1991, administers the 70,000 hectare ranch on behalf of former President Bush.

These supposed land acquisitions were often claimed to be associated with alleged U.S. designs on the Guarani aquifer or the Mariscal Estigarribia air base.

There is no truth to any of these allegations:

* The White House has stated that the rumors about President Bush are not true.

* The office of former President George H.W. Bush has confirmed that the allegations about former President Bush are not true.

* Ambassador Towell has confirmed that he does not administer any land in Paraguay on behalf of either former President George H.W. Bush or current President George W. Bush.

(excerpt from "United States Has No Plans for Military Base in Paraguay," U.S. State Dept.)
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Clearly, the Bush administration is not coming clean about plans for Paraguay, whatever they may be. But, mainstream news media have shown little interest in the subject, leaving the public to guess at the truth until it becomes too obvious for even the MSM to ignore.

Published: October 9, 2006
ASUNCION, Paraguay Jenna Bush came to this poor, landlocked South American country to take part in a UNICEF program for young professionals who volunteer in its activities here, the U.N. organization announced Monday.


ASUNCION, Paraguay Jenna Bush came to this poor, landlocked South American country to take part in a UNICEF program for young professionals who volunteer in its activities here, the U.N. organization announced Monday.

UNICEF released few details about the program involving the 24-year-old daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush, citing security concerns.

"The visit is strictly private in nature," UNICEF announced in a one-page statement released by spokeswoman Natalie Echague. "She will get to know the UNICEF activities in Paraguay and some of the programs it cooperates in."

Local news media reported said Jenna Bush arrived Saturday in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion on a commercial flight, then dined Sunday evening with Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte and his family at their official residence and met with U.S. Ambassador James Cason. Officials did not confirm those accounts.

Jenna Bush planned no news conferences and no interviews, according to UNICEF. She and sister Barbara are the twin daughters of the U.S. president and his wife, Laura.

Paraguay, one of the poorest countries in South America, is home to 17 indigenous groups. A large portion of Paraguay's population is dedicated to subsistence farming and Indians in the rural Chaco regionhave endured a devastating drought.

The United Nations Children's Fund and other aid groups have sought to extend basic services such as potable water, health care, education and better housing to the least developed parts of this nation of more than 6 million.
Paraguay's economy is struggling to emerge from years of recession and slow growth as it battles corruption.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/09/america/LA_GEN_Paraguay_UN_Jenna_Bush.php

[mod mom]

57. He'll have Blackwater take over the base he had built (taxpayers $). I suspect one

South American president, rich with oil revenues, won't be too hospitable to housing the bu$h junta occupying the largest water resevoir on the continent, however.

[Buns_of_Fire]

42. I'm all for ridicule and public humiliation

Forget about any atonement or redress. It ain't gonna happen.

And Chucklenutz can forget about having every other street in the country named after him (although I would wholeheartedly support naming every access road to a public landfill "George Bush Boulevard").

Nope. My plan is to erect statues of him in every location that'll have one. Flattering statues -- but they MUST have the following plaque affixed:
This _____ Dedicated to President George W. Bush
The Worst President in the History of the United States
We won't get fooled again

As an alternative, the statue could also be one of half-a-horse (which half should be obvious), with the same plaque affixed.

Shit-fer-brains need not worry about his "legacy". We'll take care of it...

[Joe Bacon]

44. Hey, I'll toss 50¢ in for the tar and feathers!

[LeftofU]

45. Jail

And I want all the money back.

[catmandu57]

46. I don't know, but, he's young enough to worry about it

for a while and there'll be time enough to write the laws we need to deal with him. Darth, on the other hand is just about used up, even with the best health care in the world how long can a man in his shape last? Add to that the enormous stress that's going to come when all the protections of office are gone, he'll probably bite the cap embedded in his molar.

It's possible that a snatch team is in gw's future, one that will whisk him off to the Hague to answer for his actions I can only hope, but there is still time he's not going anywhere. Even if the fool runs to Paraguay it's probably much easier for a snatch team to operate there.

[TygrBright]

49. Turn him over to the Hague. n/t

[XemaSab]

50. I'm sure I have a rail around here somewhere

we could run him out of town on. :P

[JerseygirlCT]

51. The Hague? nt

[DemGa]

53. I think Bushco gets away with their crimes

So I agree with the OP. They not only walk but we get much, much more of the same. This is because even with a Dem Presidency in 2008, it's really just a break in the action for the corporate/Republican/neocon movement. Without a revolution in ideas, I'd say we're pretty well screwn.

[Mutineer]

54. Nothing.

Exactly what Pelosi & company are doing right now to him/with him. Unless you count paying his huge pension, his perks, providing him with security, etc. for the rest of his life as "doing something with him". He gets off scotch-free. It's the way our Democratic leaders want it, obviously.

[JP Belgium]

56. Tar and feathers ?

Seems appropriate for a chickenhawk / lame duck . And it would make a nice picture on every frontpage all over the world.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

58. Re-sculpt Mt Rushmore in all of his likenesses?

perhaps not...

[focusfan]

59. your probably right

the son of a bitch gets away with too much