QUOTE FOR THE DAY
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have
a tremendous impact on history."
- - George W. Bush (Alias = Shrub)
Rhino here:
Remember my lead line yesterday?
"Harken! Hallibuton! Enron! Worldcom! Merck! Who's next?"
How about a scandal bigger than Enron, Global Crossing and MCI-WorldCom all
put together? How about a government rip off and cover up that steals the
savings of a half a million American Indians? How about a scandal where
Shrub and his cronies are right now trying to get Congress to cut the
funding of an accounting ordered by a the U.S. District Court Judge and
they're trying to appropriate millions of dollars in tax revenue to hire
private attorneys to protect government officials who have screwed up and
covered-up their misconduct. Don't believe it? Read on.
FOR MORE INFO GO TO:
http://www.indiantrust.com
And/or read the press release below.
WHITE HOUSE ASKS CONGRESS TO SHIELD ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS FROM
PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF TRUST AND DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION
July 11, 2002
In stark contrast to President Bush's urgent call for "corporate
responsibility," and to stop the scandals rocking Wall Street, The
White House along with Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General
are seeking legislation to obstruct the ability of the United States
District Court in the landmark Indian trust lawsuit, Cobell v. Norton, to
uncover the full scope of malfeasance in the government's mismanagement of
billions of dollars of assets held in trust for 500,000 individual Indian
trust beneficiaries.
Specifically, the White House has asked Congress to appropriate
millions of dollars in tax revenue to hire private attorneys to protect
government officials who have breached their fiduciary responsibilities and
have covered-up their misconduct by destroying tens of thousands of boxes
of documents and electronic trust records throughout the six-year case.
Worse still, the government deliberately has failed to provide adequate
information technology (IT) security for individual Indian trust funds,
exposing billions of dollars of trust monies to theft, loss, and
misappropriation.
At the same time, the White House has requested that Congress cut off
funds for judicial officers who have begun to expose the nature and scope of
this massive government financial scandal and has asked Congress to cut off
funds for the full accounting ordered by United States District Court Judge
Royce C. Lamberth and the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit.
The malfeasance committed by the government exceeds in aggregate the
financial losses and document destruction that have been reported for
Enron, Global Crossing and MCI-WorldCom.
Lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell expressed anger and frustration in this
unprecedented effort to protect administration officials who
deliberately violate the law and breach their trust duties:
"It is very strange that the President acts aggressively to prosecute
chief executive officers of public companies for their corrupt activities at
the same time the President attempts to protect government officials who
engage in precisely the same misconduct. If the President is correct that
this behavior is criminal and must be stopped now, and he is, why is
cooking the books and cover-up acceptable when done by officials in his
Administration?
Congress should send a clear message to the White House that this will
not be tolerated. And, the public should be outraged by this naked abuse
of power."
FOR MORE INFO GO TO:
http://www.indiantrust.com
or contact Mia Merrick at (402) 878.4244
Rhino's Weblog is the responsibility of The Rhino.
Gary Rhine
rhino@kifaru.com
http://www.kifaru.com
http://www.dreamcatchers.org
http://radio.weblogs.com/0103207/
11:06:17 AM 
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