Time to revisit the case of George W. Bush?

[bemildred]

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Since the inception of the "Occupy" movement, perplexed pundits and commentators have sought to understand what the Wall Street protesters are all about. For the mainstream media, so accustomed to easy bullet points and a straight list of demands, Occupy has been frustratingly elusive and inchoate. The idea that Occupy is somehow "immature" for not articulating such specific demands is misplaced, though there is some truth to the notion that the movement has, up until now, fulfilled a largely symbolic role as it calls attention to various abuses and excesses within the capitalist system. Yet, judging from recent developments, Occupy may be shifting from this symbolic nature of protest and moving toward more overtly political actions.

Take, for example, demonstrators' recent effort to arrest former President George W. Bush no less. Following up on rumours that Bush was meeting with corporate executives in New York, protesters headed to the headquarters of Goldman Sachs. Before convening an improvised General Assembly in front of the building, which lies just blocks from the Occupy encampment in Liberty Plaza, activists chanted "Arrest George Bush!" Later, an employee at Goldman Sachs confirmed to Politico that America's forty third president had indeed been present in the building.

Security was reportedly tight at Goldman Sachs, though there was no indication that protesters had the opportunity to confront Bush before he left. It's unclear what Bush was doing at Goldman, but a producer for Countdown with Keith Olbermann reported that the former president had visited the investment firm for a "tribute" event. Bush's visit further outraged the protesters, who launched a mock trial of Goldman for the firm's various misdeeds in relation to the financial meltdown of 2008, including felony fraud, perjury and "theft of $78bn in taxpayer money". Later, activists personally delivered their guilty verdict to Goldman's corporate headquarters and about a dozen demonstrators were arrested in a sit down protest.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/201111993535395890.html

[HopeHoops]

1. He deserves a fair trial, but in Texas, Perry will probably have him executed first.

[Mister Ed]

5. :D ! Do we still have DUzy awards? n/t

[midnight]

2. K&R.

[Kurmudgeon]

3. Give Dubya to The Hague, be sure that Cheney is sent with him.

[dtexdem]

4. Revisit? When was the case ever visited in the first place?

Certainly not by Obama or Holder.