Comments on: In the mail: “Scorched Worth”: new book on Moonlight Fire/Sierra Pacific case

By: Canvasback

Canvasback — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:46:45 +0000

Fixed now.

By: SPO

SPO — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:53:41 +0000

In reply to MattS. My point was more along the lines of the problems with campaign finance limits as shown by situations like these.

By: MattS

MattS — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:17:07 +0000

In reply to SPO.

“why can’t Sierra Pacific spend unlimited funds to settle scores with Kamala Harris, i.e., torpedoing her presidential aspirations (or getting her turned out of her Senate seat)?”

Because Sierra Pacific doesn’t HAVE unlimited funds to spend on anything.

By: Canvasback

Canvasback — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:56:25 +0000

Kamala Harris has an unswerving loyalty to politics.She’ll be harder to beat than Hillary.
I handicap her odds at 1 in 10 for 2020 if she announces. If she builds a strong fundraising machine as a Senator, I’d give her 1 in 4 for 2024.

The “Add to Cart” link at Joe Engel’s site returns this message:

“success”:false,”status”:”Error”,”message”:”No item found with ISBN 9781594039812″

By: great unknown

great unknown — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:50:35 +0000

And, pray tell, what sanctions were imposed upon the liars? And if the answer is “none”, why should this behavior not be repeated?

By: SPO

SPO — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:50:30 +0000

Why do they still have law licenses?

Let’s take a thought experiment–why can’t Sierra Pacific spend unlimited funds to settle scores with Kamala Harris, i.e., torpedoing her presidential aspirations (or getting her turned out of her Senate seat)? If the First Amendment means anything, it means that people (including those who operate through the corporate form) can defend themselves to the fullest extent of their abilities against rapacious politicians.

The problem, once again, is that there are no consequences to those who act this way–they move on with their careers. Prison time, and stiff prison time (like 20 years) seems to be what is called for.

When government acts like this, it is in the realm of power, and the monopoly on force does not seem to be appropriate or moral.