{"id":1754,"date":"2008-11-11T10:25:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T14:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2008-11-11T10:25:37","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T14:25:37","slug":"if-the-taiwanese-can-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/11\/if-the-taiwanese-can-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"If the Taiwanese Can Do It . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/11\/AR2008111100148.html?hpid=sec-world\">in Taiwan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian was led away in handcuffs Tuesday after investigators questioned him for more than five hours in connection with a lengthy money laundering probe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This post over at Booman Tribune &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boomantribune.com\/story\/2008\/11\/10\/15723\/324\">Treat DC as a Crime Scene<\/a> &#8211; has been linked a lot, mostly in bitter amusement.\u00c2\u00a0 But I&#8217;d take its prescriptions as an entirely reasonable start.\u00c2\u00a0 Some might read this and think that I&#8217;m overreacting, or that perhaps we&#8217;d be better off with more magnanimity in victory.\u00c2\u00a0 No.\u00c2\u00a0 There is no shortage of reasonable suspicion pointing to real and actual crimes by this Administration (up to and including the President).\u00c2\u00a0 Further, what we&#8217;d be better off with &#8211; both now and in the future &#8211; is a clear demonstration that we are a nation ruled by laws, not men.\u00c2\u00a0 Fear of prosecution for breaking the law should be universal &#8211; whether you&#8217;re a member of the Bush Administration, the Obama Administration, or any future administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, in Taiwan: Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian was led away in handcuffs Tuesday after investigators questioned him for more than five hours in connection with a lengthy money laundering probe. 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