Don't blindly get the torches and pitchforks to treat a symtome, find the root problem and try to change the copyright/science/education/access system at the core.
Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
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#12http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011...
Re: Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
#13Petition to make the required changes to the law, not to remove a human cog from the machine.
Re: Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
#14Some more context about the prosecutor: She was named "Bostonian of the Year" for her successful cases against mob bosses and drug companies: http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/03/massachusetts-u-s-atto... Out of the 94 U.S. DA offices, her office alone collected ~67% of the total criminal and civil fines in 2012, mostly owing to the successful prosecution of drug companies. Her success led to speculation that she wo…
Re: Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
#15Don't blindly get the torches and pitchforks to treat a symtome, find the root problem and try to change the copyright/science/education/access system at the core.
Re: Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
#16Some more context about the prosecutor: She was named "Bostonian of the Year" for her successful cases against mob bosses and drug companies: http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/03/massachusetts-u-s-atto... Out of the 94 U.S. DA offices, her office alone collected ~67% of the total criminal and civil fines in 2012, mostly owing to the successful prosecution of drug companies. Her success led to speculation that she wo…
It's not as if she's a holdover from the Reagan years. She was an early appointment by President Obama.
Re: Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
#17Some more context about the prosecutor: She was named "Bostonian of the Year" for her successful cases against mob bosses and drug companies: http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/03/massachusetts-u-s-atto... Out of the 94 U.S. DA offices, her office alone collected ~67% of the total criminal and civil fines in 2012, mostly owing to the successful prosecution of drug companies. Her success led to speculation that she wo…
Re: Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
#18Some more context about the prosecutor: She was named "Bostonian of the Year" for her successful cases against mob bosses and drug companies: http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/03/massachusetts-u-s-atto... Out of the 94 U.S. DA offices, her office alone collected ~67% of the total criminal and civil fines in 2012, mostly owing to the successful prosecution of drug companies. Her success led to speculation that she wo…
Had the same action been done by a non-political individual who simply did he "because he could" there would have been a quiet, minor settlement.
Re: Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
#19Petition to make the required changes to the law, not to remove a human cog from the machine.
How about both? The cog is broken, as is the greater machine. Let's fix both. Is the ball already rolling on a petition to have these particular laws changed?
Re: Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office
#20Some more context about the prosecutor: She was named "Bostonian of the Year" for her successful cases against mob bosses and drug companies: http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/03/massachusetts-u-s-atto... Out of the 94 U.S. DA offices, her office alone collected ~67% of the total criminal and civil fines in 2012, mostly owing to the successful prosecution of drug companies. Her success led to speculation that she wo…
OK, she's a hero. Does it entitle her (or the people under her) to fuck up people's lives?
Technically, President Obama has the power to install and remove U.S. attorneys at his discretion. Should we start a petition asking him to resign, too?