It is interesting to note the renewed pubic interest into the activities of those police agencies which investigate "cold cases",
i.e. cases which although not closed have nevertheless laid dormant for many years with little interest in solving or even continuing the investigations. One which springs to mind is JonBenet Ramsey's murder
of some ten years ago.

One which should spring to mind is the total lack of follow up on those questionable and possibly criminal activities involving the several acts of interference with the recount in Florida balloting in the Presidential election of 2000. What seemed to me the most outrageous event in this scenario was the arrival of several busloads of thugs who descended on the supervisor of elections offices in Dade County and attempted to mau-mau and force their way into the offices in such a manner as to terrify the poll workers doing the recount and so frighten them that, the recount stopped. 9,000 questionable votes hung in the balance. Enough to change the results of the election. Shortly thereafter Catherine Harris, serving concurrently as both
Bush's campaign manager and Secretary of State of the State of Florida, and seeing no conflict of interest, conveniently slammed the door and the rest is history. This was followed by oily utterances urging Americans to forget, move forward and "come together" for the sake of the nation.

No one even questioned why the FDLE and the U.S. Justice Department took no steps to ascertain where those busloads of thugs originated and precisely who inspired them, to act like the Nazi S.A. in the 1930's. To date no investigation has taken place by any agency of any government although it is patently obvious that this was but one facet of an organized movement to highjack the electoral process and steal an election.

Perhaps if the recount had been permitted to run it's course the results might have remained unchanged, but it is obvious that certain interests were not willing to let the democratic process play out. Winning, regardless of the method, was the only concern. Let the punitive loser make gracious concession speeches to mollify the discontent, the winner was too busy claiming a "mandate" as a result of a 5-4 decision which prevented determining the will of the electorate.

It is not enough to say forget it, it's done, it's history. If we have a morality that required unflagging efforts to continue to investigate old unsolved crimes, then why not this one? Surely stealing the Presidency of the United States is as important as bringing an undetected murderer to the dock. The people are at least entitled to a continuing inquiry into who inspired those thugs to frustrate a recount in the most populous county in Florida, where the polling was highly questionable.

While it is not possible to turn back the march of history nor the balance of the scales of justice, it should be possible to determine whether someone had his thumb on those scales.

Randy