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Wed, 31 May 2006 01:54:30 +0000

[...] Orrin Hatch: Loose Lips On SurveillanceThink Progress, DC - May 17, 2006When reporters ask the White House about the NSA program that secretly collects phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, administration … [...]

By: Joefriday

Joefriday — Fri, 19 May 2006 04:13:53 +0000

For all the Bushcos– get a life. You are demented. Anyone that ties their worth in life to a polictical party is SICK-SICK. So–Let’s debate that. You won’t, because you are sick human beings. No Ma/IRI both sick.. They will keep posting-shallow, sick, worthless retards. They will be back–but, still sick. I hope this does not violate the “terms of use” I know that IRI never does. Still want to meet you IRI–live in the same city… COWARD.. You still cleaning the johns in the Houston office buildings??

By: Joefriday

Joefriday — Fri, 19 May 2006 04:02:17 +0000

chase#12- How do know what they are doing?? they continue to lie. How can you sickos justify your need to have big daddy think and do for you?? does that make you feel like a moron.— need someone to think for you?? Stand up and be a man/women–think for your self—does that really hurt?? No answer!! never get one. they are sick and can not converse. they need to have some one else think for them..

By: big papa

big papa — Thu, 18 May 2006 16:24:14 +0000

i dont give a two shits either way about this program – iâ€™m not a terrorist or a criminal so if they wanna keep a log of who i called in some massive database, go for it. if theyâ€™re listening in, thatâ€™s a different ball game.

Comment by Chase #12

Chafed,

…you’re a lying sack of sh*t…

…if this program were being administered by the Clinton administration…

…you’d be conducting war games in the swamps of whatever red state your bi*ch a*s slithers in…

…you conservative Bushite republiscum would defend him if he murdered your inbred children…

…and none of that sh*t about clinton DID spy on us…

…they had warrants sh*thead…

By: Jaded Prole

Jaded Prole — Thu, 18 May 2006 12:24:47 +0000

Nixon’s ghost must be green with envy. There is a lot of heavy spin on this to convince people that it is a legal and benign program and that our calls, emails and online records are not really being scrutinized but it’s bullshit. This is far worse than Cointelpro and more vast than the original Total Information Awareness scheme that was defeated by Congress a few years ago.

By: Elinor Kieffer

Elinor Kieffer — Thu, 18 May 2006 12:01:23 +0000

Civil liberties should not be a matter for government intervention, Hatch or not. If you ask many people if the president can intrude upon our liberties to fight terrorism, an alarming number will say that if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Meretricious nonsense! Go up to these same people on the street and tell them that you have been tapping their phones and that they have a lousy sex life andthey will see what this program really means. So keep up the bloopers, Senator!

By: bobby johnson

bobby johnson — Thu, 18 May 2006 08:54:14 +0000

i was wondering if they have located orin hatch`s other wives,this is why he screwed up,too many wives,too many stories.

By: RAL

RAL — Thu, 18 May 2006 05:42:24 +0000

May 17, 2006 — LATE EDITION — WMR can report tonight on more details concerning the confusing reports regarding Karl Rove and Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald from last Friday. WMR can confirm that the appearance of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before the Grand Jury at the US Federal Courthouse in Washington was a formality in which the jury informed the Attorney General of their decision to indict Karl Rove. That proceeding lasted for less than 30 minutes and took place shortly after noon. Gonzales’s personal security detachment was present in the courthouse during the Grand Jury briefing. From the courthouse, Gonzales’s motorcade proceeded directly down Constitution Avenue to the Department of Justice.

According to sources within the Patton and Boggs law firm, Karl Rove was present at the law firm’s building on M Street. WMR was told by a credible source that a Patton and Boggs attorney confirmed that Fitzgerald paid a visit to the law firm to inform Rove attorney Robert Luskin and Rove that an indictment would be returned by the Grand Jury against Rove. Contrary to other reports, some of which may have emanated from the Rove camp in order to create diversions and smokescreens, the meetings at Patton and Boggs did not last 15 hours nor was a 24-hour notice of intent to indict delivered to Rove. In the Scooter Libby case last October, after the Grand Jury decided to indict Libby on Friday, October 21 and the Attorney General personally heard the decision the same day at a meeting with the jury, the actual indictment was issued the following Friday, October 28. Several sources have told WMR that an announcement concerning the indictment of Rove will be made on Friday, May 19 generally following the same scenario from October 28, 2005 — the posting of the indictment on the Special Prosecutor’s web site followed by a press conference at Main Justice.

WMR was also told by a credible source that part of the reason for Fitzgerald’s visit to Patton and Boggs was to inform Rove attorney Luskin that he has moved into the category of a “subject” of the special prosecutor’s investigation as a result of a conversation with Time reporter Viveca Novak, in which Novak told Luskin that Rove was a source for Time’s Matt Cooper. The special prosecutor, who has prosecuted one defense attorney in the Hollinger case, is reportedly investigating whether Luskin, as an officer of the court, may have violated laws on obstruction of justice.

WMR has also discovered that last year Rove, realizing he remained a lightning rod in the CIA Leakgate scandal, made preliminary plans to move into the private sector from the White House to take political heat off the Bush administration. However, as it became clear that he was in over his head legally and his legal bills piled up, Rove decided to remain at the White House.

By: Mike Brown

Mike Brown — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:33:57 +0000

There is a handful of high-ranking, high-profile, highly ideological Republicans in the U.S. Senate who are especially reprehensible and are every bit as destructive to good government as Bush and Cheney. They have enabled and defended this sinister administration at every turn. They defend the most right wing judicial nominations, refuse to allow proper oversight of the executive branch, deliberately obstruct the aggressive pursuit of the President’s part in the misuse of intelligence, and continually defend every unlawful act that comes out of the White House. I refer specifically to Orin Hatch, Jeff Sessions, Pat Roberts, John Cornyn, John Kyl, and Bill Frist. If the Democrats regain control of the Senate in November, I will take particular pleasure in seeing their influence greatly diminished.

By: Ergy Earpp

Ergy Earpp — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:30:02 +0000

Hey, just for laughs anyone remember the crack job that Orrin and Arlen did on Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas confirmations. They could not wait to announce to the press that any opening was a excoriation of her testimony. They lolled over all kinds of profane words (repeating them over and over again- like perverted Mr. Spocks). HA!!

Shame of it is that it turns out that everything Anita Hill claimed was true. Orrin is without honor.

By: Ergy Earpp

Ergy Earpp — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:21:27 +0000

I don’t care what the partisan Hatch or Pat Roberts say. They value loyalty over truth every time. Goddamn the lot of the lying SOBs. Oversight by the Judicial branch is what is warranted by law, not oversight of some partisan hacks in Congress.

For every moderate Republican found, you must face ten of these rabid bastards. As a liberal, I could really go for some good old fashioned fiscal conservatism right now…and some straight up accountability. They don’t get it: the vast majority of Americans are tired of the incompetence and secrecy of this government. They are bored to death by the spinning without any evidence to back a position. They are ready for drastic change. The Emperor and his legions are done, they just doesn’t know it yet.

By: WC

WC — Thu, 18 May 2006 01:25:02 +0000

#72

Clif:

Ain’t it the truth.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 18 May 2006 01:10:14 +0000

Saved the best for last, Clif>

By: Clif

Clif — Thu, 18 May 2006 00:45:28 +0000

late to the caption contest

“This the last time I take Bush’s word how good Jeff Gannon is……”

By: Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 18 May 2006 00:17:31 +0000

Can you imagine the outcry if a Democratic president did what Bush is doing now? The cries for impeachment would be deafening. There would be no other news on any of the MSM stations. Chase: how do you live with yourself being such a hypocritical fool? You were probably the same person that was screaming about the black helicopters during Clinton.

By: Stupid Republicans

Stupid Republicans — Wed, 17 May 2006 23:28:27 +0000

Hatch probably just has the “Reagan” disease. His brain is fried

Republicans either have criminal minds or fried minds. I’m not sure which is worse.

By: Jane E. Schneider

Jane E. Schneider — Wed, 17 May 2006 22:51:42 +0000

“Concentrate…Concentrate…Concentrate…Echo…echo…echo…Pinch-hitting for Pedro Borbon, Manny Mota!”

WC, don’t get me started with “Airplane!” quotes, I could go on all night (if I didn’t have to leave now.)

‘Night, all!

By: WC

WC — Wed, 17 May 2006 22:46:47 +0000

#64

Jane:

Ahhhh…another “Airplane” fan!

Wasn’t there a scene in which Robert Hayes’ character is flying the plane and thinking to himself, and his thoughts start echoing? I can’t help but think of that when I look at Orrin’s picture above.

By: WC

WC — Wed, 17 May 2006 22:42:11 +0000

Caption #3:

“Hmmm…did I leave the stove on?”

By: Wayne A. Schneider

Wayne A. Schneider — Wed, 17 May 2006 22:21:27 +0000

#61 And I think they hate America so much because America allows people in who look different, sound different, and pray to a different God.