Comments on: Senate To Investigate Administration Coercion of Military Lawyers

By: Homer+Simpson

Homer+Simpson — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:33:36 +0000

God Bless America and God Bless George W. Bush!

How you like dem apples libs?

Let the left hate speak begin!

Ready, set…TYPE!!!

By: Mystic Rose

Mystic Rose — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:04:18 +0000

Yet another pack of BS from our so called leaders. It sickens me to hear time after time how they will investigate the wrong doings of this illegal administration. We spent years and millions upon millions of dollars on the impeachment of pres. Clinton for getting a BJ and yet this president has admitted to illegal wire taps and much more and yet he remains untouched.

I think it is time that the american people take back the country, by force if necessary. The gap between the very rich and the very poor is growing each and every year. More people now live below the poverty line and that number grows every day. We will get to a point where the masses in this country realize that if they just stopped working the rich would fall and fall hard. What we need is a national strike. Every working man and woman should take a week and not work. If that would happen on a large scale across the country they would bring the corporate dogs down. But this country is made up of nothing but sheep and they are either too stupid or too afraid to do anything to stop the repugnants from destroying the democracy we once had.

By: Stephennnn

Stephennnn — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:36:08 +0000

Now, now let’s not raise our expectations too high about Sen Spector, after all he is trying to do his best under trying conditions…..However, we need to make certain that he at least meets our LOWEST expectations, and he may even fail there… Now where is that memory hole?????

By: Scott Manley

Scott Manley — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:51:49 +0000

With one face, my Senator Arlen Spector promises investigation, and with the other face, he and Dick want to pardon Bush for shedding the constitution and breaking our laws. This week, the senate will vote to do that.

Here are some quick facts about the Cheney-Specter bill:

-It allows President Bushâ€”and every president after himâ€”to wiretap Americans indefinitely, in secret, without a warrant and without any oversight.
-It effectively pardons the president for any illegal behavior by forcing Congress to concede that he has the inherent authority to conduct the programâ€”something federal courts, numerous legal experts and many leading Republicans disagree with.
-It completely guts FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) which has protected the privacy of Americans against illegal wiretaps for close to 30 years.
-It prevents any legal challenges from taking place in the public court system. Instead, it moves all cases to a secret court, where only Bush administration officials can argue it.
-It would help “immunize” any officials who broke the law in this program from being held accountable in the future.

Sometimes I think the spineless hypocrite Arlen Spector is almost as bad as my other Senator, Rick (Voldermort) Santorum.

By: JOE BLOEW

JOE BLOEW — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:35:34 +0000

another case of TORQUEMADA GONZOLOST and TORTURE BOY COMMANDO IN CHEEZINESS, GEORGE ‘W’ for WRONG bush, thinking he will still be able to slide like a slug under the prison cell door when he gets imprisoned for TORTURE AND WAR CRIMES! time to OUT THIS PNAC CABAL AND DO IT LIKE YESTERDAY!!!!!!!

By: Kellard

Kellard — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:29:05 +0000

It’s MAGIC BULLET BOY!!!

Everything this man says is a crock!!

By: Bobo

Bobo — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:27:21 +0000

Uh, he’s not going to do shiite.
“Bla, bla, bla, [tough talk] yap, yap, yap”-Arlen Specter
“Bla, bla, bla… is anyone listening? hmmm… ok, guess not… drop subject…”-Arlen Specter, two weeks later.

Thanks for the help Captain Spineless.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:49:17 +0000

Listening to Arlen Specter tell people that Congress will find a way to solve the dilemma is like listening to the fox tell the chickens and farmer they are better off with him standing watch on the coop. If Americans want to see what kind of leader Arlen is, just turn your memories back to less than one year and recall how he CAVED iinto the Bush Administration to to an aggressive investigation onthe secret wire tapping and eavesdropping on Americans telephone records and computers. Arlen Specter has cast aside the solemn oath he swore to curry favor to the Bush Administration. I suspect there is a deeper story here as to “why” Arlen refuses to stand up and be counted; perhaps it’s more troublesome.

When will Pennsylvanians initiate a massive recall process to remove this fraud from the Senate?

By: STEVE

STEVE — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:03:02 +0000

Was it Grouch Marx who said, “Military justice is about justice as military music is about music.” When I served I remember a case in which a Master Sergeant had recently been tried for a minor infraction and a friend who clerked in Headquartters told me the officers on the jury were gecommending he be reduced one stripe in rank. I questioned my friend about this since the verdict was to be annonced the following day proving they were violating the rules of the Code of Militry Justice. I also had ridden on a train with a lawyer who had served in World War 2 and he mentioned a case on the post where he had been stationed during that war. This case did get enormous coverage at the time. The army had tired a man who claimed a conscientious object to war. The lawyer said he knew the defense team assiged to the accused and admitted they threw the book at him only because of the intervention of the commanding gerneral.

By: recovering helms employee

recovering helms employee — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:52:02 +0000

yea they’ll have the hearing… without putting anybody under oath.
Let Stevens run it…

By: Otherworld » Monday Meanderings

Otherworld » Monday Meanderings — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:02:31 +0000

[...] Apparently the White House held military lawyers captive in a 5 hour meeting where they tried to force them to sign a prepared statement in support of Bush’s pro-torture bill, and in a pathetic attempt to try and counteract Colin Powell’s letter criticizing the legislation. Thankfully the Senate is investigating the White House’s actions…and hopefully, something will come of it. “President Bush has been more respectful of civil liberties and civil rights than any previous wartime president in the history of the United States.” [...]

By: waydot

waydot — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:05:22 +0000

Specter is a paper tiger. He acts outraged. He roars at the unacceptable behaviour of this administration, and then he finds a way to make the unnacceptable acceptable. I believe he’s a tool of this administration and nothing but. He’s designed to make the gullible feel there’s some semblance of checks and balances.

By: Enja

Enja — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:43:34 +0000

Spector says a lot of things, but doesn’t do anything. Just like Lindsay Graham today was excellent, but they’ll all fold like house of cards when Bush tells them to.

By: JD

JD — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:52:47 +0000

Important info below:

Arlen Specter is lying about his own bill — again

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/09/arlen-specter-is-lying-about-his-own.html

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:45:09 +0000

We must be careful not to assume that the Senators’ proposal for alterations to the Geneva Conventions are that much better than Bush’s.
Bush’s must be disallowed, for sure, but we have to learn more about the one that may be put in instead.
I don’t know why the rules have to be changed at all– but there should at least be an honest and full debate on this, with the public being informed about what is being done in their name. It is after all, American citizens who will personally feel the effects of what ever it is that they do.

By: Republicans Are The Fear And Smear Party

Republicans Are The Fear And Smear Party — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:43:07 +0000

#59 It’s impossible to get rid of a corrupt Republican president. The majority party has all the power and when Republicans are the majority they stonewall everything and always come to the conclusion that they did nothing wrong. They take control of their own investigations and always exonerate themselves. If there is a investigation it take longer than their president’s term in office. At least Nixon, the second most reviled Republican president in US history, had the decency to resign.

By: Kevin O

Kevin O — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:14:00 +0000

Why do Americans continue to allow the bush Reich fascist pigs to illegally live in the White House?

By: Coffins draped with flags

Coffins draped with flags — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:20:33 +0000

Good luck, Dr. Bowman in 2006. We, here in PA are working hard to kick out Rick.

By: Hols

Hols — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:26:13 +0000

http://www.bowman2006.com/about.htm
Here’s what a real man looks like!

By: Hols

Hols — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:23:38 +0000

This is not the reason that the three military Senators (real men if they follow thru), stood up to Bush. These two mushmouths, Specter and the other old fellow (announcer) really do need to go to the home and get off television and out of our lives.

Didn’t you all see Specter lurking in the shadows, ready to “solve” the problem. If this was just a show, I don’t’ intend to listen to any one of them again. Specter is already on that list!