ThinkFast: July 12, 2007
ThinkFast: July 12, 2007
Last November, CIA Director Michael Hayden told the Iraq Study Group in a private briefing that the “inability of the [Iraqi] government to govern seems irreversible.” In the eight months since, “neither Hayden nor any other high-ranking administration official has publicly described the Iraqi government in the uniformly negative terms that the CIA director used in his closed-door briefing.”
“A previously undisclosed Army investigation into an audacious January attack in Karbala that killed five U.S. soldiers concludes that Iraqi police working alongside American troops colluded with insurgents.”
“Undercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed for a so-called dirty bomb,” demonstrating once again that the security measures “to prevent radioactive materials from getting into the wrong hands are insufficient.”
If “current greenhouse gas emission patterns worldwide continue unabated,” summers in the Northeast could be six to 14 degrees warmer and “cities such as Boston, Atlantic City and New York would be regularly subject to disastrous flooding,” according to a new report.
Some conservatives are rallying behind a weak amendment offered by Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) to implement the Iraq Study Group recommendations, rather than set a deadline for withdrawal. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) derided the proposal as having “less teeth than a toothless tiger. It won’t change one thing the president does.”
The White House is resisting a congressional effort to commission “independent assessments to rival the upcoming Sept. 15 reports by Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker.” If you had a serious illness, you would want a second opinion. We are at war. You want to have the best minds looking at a problem,” said Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA).
For thousands of Gulf Coast evacuees, “going home to New Orleans has become a vague and receding dream. Living in bleak circumstances, they cannot afford to go back, or have nothing to go back to. Over the two years since Hurricane Katrina hit, the shock of evacuation has hardened into the grim limbo of exile. ‘We in storage,’ said Ann Picard, 49, … ‘We just in storage.‘”
Yesterday, former White House political director Sara Taylor used a letter from White House counsel Fred Fielding barring her from speaking about certain White House activities “like a shield.” She “invoked Fielding’s name 24 times” and mentioned the letter 35 times: “I have a very clear letter from Mr. Fielding. … Again, I have a letter.”
“The political price of sticking by an embattled Alberto Gonzales is getting higher for President Bush.” The Wall Street Journal notes new intelligence laws have not been passed because lawmakers believe Gonzales “misled them about a separate surveillance program.” Also, “Gonzales was sidelined during the recent immigration debate,” and there has been little movement to replace a half-dozen senior Justice Department officials, some of whom need Senate confirmation.
And finally: The ladies who run the exclusive snack bar for the Democratic members of the House have been praised by Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) for “their ability to deal with ’some 200 prima donnas.’” For example, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) “quietly holds up one finger or two, depending on how many slices of bread he wants with his peanut butter. ‘You never close the bread,’ notes one of the ladies.” “We know what kind of day it’s going to be by the first order,” explained Ella Louise Terry.
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Another day of Bush Regime corruption and more stupidity in Congress.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:07 amWould you like to see Harriet Miers, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove being led to jail by the Capitol Hill Police and the House’s Sargeant at Arms? Would Friday be good for you?
Two Words: INHERENT CONTEMPT
Inherent Contempt is a little used, little known tool that the House or Senate can use. It requries only a majority…which we should easily have in the House. Under the inherent contempt power, the individual is brought before the House or Senate by the Sergeant-at-Arms, tried at the bar of the body, and can be IMPRISONED. The purpose of the imprisonment may be punitive or coercive, and can be indefinite. The Inherent Contempt power is recognized by the Supreme Court as Constitutional.
Regular Contempt charges simply won’t work. The U.S. attorney is in Bush’s pocket. Most likely he won’t pursue it.
You need to BOMBARD Pelosi and Conyers and tell them to pursue the new “I” word = Inherent Contempt.
This may be our last and final attempt at justice.
Harriet Miers needs to be first. She refuses to even appear to testify today! This is UN-acceptable. Lets try Inherent Contempt on her first. Lets watch her cry as they Capitol Police haul her ass to jail. Let Cheney and Rove watch knowing they’re next.
CALL CALL CALL:
Nancy Pelosi: 1-202-225-0100
July 12th, 2007 at 9:11 amHarry Reid: 1-202-224-3542
John Conyers: 1-202-225-5126
So Bush is ordering Harriet Miers to ignore Congress’ subpoena. Wow. The arrogance of this incarnation of the executive branch is amazing.
I’m waiting for the executive order that dissolves Congress… just cause he felt like it.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:11 amAnyone see Chertoff of the Today show this morning telling us all that we should be really, really scared because Al Queda is stronger than ever?
Ahhh… so that’s what 5 years of war, $600 billion, and close to 4,000 dead US soldiers gets us.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:13 am“In the eight months since, “neither Hayden nor any other high-ranking administration official has publicly described the Iraqi government in the uniformly negative terms that the CIA director used in his closed-door briefing.â€
They haven’t said it “publicly” but I’m willing to bet they have said it privately. It’s obvious to anyone with half a brain that our hand picked Iraqi government is not capable of ruling that country.
We all need to be calling and writing our representatives for many things and one of them is to let them know that we will not tolerate another cave to Bush. It’s time that the Democrats stand up to the Bush Crime Family, even if it results in filibuster after filibuster. We also need to expose the Lemming Republics for the obstructionists that they are.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:15 am#4. Dont be surprised if King George does that. Its gone beyond incomprehensible how Bush, who campaigned in 2000 on a platform of returning “honor and dignity to the White House” has totally subverted the rule of law in the country. Well rule of law when it comes to his cronies in the White House. I am starting to think there may not be a democracy left for an adult to manage on January 20, 2009, when this pustule finally leaves office.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:16 amSorry…that should have been #3. I need new glasses
July 12th, 2007 at 9:17 am“Undercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed for a so-called dirty bomb,â€
Yeah Tina posted a link to this story in the previous thread, my response to her was :
They are too busy listening to your phone calls to mom, reading the emails your boyfriend sent you and spying on your reading list at the public library to do any real police work to actually protect us from terrorist, don’t you know?
Yeah that article is really scary.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:18 amBush’s Bizarro world was at it’s best yesterday, with Sara Taylor looking like the dumb shit she is.
When people in the Justice Dept. use CRS (can’t remember shit) as their only defense, only Trolls & Rightards believe them.
Larry, I like your suggestion above. I have never heard of Inherent Contempt, but I do know my contempt for this administration is inherent.
It was nice to see Michael Moore hand Wolf Blitzer his ass for about 5 minutes, just wish I could have added some things to Wolf myself.
A 2nd opinion in September is a great idea! Bush ignored his Generals for a full 4 years before KKKarl told him that was his best defense for an illegal invasion. Now, Patraeus walks on water. But…they still don’t want an independent opinion; that may conflict with bizarro world.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:18 am“Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) derided the proposal as having “less teeth than a toothless tiger. It won’t change one thing the president does.â€
Ok Harry. We will settle for nothing less than legislation to bring our troops home NOW. Don’t let the Republics hide behind toothless legislation so they can tell their constituents that they stood up to Bush. I’m willing to bet that the Lemming Republics got an earful when they went home recently.
Give em hell Harry. Don’t blink and don’t back down again.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:20 am“Americans want the Gulf Coast not just to survive, but to thrive; not just to cope, but to overcome,†Mr. Bush said. “We want evacuees to come home, for the best of reasons — because they have a real chance at a better life in a place they love.â€
President George W. Bush in Jackson Square on Sept. 15, 2005.
When will Mr. Bush give Americans what we want?
July 12th, 2007 at 9:23 amGAO SETS BUSH UP!!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/us/12nuke.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
THEY GET LICENSED TO BUY DITY BOMB MATERIALS WITH NOTHING BUT A P.O. BOX!!!!!!!!!!
July 12th, 2007 at 9:23 amHealthcare Debate Is Heating Up!
Thursday 12th of July 2007
by Jay Randal
The membership of the Congress can try to hide their heads in hills of sand hoping the heathcare debate will go away, and Michael Moore’s movie Sicko to vanish, but this important issue is heating up for 2008 election.
Americans are not going to accept the status-quo, nor to continue to allow insurance industry to run healthcare in US, so they demand change in corrupt system.
Any candidate who advocates keeping the insurance fraud, or playing with it to try to make it better, will be rejected by voters in upcoming primary elections.
Single-Payer system like Canada is what Americans desire, not a bogus plan for everybody to be forced to purchase insurance, nor idea to help just a few poor.
The health insurance industry exists to make profits, by denying medical care to people who need care the most, so nothing can be done to stop them from greed.
Members of Congress get excellent care for their $35 dollars a month, but most Americans get lousy care!
(Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Georgia, USA.)
July 12th, 2007 at 9:23 am“Larry, I like your suggestion above. I have never heard of Inherent Contempt, but I do know my contempt for this administration is inherent.”
Go look up Inherent Contempt at the Wikipedia site. It’s perfect. All it needs is a simple majority so the House can find them both in Inherent Contempt of Congress and then they will be arrested by the Sargent at Arms. What I wouldn’t give to see that happen. The House will have a “mini” trial and if they find them guilty of Contempt (a no brainer), then they will go straight to jail. That will certainly set an example for all of Bush’s reluctant witnesses!
July 12th, 2007 at 9:24 am#9 Zimzone…I just heard about it yesterday. Did a little research. Its for real. The Congress has the power of Inherent Contempt.
You damn well know the Republicans woud use it. Can you imagine how they Republicans would delight at leading Bill Clinton out of the Oval Office in handcuffs accompanied by the police.
This is the last remaining option. Regular Contempt charges will be ignored by the U.S. Attorney. Or Bush will just pardon Harriet Miers from the contempt charges. Inherent Contempt is different.
We need to educate all progressives/independents/democrats about Inherent Contempt. I called all my reps. today. Everyone else needs to also. Keep calling.
CALL CALL CALL:
Nancy Pelosi: 1-202-225-0100
July 12th, 2007 at 9:26 amHarry Reid: 1-202-224-3542
John Conyers: 1-202-225-5126
I am wondering whatever happened to kindasleazy lice. The last I saw the Sec of State was busy figuring out what she could do to raise profile of GOLF. Is she trying to set up her job after leaving the job of w’s main skirt? Perhaps she wants to consolidate the men’s and women’s pro golf tours and be the commissioner of the combined tours. After all, there is nothing of importance going on in the world at the present time.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:29 amlisten up:
our own department of energy has already concluded that dirty bombs are not effective at in the way we’ve been misled to believe. they are only effective as an agent of fear.
we need to stop perpetuating the myth of the dirty bomb, and actually inform ourselves. this AAAAHHH DIRTY BOMB! story line is only effective for terrorists who want to sow terror and our negligent government who don’t seem to want to inform the public of the non-threat.
one wonders why the current government wouldn’t have already taken steps to inform the public…
the truth is that if the public were properly informed of the extremely low probably of irradiation from a dirty bomb (too much dispersion of low grade radioactive materials) and the more likely death and injury from the ensuing panic, we’d be much better off.
i think tp shouldn’t ever mention dirty bombs without including the very helpful and important information that the public should know: dirty bombs are not going to render several city blocks uninhabitable for decades, as we have been frequently misled.
from the nuclear regulatory commission’s factsheet on dirty bombs:
July 12th, 2007 at 9:31 am
#3 Bobcat…You need to call your rep. and demand Harriet Miers be charged with Inherent Contempt. You’re right. This lawbreaking and arrogance is illegal and unacceptable.
Read my post #2 for full details.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:32 amBearCountry > Condi Rice is just a figurehead Secretary of State. She gets paid to do nothing. Darth Dicky Cheney runs the entire government.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:33 am#16 Bear Country. We’re still waiting for Condi to testify before Congress. She’s ignored them for months. She’s another one that needs to be charged with Inherent Contempt and sent to jail. Please call your reps. today and don’t stop calling. Demand Condi be charged with INHERENT CONTEMPT.
Read my post #2 for details.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:35 amTwo Words: INHERENT CONTEMPT
Inherent Contempt is a little used, little known tool that the House or Senate can use. It requries only a majority…which we should easily have in the House. Under the inherent contempt power, the individual is brought before the House or Senate by the Sergeant-at-Arms, tried at the bar of the body, and can be IMPRISONED. The purpose of the imprisonment may be punitive or coercive, and can be indefinite.
Comment by Larry from C — July 12, 2007 @ 9:11 am
Oooo – it’s like Guantanamo but for Congress!
July 12th, 2007 at 9:36 am#16 BearCountry: I was thinking the same thing. What world does the Secretary of State live in? Talk about a bubble. Oh, and isn’t she under subpoena? If she has time to golf, she has time to appear before Conyers’ Committee.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:39 amSounds like a non-starter to me. All talk, no action.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:42 amThe karbala incident is the lynchpin linking Iran to insurgents that the administration has been looking for. I was amazed by CNN’s coverage, with Barbara Starr reporting, on the return of those soldiers remains to the US. It was the first time and quite remarkably inconsistent with the administrations allowance of coverage of those kind of military procedures in my mind.To this day I have not seen any other instant coverage of remains being returned in such a high profile and conspicuous manner.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:42 amTwo items, above, the one regarding the inability of the [Iraqi] government to govern and the other regarding Iraqi police colluding with insurgents, serve as valuable factoids in the war against the war.
The stories point out some glaring facts: That his “war” is unwinnable and that the Bush administration knows it. They are evidence of a continuing campaign of misinformation fed to the public as well as the willingness of the 26 percenters to eat it up and regurgitate it. While the right flings terms like “defeatist” and “surrender monkeys”, they decieve themselves intellectually by choosing to ignore the facts and to believe the lies.
These kinds of stories need to be put into faces of every Neocon/Conservative/Republican here (I’d like to grab them by the throats and make sure they heard what I was saying before letting them go).
The ultimate result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq is a foregone conclusion. We never had a goal (other than to loot the US treasury), we never had a strategy, the country is out of conrtol, and there’s not a damn thing we can do about it.
Surrender? To whom? Defeat? There can only be “defeat” if you can define “victory”.
Hey trolls: This is costing us $12 Billion a month (someone, somewhere is getting very wealthy), and it’s out of freekin’ control. How long do y’all think we should go on?
July 12th, 2007 at 9:49 am#22 midwestblue….Yes, Condi was subpoenaed long ago. But she’s an arrogant constitution-hating neo-con. She thinks she’s above the law.
She needs to be charged with INHERENT CONTEMPT today.
Every day another neo-con spits on the Constitution by ignoring subpoenas and not testifying. Are the Democrats going to accept this? It has come to a head. Neo-cons are lawbreakers. Lawbreakers must go to jail. If they ignore subpoenas they MUST BE CHARGED WITH INHERENT CONTEMPT. Its the only remaining option.
Please call your rep. and DEMAND Condi be charged with INHERENT CONTEMPT.
See my post #2 for details.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:49 amInteresting how the trolls are never around this early in the day. Mom doesn’t bother to roust them out of bed in the morning anymore.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:51 amComment by Larry from C — July 12, 2007 @ 9:11 am
Very interesting. Can you give me a citation for this law (is it a law?).
July 12th, 2007 at 9:51 amMarcus:
“Surrender? To whom? Defeat? There can only be “defeat†if you can define “victoryâ€.”
I’ve been saying that to anyone who says they support Bush’s plan for Iraq for the past three years. Their typical reponse? A blank stare.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:55 am#28 Marcus Aurelius…
Wikipedia has more info:
Inherent contempt
Under this process, the procedure for holding a person in contempt involves only the chamber concerned. Following a contempt citation, the person cited for contempt is arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms for the House or Senate, brought to the floor of the chamber, held to answer charges by the presiding officer, and then subject to punishment that the House may dictate (usually imprisonment for punishment reasons, imprisonment for coercive effect, or release from the contempt citation.)
Concerned with the time-consuming nature of a contempt proceeding and the inability to extend punishment further than the session of the Congress concerned (under Supreme Court rulings), Congress created a statutory process in 1857. While Congress retains its “inherent contempt” authority and may exercise it at any time, this inherent contempt process was last used by the Senate in 1934, against the Postmaster-General. After a one-week trial in the Senate floor (presided by the Vice-President of the United States, acting as Senate President), the Postmaster-General was found guilty and sentenced to 10 days imprisonment.
The Postmaster General had filed a petition of Habeas Corpus in federal courts to overturn his arrest, but after litigation, the US Supreme Court ruled that Congress had acted constitutionally, and denied the petition in the case Jurney v. MacCracken
July 12th, 2007 at 9:56 am#2 Larry from C
July 12th, 2007 at 9:56 amThanks for the heads up on that, which I had no previous knowledge of. I called Conyers’ office and his aide was already up on it.
Now on to Reid’s phone….
OK — I realize that everything on today’s Think Fast list is more important than this little item, but I have to know — WHY do the Democrats have their own “exclusive” snack bar? I assume the Republicans have one too?
Hopefully these snack bars are just part of the party caucus spaces. I would hate to think that Congress practices apartheid.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:59 am#28…The power of Inherent Contempt is REAL. Its also little known. You can damn well bet that Cheney, Miers and Rove don’t want the public knowing about it or discusssing it.
Please tell everyone you know about Inherent Contempt.
Harriet Miers refuses to even show up today to testify. Inherent Contempt should be dusted off and used on her first TODAY.
Call your rep. and also call:
Nancy Pelosi: 1-202-225-0100
July 12th, 2007 at 10:00 amHarry Reid: 1-202-224-3542
John Conyers: 1-202-225-5126
I just called all Pelosi, Reid, and Conyers……
When I talked with the Conyers staff member, he told me that just YESTERDAY Conyers did in fact send a letter stating that “inherent contempt” was likely….
Looks like they are starting to get tough……
I will try to find the document….
July 12th, 2007 at 10:02 amJust called. Got real people – very nice people. Refreshing!
July 12th, 2007 at 10:07 amAlthough the thought of having half the White House in leg irons makes me smile, I don’t think this would play out well… a whole lot of stress for a bunch of “I don’t recall”s.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:08 amGOA BOUGHT US A LECENSE TO IMPEACH BUSH!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/us/12nuke.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Call your rep. and also call:
Nancy Pelosi: 1-202-225-0100
Harry Reid: 1-202-224-3542
John Conyers: 1-202-225-5126
YOU’LL NEVER FIND A BLOWJOB WORSE THAN LICENSING STRANGERS TO BUY SHIT TO KILL AMERICANS!
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY!
July 12th, 2007 at 10:08 amGOA BOUGHT US A LECENSE TO IMPEACH BUSH!
http://www.nytimes.com/ 2007/ 07/ 12/ us/ 12nuke.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
How is this an impeachable offense? It points out some gaping holes in the bureaucracy and some bad management, but that’s not a high crime or misdemeanor on the part of the White House.
Now trying to rig elections through selective prosecution of trumped-up “voter fraud” – THAT is an impeachable offense. We need to keep on that line. The fired attorneys are the tip of a huge iceberg.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:18 amFriends, please go to other websites and post about Inherent Contempt. You can copy & paste my post #2 if you want. Call Progressive Radio Talk Shows and talk about Inherent Contempt.
Remember, Rove and Cheney don’t want anyone to know about Inherent Contempt or talk about Inherent Contempt. Do you need any more motivation TO talk about it?
Start an avalanche of calls to Pelosi and Reid!
July 12th, 2007 at 10:20 amI wonder how Republicans keep their morale up these days. I’ll bet the suicide rate has skyrocketed amongst wingers. And after they’d been so nice…
July 12th, 2007 at 10:23 amExecutive privilege:
http://news.yahoo.com/edcartoons/jerryholbert;_ylt=Agyn9Kt3tgbIhfl_a.Cos6cDwLAF
July 12th, 2007 at 10:24 amConyers’ letter mentioning Inherent Contempt for Harriet
July 12th, 2007 at 10:25 amUnbelievable. Now, after we all know that there have been 0 benchmarks met, they are going to spin the facts again and say that half of them were.
And then they will continue to say the “surge” is working so that the “defeatist” are simply looking to lose.
Everything these people do is a lie. The only measure of truth to them, is what won’t the American people be able to prove later.
Contempt, Inherant Contempt, Contempt of Congress, Obstruction of Justice, whatever. Use the phone numbers and call congress to remove these people while we still have some form of democracy left. Because if left unchecked, we won’t have it for long.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:26 amA previously undisclosed Army investigation into an audacious January attack in Karbala that killed five U.S. soldiers concludes that Iraqi police working alongside American troops colluded with insurgents.
This type of activity is exactly why we need to bring the troops home now — these murders will only increase with time.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:29 amConyers’ letter mentioning Inherent Contempt for Harriet
Comment by Keith H. — July 12, 2007 @ 10:25 am
Nice!
I wonder how she looks in orange?
July 12th, 2007 at 10:29 amUndercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed for a so-called dirty bomb,†demonstrating once again that the security measures “to prevent radioactive materials from getting into the wrong hands are insufficient.
Hey 26%ers! Feeling safe in your wet beds?
This license was obtained within the rules set up by your King and his evil minions.
I wonder what other licenses we could get….?
July 12th, 2007 at 10:32 amSome conservatives are rallying behind a weak amendment offered by Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) to implement the Iraq Study Group recommendations, rather than set a deadline for withdrawal. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) derided the proposal as having “less teeth than a toothless tiger. It won’t change one thing the president does.
Kinda like the shit you’re doing now, Harry?
Put IMPEACHMENT back on the table!
Or INHERENT CONTEMPT, that looks pretty damn sweet.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:34 am“Undercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed for a so-called dirty bomb,†demonstrating once again that the security measures “to prevent radioactive materials from getting into the wrong hands are insufficient.â€
All this under the Cheney/Bush/Rove appointees’ watch. Republicans are weak on national security and strong on stealing other nation’s oil.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:36 am$282 Million Stolen in Heist at Private Bank in Baghdad
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/world/middleeast/12iraq.html
In US dollars, of course.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:41 amI wonder how she looks in orange?
Comment by toasterhead — July 12, 2007 @ 10:29 am
Couldn’t be much uglier than in her office gear. ouch.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:42 amI’m wondering if this means she’ll have to show up and not be able to hide behind junior’s lame executive privilege claim.
It’ll be interesting to hear how her attorney responds.
Diane Rehm (best interviewer on radio) has a great discussion on strategy in Iraq – live now, will be archived later. http://www.wamu.org/programs/dr/07/07/12.php#13269
July 12th, 2007 at 10:43 aminherent contempt process was last used by the Senate in 1934, against the Postmaster-General. After a one-week trial in the Senate floor (presided by the Vice-President of the United States, acting as Senate President), -Larry from C
Larry, the thing that really bothers me about the above is the President of the Senate, Dirty Dick, would never agree to preside over anything charging Neoturds…anyone know if the VP is the only one who can preside?
July 12th, 2007 at 10:43 amThe Conyer’s letter posted by Keith H mentioned the following:
“Ms. Miers is scheduled to appear before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law tomorrow, July 12, at 10 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building. ”
As of this typing, it is 10:46 AM on July 12th. Anyone taking bets on if she showed?
And if she did not show, she is in contempt.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:46 amanyone know if the VP is the only one who can preside?
Comment by Zimzone — July 12, 2007 @ 10:43 am
How often does he actually preside? I thought that was just to break ties.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:47 am#52, Zimzone…It should be initiated in the House, where we have enough votes for a majority. Then I believe it would be run by either Pelosi or Conyers.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:50 am“I have a very clear letter from Mr. Fielding. … Again, I have a letter.â€
would that letter be J, for jail?
July 12th, 2007 at 10:52 ampresided by the Vice-President of the United States
It really brings to the front his whole ‘I’m not part of the Executive Branch’ statement doesn’t it? Does he recuse himself for the stupidly obvious conflict of interest, or does he jump in and try to crap all over the process by waving his constitutional ambiguity around?
July 12th, 2007 at 10:54 amCall your rep. and also call:
Nancy Pelosi: 1-202-225-0100
Harry Reid: 1-202-224-3542
John Conyers: 1-202-225-5126
Waste their time and yours.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:59 amInherent Contempt… okay… made my calls. Let’s do it. Good idea from Larry from C.
July 12th, 2007 at 11:09 amwould that letter be J, for jail?
Comment by RUCerious
Heh.
July 12th, 2007 at 11:16 amANY COMMENTS ABOUT HAYDENS ASSERTIONS TROLL0TWATS?
July 12th, 2007 at 12:34 pmJust tried to call Rep. Conyers. I couldn’t leave a message because the recording said his mailbox was full.
Nice work, everyone!!!!
July 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pmIt seems that Bush administration officials don’t speak up until after they leave office. By then it is too late for their candor to be of any use. Hayden and other officials must speak out now to the media. They are in a position to effect change from the inside and they should take steps to do so. They owe it to the troops.
If Iraqi police are helping the insurgents kill our troops then why are our troops there in the first place helping to train them? Our troops are sometimes stationed inside the police stations. In light of this information that is a very unsafe practice. Our troops should be allowed to return to the Green zone like the used to before the surge. Why are we helping the Iraqi police if they are working against our troops?
The ISG report is of no use if the recommendations are not implemented with a date to remove all combat forces out of Iraq by a certain time. Any bill in connection to this war must include a deadline to get all troops out. The date must be binding. I am glad that Reid doesn’t think it goes far enough. Obviously it doesn’t. No wonder the conservatives support it.
Taylor is clearly trying to hide her role and the role of Rove and Bush in the US attorney firings. Her testimony gives the impression that they have something to hide. If Bush had no conversations in connection to the firing he can’t obviously claim executive privilege.
July 12th, 2007 at 7:43 pm